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Casa Christabel y Casa Annabel Beautiful holiday apartments in Benalmadena, Spain- presented by Apartments Andalucia holiday lets in Benalmadena

04/10/2026

SOLD!

🌊 Fancy a last-minute escape to the Costa del Sol?

Casa Christabel is available from Saturday 31st October to Saturday 7th November — a lovely opportunity for a week of seaside strolls, leisurely lunches and time to unwind. 💛

📅 7 nights
✨ £365 or €430 for 2 guests
✨ £485 or €570 for 4 guests

Prices are for the whole stay!

Our one-bedroom apartment in Mi Jardín, Benalmádena offers:

🛏️ A bedroom with twin beds or a king-size bed, plus a sofa bed in the living room
☕ A private south-facing terrace with sea views and a BBQ
🍳 A well-equipped kitchen for relaxed meals at home
📺 Fast Wi-Fi and UK TV for cosy evenings
🏖️ Carvajal beach around a 15-minute walk away

Discover the whitewashed streets of Benalmádena Pueblo, enjoy lunch beside the sea or simply settle onto the terrace with a good book.

Tranquillity in the heart of the Costa del Sol. 🌿

👉 For more information and to book now:
https://apartments-andalucia.co.uk/

🍦 Would you try goat’s cheese ice cream with apricot jam?Our journey through Benalmádena Pueblo continues – and after ou...
03/10/2026

🍦 Would you try goat’s cheese ice cream with apricot jam?
Our journey through Benalmádena Pueblo continues – and after our last stop at Plaza de las Tres Culturas, I think we’ve earned an ice cream! 😂

Just a short detour from our walking route you’ll find Heladería Morango, a small artisan ice-cream parlour with a huge local following.
Morango makes its ice creams in small batches, with familiar favourites alongside some seriously imaginative flavours.

And perhaps the most intriguing?
🧀 Goat’s cheese ice cream with apricot jam.
Other flavours have included cream cheese with pistachio and white chocolate with passion fruit – and the portions are certainly generous! 🍦

❤️ Sarah’s Tip
I know you’re supposed to wander through the pretty streets of the Pueblo eating your ice cream, but I prefer to give mine my full attention. 😂 Find a shady bench nearby, sit down and enjoy it properly!

Popular flavours can sell out, particularly during busy summer evenings, so if something catches your eye, don’t assume it will still be there later.

📍 Heladería Morango
Avenida Juan Luis Peralta, 51
Benalmádena Pueblo

🥾 Morango features in our Discover Benalmádena Pueblo guide, where you’ll find our self-guided walking route, places to eat and drink and plenty of Sarah’s Tips along the way.

👉 You’ll find the full guide on our website:
Discover Benalmádena Pueblo⁠

So – goat’s cheese & apricot: adventurous genius or a step too far? 😂🍦

☕ Happy International Coffee Day!One of the pleasures of a Spanish holiday is stopping for a coffee and watching the wor...
01/10/2026

☕ Happy International Coffee Day!

One of the pleasures of a Spanish holiday is stopping for a coffee and watching the world go by. But does yours always arrive quite how you imagined? 🇪🇸

To help you order your favourite, here’s our handy coffee guide!

☕ Café solo – a small black espresso.

☕ Café americano – espresso with added hot water, for a longer black coffee.

☕ Café cortado – espresso with a little milk.

☕ Café con leche – coffee with hot milk, usually roughly half and half. A Spanish breakfast favourite!

☕ Café bombón – coffee with sweet condensed milk. A lovely sweet treat – stir before sipping!

☕ Café con hielo – hot coffee served with a separate glass of ice for you to pour it over.

☕ Café descafeinado – decaf. Ask for “de máquina” for machine-made coffee or “de sobre” for an instant sachet.

☕ Carajillo – coffee with a splash of spirits, often brandy. A rather different sort of pick-me-up! 😉

Here on the Costa del Sol, Málaga also has its own coffee vocabulary. Our illustration shows the traditional choices, but these three are particularly useful if you enjoy a milky coffee:

🤎 Mitad – half coffee, half milk.
🤎 Sombra – more milk than coffee, with a little more coffee than a nube.
🤎 Nube – mostly milk with just a little coffee. Its name means “cloud”!

🗣️ A LITTLE SPANISH FOR YOUR NEXT COFFEE STOP

“Un café con leche, por favor.”
A coffee with milk, please.

You can also ask for:
• “Con leche sin lactosa” – with lactose-free milk.
• “Con leche de avena” – with oat milk, where available.
• “Con la leche muy caliente” – with very hot milk.
• “Con la leche templada” – with lukewarm milk.
• “En taza” – in a cup.
• “En vaso” – in a glass.

💡 Sarah’s tip: If you’re ordering coffee with ice and take sugar, stir it into the hot coffee before pouring it over the ice. It dissolves much more easily!

Save this post for your next stay at Casa Christabel or Casa Annabel – and practise your order before your first café stop! ☀️

What’s your favourite holiday coffee? Strong and black, lovely and milky or something sweet? And have you ever ordered one and been surprised by what arrived? ☕👇

🌎 Exploring Benalmádena Pueblo – Plaza de las Tres CulturasOur wander through Benalmádena Pueblo continues — and this li...
26/09/2026

🌎 Exploring Benalmádena Pueblo – Plaza de las Tres Culturas
Our wander through Benalmádena Pueblo continues — and this little square hides something you might not expect…

Plaza de las Tres Culturas celebrates the Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures that have all played a part in shaping the history of Andalucía.

But while you’re here, don’t just walk through the square.

🏺 Step inside the Museo de Arte Precolombino Felipe Orlando.
Behind its doors is a fascinating collection of pre-Columbian art from Mexico, Peru, Nicaragua, Colombia and Ecuador, alongside archaeological discoveries telling the story of Benalmádena itself — including remains dating back more than 18,000 years.

And here’s the best bit…
🎟️ Admission is FREE.

Free audioguides are also available in English and Spanish, including versions for children, making this a really easy addition to a morning exploring the Pueblo.

❤️ Sarah’s Tip
If you enjoy photography, try to arrive before 10am. The streets are quieter, the light is softer and you’ll have a much better chance of capturing those beautiful whitewashed buildings before the Pueblo becomes busier.

🥾 Following our walk?
Plaza de las Tres Culturas is one of the stops on our complete Discover Benalmádena Pueblo self-guided walking tour, which you’ll find on our website.

And if all that culture leaves you feeling hungry, don’t worry…
Our next Pueblo instalment involves food again. 😉😂

Would you have expected to find a museum of pre-Columbian art in the middle of an Andalusian white village?

We had a rather lovely wildlife surprise while eating supper outside Casa Christabel this evening! 🌙Something was making...
19/09/2026

We had a rather lovely wildlife surprise while eating supper outside Casa Christabel this evening! 🌙

Something was making an extraordinary noise in the undergrowth — rather like a wild boar — although we strongly suspect that was Jorge, our resident hedgehog, crashing about! 🦔

Meanwhile, another little visitor was helping itself to the ripe figs. Gary described it as looking somewhere between a mouse and a rat, with enormous black eyes. After a little detective work, we discovered that our fig thief was a lirón careto, known in English as a garden dormouse.

Garden dormice live throughout Málaga province, from coastal areas to the mountains. They are found in woodland and scrub but are also quite at home in gardens, orchards and fruit trees — so our fig tree must feel like an all-you-can-eat buffet!

They are nocturnal and excellent climbers, with large rounded ears, a long furry tail and a distinctive black “bandit mask” around their eyes. Although they are rodents, they are omnivores and eat fruit, seeds, insects and even snails.

We have no idea how long ours has been visiting, as they spend the daytime tucked away in nests or sheltered hiding places and usually emerge after dark. Fortunately, they are so ridiculously cute that they are very welcome to share our figs.

Casa Christabel appears to have acquired another resident — although this one may need a name too! Any suggestions? 😂

☕🥖 Churros & You – Benalmádena PuebloLast week we continued our wander through Benalmádena Pueblo. This week, it’s time ...
12/09/2026

☕🥖 Churros & You – Benalmádena Pueblo

Last week we continued our wander through Benalmádena Pueblo. This week, it’s time for something considerably more edible… 😋

If you fancy churros while you’re exploring the Pueblo, Churros & You is the place to go — in fact, it’s the only dedicated churros café in Benalmádena Pueblo.

This is a proper neighbourhood café, popular with locals for freshly made churros — crisp and golden outside, soft inside — accompanied, if you’re doing things properly, by a cup of thick Spanish hot chocolate for dipping. ❤️

You can keep things traditional or venture into considerably more dangerous territory with filled churros, including Nutella and dulce de leche.

💡 Sarah’s tip: Do as the locals do and have your churros for breakfast with a café con leche or later in the day for la merienda — the afternoon snack that keeps you going until Spain’s rather late dinner time.

📍 Avenida Juan Luis Peralta, 51
🚶 Right on the edge of Benalmádena Pueblo’s historic centre

💶 Excellent value

You’ll also find Churros & You in our complete self-guided Discover Benalmádena Pueblo walking guide on our website, along with the route, parking, places to stop and our favourite places to eat.

Now for the important question…

Traditional churros or filled with Nutella? 👇😂

💙 Today is Blue Light Day 💙A day to remember those who have lost their lives in service and to thank everyone who contin...
09/09/2026

💙 Today is Blue Light Day 💙

A day to remember those who have lost their lives in service and to thank everyone who continues to serve and care for others.

As a small gesture of appreciation, we offer Blue Light Card holders 10% off direct bookings at our holiday homes in Andalucía.

If you are planning a well-earned break, simply contact us and ask for your Blue Light promo code before booking.

Thank you for everything you do — today and every day. 💙

07/09/2026

☀️ Unexpected late-September availability in Benalmádena! ☀️

Well, this is slightly embarrassing… I went to check our October availability and discovered that I still have a gap in September! 🤦‍♀️

So, if you’re not quite ready to say goodbye to summer, we have two lovely last-minute opportunities:

🌿 Casa Annabel
Saturday 26th September–Saturday 3rd October
7 nights for 2 guests — £363

🌊 Casa Christabel
Monday 28th September–Saturday 3rd October
5 nights — £413

Both are peaceful holiday apartments in Mi Jardín, Benalmádena, just 15 minutes from Málaga Airport, with terraces made for leisurely breakfasts, evening drinks and a final helping of Andalusian sunshine. 🇪🇸

Find out more at:
https://apartments-andalucia.co.uk

Alternatively, send me a private message—I’m always happy to help.

Please feel free to share this with anyone who might be dreaming of a last-minute escape!

📣 Apartments Andalucia Ambassadors: if a friend books one of these stays following your recommendation, ask them to mention your name when they enquire and you’ll receive a free night to add to your next stay with us. 💚

🌿 Exploring Benalmádena Pueblo – Plaza de AndalucíaOur little wander through Benalmádena Pueblo continues…Last time we s...
05/09/2026

🌿 Exploring Benalmádena Pueblo – Plaza de Andalucía
Our little wander through Benalmádena Pueblo continues…

Last time we stopped on Calle Real for lunch at La Cepa. Today, we’re carrying on through the village to Plaza de Andalucía. 🇪🇸

This pretty little square sits right in the historic heart of the Pueblo, surrounded by the whitewashed buildings, tiled streets and flower-filled balconies that give Benalmádena Pueblo so much of its character.

It’s not somewhere you need to rush through. Stop for a few minutes, find a shady spot and simply enjoy the atmosphere. One of the things I love most about exploring the Pueblo is that some of its nicest moments aren’t really attractions at all — they’re the little squares, streets and corners you discover along the way. ❤️

🥾 Following our walking route?
From Calle Real, Plaza de Andalucía is the next stop before we continue deeper into the old village towards some of its best-known sights and viewpoints.

And, naturally, next week we’ll be finding somewhere good to eat nearby. 🍽️😉

You can follow our complete Discover Benalmádena Pueblo self-guided walking route on our website, including where to park, how to get there from Casa Christabel & Casa Annabel and our favourite places to stop along the way.

🔎 Search “Discover Benalmádena Pueblo Apartments Andalucía” or find the guide on our website.

Have you explored Benalmádena Pueblo? Which little corner is your favourite?

🍷 Eating Our Way Around Benalmádena Pueblo – La CepaLast week, our Discover Benalmádena Pueblo series took us along Call...
29/08/2026

🍷 Eating Our Way Around Benalmádena Pueblo – La Cepa

Last week, our Discover Benalmádena Pueblo series took us along Calle Real, one of the lovely whitewashed streets running through the historic centre.

And I promised we’d come back to one of my favourite places to stop along the way… La Cepa. ❤️

Right on Calle Real, La Cepa is a small, relaxed Spanish restaurant where tables spill out onto the street and you can settle in over lunch while village life carries on around you.

The menu is Spanish and Mediterranean, with plenty of dishes that are perfect for sharing. Look out for oxtail and black-rice croquettes, cod fritters, patatas bravas, carrillada cooked with Pedro Ximénez, presa ibérica, calamari and flamenquín filled with Serrano ham and cheese.

For me, though, much of La Cepa’s appeal is its simplicity.

If you’re following our self-guided walking tour of Benalmádena Pueblo, you don’t need to plan your whole day around eating here.

Reach Calle Real, find yourself feeling peckish and simply grab a table outside. Order a few tapas, stay for a leisurely lunch or just enjoy a cold drink while watching the world go by.

And perhaps leave room for dessert — the torrija gets some particularly enthusiastic mentions! 😋

❤️ Sarah Recommends
This is exactly the sort of spontaneous food stop I love when exploring an Andalusian village: relaxed, informal and right in the middle of the walking route.

📍 Calle Real, 4, Benalmádena Pueblo
🍽️ Spanish & Mediterranean
💶 Around €20–€30 per person
🌿 Outdoor seating
🥗 Vegetarian & gluten-free options available
📅 Closed Tuesdays

You can find La Cepa, Calle Real and the rest of the route in our complete Discover Benalmádena Pueblo guide on the website.

Have you eaten at La Cepa? And, more importantly, did you manage to save room for dessert? 😋👇

Dirección

Casa Christabel Y Casa Annabel, Calle Viena 22, Mi Jardin, Torremar, Benalmadena Costa CP
Málaga
29630

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