MIJAS is gearing up for a enjoyable lengthy weekend because the city lastly flings open the doorways to what’s being billed as Andalucía’s largest city park – a whopping 270,000 sq. metres of lakes, lawns and luxurious leisure.
After two try-out soft-openings, the Gran Parque de Mijas is about for its full public debut on December 6, 7 and eight, earlier than shutting once more till December 13 and 14.
Then it’ll reopen on December 20 and keep open proper by means of the Christmas faculty holidays till January 6.
Opening hours are a strict 9am to 7pm, and anybody hoping to whizz in on an e-scooter is out of luck – they’re banned contained in the grounds and have to be left within the automotive parks by the 2 entrances.
Security might be tight, with personal guards working hand-in-hand with Mijas’s Local Police to maintain an in depth eye on the crowds.
The new park options:
- A navigable synthetic lake large enough to make you neglect you’re nowhere close to the coast
- A 24-metre-wide central boulevard full with cycle lane
- An 11-metre health path for operating, skating and displaying off your new Lycra
- A 1,900-seat open-air amphitheatre
Families might be spoilt for alternative with 5 playgrounds, together with a water zone, plus a canine park, basketball and five-a-side courts, a skatepark, and even chess and card tables for if you want a breather.
Add to that 2,900 bushes, shady picnic spots and plenty of benches.
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The mega-park scheme was launched below the earlier city corridor crew again in January 2023, however the present council made tweaks earlier than signing it off in August.
Security alone is anticipated to price €2 million a 12 months, whereas the entire challenge has price €26.6 million up to now.
And they’re not executed but. Phase two will embrace two brand-new bridges over the Fuengirola river.
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