Out and about on the Costa del Sol

Without doubt the Costa del Sol is probably one ofthe airport other transport links are being improved
the most famous and most popular holiday resorts insuch as the AVE high speed rail routes. New sections
Europe attracting millions of visitors every year, mosthave been opened making it faster to get to other
of which come through the International airport ofSpanish locations which have resulted in journey
Malaga. To help accommodate more and moretimes to Madrid coming down by at least an hour to
visitors every year the airport has been expandedjust over two hours and new routes being added
with the building of a new state of the art terminal,such as the AVE journey to Barcelona.
but that is not all that is planned for the Costa delMore train routes are planned over the coming years
Sol.with new track to be laid along the western Costa
Unfortunately some of the plans have been delayeddel Sol linking Malaga to Algeciras and running through
or will take longer to complete due to the economicmajor resorts like Marbella and Estepona.
crisis affecting the whole world but there are someRoads are also undergoing much improvement and
exciting projects still underway to make it easier tothere will soon be a new ring road to alleviate the
get to and from the Costa del Sol and to get aroundheavy traffic through Malaga. Another major problem
while you are here.used to be at San Pedro de Alcantara but this will
Now that there is a new airport terminal there is asoon be a thing of the past as the construction of an
new additional runway planned to help alleviate theunderpass is well underway.
stress the current runway experiences. As well as