Castillo de Colomares is not a medieval fort but a late-20th-century tribute to Christopher Columbus, built in stone, brick and mortar in a dreamlike neo-Moorish blend.
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- Perched above Benalmádena Pueblo
- Free to view and wander the exterior
- Sweeping views down to the coast
Combine it with the old pueblo’s white lanes and the stupa on the hill behind.
Afterwards, continue up the hillside to the Stupa of Enlightenment in time for sunset. Stupa of Enlightenment.