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Directions to Apartment Address : Los Jardines
De Santa Maria Golf, Elviria, Marbella, 29604 The apartment
is situated on the first floor. Malaga airport. Taxis. Once
you eventually emerge from collecting your cases, etc., and into the public area, you need to turn right to actually exit
the airport through glass doors. The taxi rank is situated slightly to
the left of the doors. There are normally many taxis waiting. ( It costs around 55 Euros for the journey but that might vary
for number of people and cases.) If the driver does not understand where
you want to go show him the address and directions printed at the end of these instructions. It is an easy drive and he should
not have any problems. Car
Hire. Some car hire firms are situated outside the airport. In
that situation the representative will be waiting just as you enter the public area. The better known companies like Avis,
Hertz, Crown, etc. are situated on the floor under where you collect your cases. It is easy to miss the entrance to this area
so you need to keep a good lookout. To find the entrance it is better to walk along the right hand side of the hall after
picking up your cases. On the right hand side, towards the end, just prior to the exit into the public area you will see notices
and a slope down to the car hire offices area. This only applies to the old arrival building. The new building is easier as
you walk straight by the car hire places. Trains. It is possible to go to Fuengirola by train and then catch bus or taxi. Route to Elviria. The exit (salida) from the airport will take you in the direction of the main road. Keep going straight for
a few hundred metres / yards, it’s a relatively short distance, until you see signs to CADIZ / ALGECIRAS on the N340
/ A7 / E15. This will take you down a slip road on the right. You will join a three lane road for a while. Stay in the centre
or right lane. You are looking for a blue sign for CADIZ / ALGECIRAS number A7 / E15, the slip road goes off to the right.
You will join a three lane motorway which heads up hill. Continue up to
the top of the hill and you will have nice views to the left. Continue
under the gondola (operating from Tivoli world, Benalmedena). Eventually
you will start to go down hill. Towards the bottom of the hill the road splits into two. The left two lanes take you to the
pay motorway. AP7 Pejage. (Autopista AP is a toll motorway, autovia A is a dual carriageway). Do not use
the toll motorway. You want the right two lanes, there should be signs to FUENGIROLA, number N340/A7. The road continues
as a two lane dual carriageway. You will see Fuengirola as a series of high rise apartment blocks. You will pass the Aquapark
on the left with its water slides. On the right will be the large shopping centre El Cortez Ingles and later another called
Myramar. Continue on the N340 past the lighthouse EL FARO on your right
and around a number of quite tight bends. Eventually you will pass LA
CALA and then CALAHONDA. (You might have noticed a small sign every now
and then at the road side marked Km and a number. These are the kilometres from Cadiz. Keep an eye out for them.) After CALAHONDA you drive for about three minutes then you will go down hill slightly and
there will be a petrol station called CAMPSA on the left carriageway and then one on your carriageway also called
CAMPSA. Less than half
a kilometre past the Campsa Petrol Station you will see the LAS CHAPAS HOTEL on your right AT THE Km 192 MARKER. You will
also see a sign for ELVIRIA and a slip road on the right to Las Chapas hotel and the shops. You will then see another large sign on the over head bridge saying ELVIRIA/Cambio de sentido. TAKE EITHER THE FIRST ROAD PAST LAS CHAPAS OR THE SECOND. Slow down and take care. Both slip roads end up at a busy roundabout. Go straight over. (Note these are the nearest shopping
centres. The taxi rank is in the opposite shopping centre. The beach is over the bridge and down the hill.) TAKE THE FIRST RIGHT AFTER ABOUT 50 METRES / YARDS, NEXT TO THE ORIENT PALACE
CHINESE RESTAURANT. After a few hundred yards / metres, going along this road, the Avenida Valeriano Rodrequez, TAKE THE FIRST
LEFT. This will take you to a small round about. You will see the entrance to Los Jardines De Santa Maria Golf in front of
you. For The Taxi Driver Para La Dirección Del Conductor Del Taxi: LOS
JARDINES DE SANTA MARIA GOLF, ELVIRIA, MARBELLA, 29600 toma del kilómetro 192 el A7 entonces N340 más
allá de FUENGIROLA, continúa más allá del LA CALA y entonces CALAHONDA. En después
de que cerca de tres minutos usted vaya abajo de la colina levemente y habrá una estación de gasolina de CAMPSA
la calzada izquierda y entonces CAMPSA en su calzada. Menos que mitad del kilómetro más allá de
la estación de gasolina de Campsa usted verá el HOTEL de LAS CHAPAS en la su derecha EN EL MARCADOR del kilómetro
192. Para usted también verá una muestra ELVIRIA y un camino del resbalón a la derecha el hotel
de Las Chapas y las tiendas. Usted entonces verá otra muestra grande en el puente de arriba que dice ELVIRIA/Cambio
de sentido. EL PRIMER CAMINO MÁS ALLÁ DE LAS TOME CHAPAS O EL SEGUNDO. Retrasaron y toman cuidado. Ambos
deslizan los caminos terminan para arriba en un cruce giratorio ocupado. VAYA RECTO SOBRE EL CRUCE GIRATORIO. TOME
EL PRIMER DERECHO DESPUÉS DE CERCA DE 50 METROS, AL LADO DEL RESTAURANTE DEL CHINO DEL PALACIO DE ORIENTE. Después
de algunos cientos metros que van a lo largo de este camino, el Avenida Valeriano Rodrequez, TOMA EL PRIMER A LA IZQUIERDA.
Esto le llevará a un redondo pequeño alrededor. Usted verá la entrada al Los Jardines De Santa María
Golf delante de usted. ¡Usted ha llegado! About Elviria Elviria is known as a prestigious area. Many of the detached villas you will see, are
worth well over a million pounds. The beach is one of the best in the area. In the apartment you will find a guide book we have created. It contains a little map
of the area showing how to get to the shops, beaches and other items. It also contains leaflets on many of the attractions
in the area. If you use any of the maps or leaflets, please replace them before you leave. Taxi stand. The nearest taxi stand is situated on the edge of the nearby shopping centre. As you
go out from Los Jardines, retrace your arrival route by taking the second left (about 9 o’clock) and then after a short
way turn right and follow the way you came in. At the cross roads, use the zebra crossing and go to the furthest side (next
to the ice cream shop) then go towards the round about. The taxis are situated next to the round about, in the car park of
the shops. There is normally plenty but the number gets less the later in the evening you get. If you know you want one later
in the evening it might be worth going earlier in the day and booking one. Bus stop. The bus stop is situated on the road you came along from Malaga, next to the bridge
that has the Elviria sign on it. Take the same route as for the taxis but at the cross roads, just turn left and stay
on the same side as the Oriental Palace restaurant. There are no paths to the bus stop. You need to walk over the grass down
to near the bottom of the bridge. The side of the main road you reach first, will take you to Marbella. Over the bridge on
the other side will take you to Malaga direction. Doctors and Hospital. Hopefully you will not need the services of a doctor and it is worth remembering that
for minor ailments the Farmacia (Chemist) can usually help. However if you do need one follow the same route as for the taxi.
Just prior to the corner with Orient Palace on it, there is an apartment block. A doctor uses one of the apartments as a surgery.
There is an entrance phone to ring through to the surgery. In addition, on many of the lamp posts, including those just outside
Los Jardines, you will find an advert and telephone number for English speaking doctors. The nearest hospital is situated
about 10 minutes drive away, between Elviria and Marbella. Drive to the roundabout near the taxis, down onto the main road,
following signs to Marbella. You will see the Hospital on the right after a short way and then the slip road to it. Shopping Centres. There are four shopping centres all situated in about five minutes walk, plus more
shops and restaurants a little further off. The route to the shops is the same as for the taxi. The first shopping centre is Orient Palace side. It has two Chinese restaurants, an
Indian restaurant, an Italian restaurant and three further Tapas bar / restaurants. A small supermarket that stays open until
2am (but is slightly more expensive than the large one). A farmacia (chemist) shop. A health food shop. A flower shop and
some estate agents. It also has some banks with ATM machines in the wall. If you continue around the slip road you will get
to Las Chapas hotel with bars and restaurants and some times a show at night. The second and larger shopping centre is across the road where the taxis are situated.
The largest and very good supermarket is situated in the corner. There are three bar /café / restaurants. A handyman shop.
A travel agent (you can probably book any trips via them). Two hair dressers. A tourist items + general shop. Two furniture
shops and some estate agents.There are also some banks with ATM machines in the wall. In the upstairs section there is a dentist
(English speaking), a solicitors office and estate agent related offices. If you walk to the end of this centre and continue via the slip road you will come
to the third small parade of shops. Included here is a Chinese restaurant, a pizza restaurant, a flower shop and some offices.
If you continue even further you come to more restaurants and shops. The fourth shopping area is across the bridge. Here you will find a third supermarket,
a photo shop, an internet shop (but not the cheapest), a fish restaurant and upstairs is another dentist. Just prior to the
shops, if you go down the slip road towards Marbella (to the right) is another restaurant. On the opposite side is the Alanda
Club hotel. There is a restaurant and bar in the hotel and sometimes a show at night. You can also get photo copying done
and they have a fax machine and internet access. You can probably book any trips you want via them. If you continue up the hill and then left at the roundabout and go along that road,
you will get to the Don Carlos hotel (the tall hotel you can see). It has restaurants and bars and often has a show on at
night. If you continue straight across the cross roads (at Orient Palace ) and after a while
turn left at the T junction. The road bends around and comes to another cross roads. Around the back towards the main road
you will find more shops including the post office. (However you can normally get stamps for cards at the selling shop.) If
you continue straight over this cross roads and follow the road around you will pass an organic food shop and at the T junction
go left for more shops, a pizza restaurant, an Italian restaurant and a French restaurant. At the end, just prior to the main
road, (next to the office building) take the small road on the right and there you will find more restaurants and the DVD
rental shop. To rent a DVD you will need to show your passport. Around the back of this parade is a shop with internet access
priced at around 1 Euro per half hour. (This parade is a decent walk away and is easier in the car unless you like to walk.) (Not in Elviria but for further shopping you have Marbella itself. Just outside Marbella
there is the Cañadas shopping centre and in the opposite direction the Myramar complex at Fuengirola and Fuengirola itself.)
(The Myramar complex also has a multi screen cinema normally with two films in English.) The Beach. To get to the beach go the same as for the taxi. Then continue over the bridge continuing
straight over any road junctions and down the hill. The beach is at the bottom. On the edge of the beach there is a fish restaurant
where you can also get drinks. There are also toilets and a place to hire sun loungers and shades. You can also hire various
small boats here. By walking in either direction you will find more restaurants and bars. Golf. The nearest golf course is Santa Maria Golf course. It is less than 5 minutes walk
away. Turn right outside the main gates. At the roundabout continue right and you will see the entrance to the golf course.
It has various facilities including a bar / restaurant. It often has special offers running. Within 15 minutes drive from
the apartment there are seven more golf courses. There are also many more situated less than an hours drive away. It is better
to get a map of the various courses if you want to play at many different courses. Night Clubs. There are no night clubs in Elviria. However there are plenty in Marbella and Fuengirola.
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