COCODRILES PARK, Carretera MA-402 km. 22.5, La Aljaima, Cártama. Tel. 95 211 8318. Open daily 10.00-17.00 (Up to May). Tickets, 5.25 euros adults; 4.60 euros children and pensioners; children under three, free. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult. The African Adventure at Your Feet, but fenced off! Europe’s only crocodile park with 200 or so crocodiles, from babies right up to the huge five metre long adults weighing in at almost 500 kilos. The park has now set up a mini zoo too especially for the children with mouflons, nandues, deer and miniature ponies.

ZOO DE FUENGIROLA, Calle Camilo Jose Cela 6, Fuengirola. Open daily from 10.00-19.00. Box office close at 18.00. Tickets, 8.50 euros adults, 6 euros children from 4-12 years and pensioners.For further information please contact the Zoo on 95 266 6301.

PARQUE ORNITOLÓGICO "LORO SEXI" ("LORO SEXI" BIRD PARK), Plaza de San Cristobal, Almuñécar. Open daily 11.00-14.00 and 16.00-18.00. Tickets, 1.75 euros adults, 1.25 euros children and pensioners. Tropical bird park opened in 1987, which is home for over 1,500 specimens of birds representing almost 200 different species, with the emphasis on the exotic. As a novelty this year the park is offering a parrot show, with performances every 45 minutes. In the upper part of the park is a cactus garden.

SELWO, Ctra. N-340 km 162.5, Estepona. Tel. 95 279 2150. Open daily 10.00-18.00. Direct bus service from Málaga bus station at 9.00, and from Algeciras on Sundays only. Tickets available at hotels and travel agencies, main Portillo bus stations on the Costa del Sol and Algeciras, and at El Corte Inglés. Tickets, 16.50 euros adults, 11.00 euros children. Special prices for pensioners, schools and groups. Selwo is a fascinating adventure in contact with nature. The park covers 100 hectares and is home for more than 2,000 animals from the five continents living in semi liberty recreating the animals’ natural environment. Visitors are taken on a four-hour tour, on foot and in four-wheel drive trucks.

AQUAPARK TORREMOLINOS, Carretera Circunvalación 10, Torremolinos (off the bypass). Tel. 95 238 8888. Open 10.00-18.00 hours. Tickets, 14.50 euros adults, 10.30 euros children and pensionists (full day). Weekly pass, 51.00 euros adults, 36.00 euros children. Season pass, 116.00 adults, 90.00 euros children and 82.00 euros pemsionists. Children under 3, free. Season opens May 25. The largest aquapark on the Costa del Sol with wave pools, slides, toboggans, rapids plus Niagara with the Black Hole, and the Blue Pool for adults and children. Also offers mini golf and parrot and sea lion shows.

PARQUE ACUATICO MIJAS, Carretera Circunvalación (off the Fuengirola bypass). Tel. 95 246 0404, 95 246 0408, 95 246 0409. Open 10.30-17.30 (until May 31). Tickets, 12 euros adults, 7 euros children 4-12 years, pensioners over 65, 4 euros. Free admittance for second child (4-12) of a family. Discount of 40% after 15.00. Two-day pass available (50% discount on second day) and "7 for 3" tickets (seven visits for the price of three) as well as season tickets. Discount of 50% for Fuengirola and Mijas residents on Saturdays. Wave pool, kamikaze slide, water chutes, Adventure River with winding raft slides and a mini aquapark for the kids. The park also has a full entertainment programme including shows for children, water aerobics (displays and free classes), regional dances and beach volleyball competitions.

BENALMADENA-FUENGIROLA and BENALMADENA-TORREMOLINOS, boat trips on the Joven María II between Fuengirola port and Puerto Marina, Benalmádena. Sailings Tuesday and Sunday, from Fuengirola: 11.30, 13.30, 15,30; and from Benalmádena, 10.30, 12.30, 14.30. Tickets: single, 6.00 euros adults, 3.50 euros children; round trip, adults 10.00 euros, 6.00 euros children. Puerto Marina, Benalmádena to Malaga round trip, sailings Mondays and Thursdays, 16,30 and 19.30. Tickets, 7.00 euros adults, 4.50 euros children. Tel. 95 244 4881. Take the boat to Fuengirola or Benalmádena and stop off and visit their streetmarkets and explore the towns or relax on an evening boat trip from Benalmádena along the coast towards Malaga and back.

AQUA VISTA, Fuengirola Port. Boat trips with submarine vision. We'll see rocks, small fishes, porcupine fish, seashells and all that is there at that moment, a magic and singular spectacle that you would never imagine to be seen through a glass. Lighting up of sea beds by powerful projectors will enable you to discover a world which is always awake. The boat is a catamaran with three decks. One is covered so that it can sail in winter. It has 140 seats and all the security measures required. The trip takes an hour to an hour and a quarter. Daily outings. For bookings or further information please contact mobile telephone 679 554 067.

NERJA CAVES, Carretera de Maro (between Nerja and Maro, just east of Nerja). Tel. 95 252 9520. Open daily from 10.00-14.00 and 16.00-18.30. Tickets, 5.00 euros, children (6-12 years) 2.50 euros. The cave was accidentally discovered by a group of youngsters in 1959 on a bat-hunting expedition and opened to the public the following year. The visit starts with a display of archaeological remains that confirm that the caves were inhabited 30,000 years ago, and continues through the galleries with their magnificent formations of stalactites and stalagmites, the largest an enormous column 32 metres high and 18 metres in diameter, and cave paintings. The Sala de la Cascada with its exceptional acoustics is also the venue for the Festival of Music and Dance that is held in early July.

FINCA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN, Carretera de Las Pedrizas (on the motorway from Malaga to Granada/Seville/Cordoba next to the Limonero reservoir, the turn off for the gardens is signposted just after a large service station). Tel. 95 225 2148. Open daily Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00; last visit 17.30 (until mid-October); last visit 16.30 (intil mid-December) . Tickets, 2.70 euros adults, 1.30 euros children (6-16 years) and pensioners. Membership available to the Asociación de Amigos del Jardín Botánico, (18 euros per year adults; 9 euros pensioners and under 25s), which gives free and unlimited access to the garden. Bus service (61) from the Alameda Principal on weekends and public holidays). Visits include guided commentary. One of the best tropical gardens in Europe, the garden was started by Amalia Loring 150 years ago and includes species from every corner of the globe in addition to an outdoor pavilion which is a breathtaking sight when its "roof" of wisteria burst into lilac flower in spring. The colonial American-style house and Casa Loring museum, a classical temple housing a collection of Roman artefacts, are currently closed to the public for restoration.

CENTRO DE MAR, Avenida Antonio Machado 83, Bajos Residencia Marymar (Entrance from beach) in Benalmadena Costa. Acuarium, museum, videos, marine bazaar,... Open Monday to Sunday from 11.00-15.00 and 18.00-21.00 until August 31. For further information please contact 95 257 7784.

SEA LIFE, Puerto Marina, Benalmádena-Costa. Tel. 95 256 0150. Open daily 10.00-18.00. Tickets, 7.00 euros adults, 5.00 euros pensioners, 5.00 euros children (4-12); children under 4, free. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Sea Life recreates the different natural habitats of over 100 marine species and includes "touch pools" where visitors can handle specimens or feed the fish in the Ray Tank, a Mediterranean reef with anemones and star fish and a walk-through glass tunnel where you can observe sharks, morays and barracudas. Attractions also include "Atlantis, The Sunken City", which recreates the aura of mystery and magic surrounding the legend of the sunken city.

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO MUNICIPAL (BENALMÁDENA MUNICIPAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM), Avenida Juan Luis Peralta 49, Benalmádena Pueblo. Tel. 95 244 8593. Open Monday to Friday 10.00-14.00 and 16.00-19.00 (autumn-winter). Entrance free. The museum was opened in 1970 to gather, preserve and display the rich prehistoric heritage of the area, in addition to the collection of 750 Pre-Columbian artefacts belonging to Felipe Orlando García-Murciano, the second most important collection in the country with statues, jewels and utensils, some 2,000 years old, from Mayan, Aztec, Taino and Inca cultures.

MUSEO DE BONSAI (BONSAI MUSEUM), Parque Arroyo de la Represa (near the Plaza Puente de Malaga), Avenida Dr. Maiz Viñal, Marbella. Tel. 95 286 2926. Open daily 10.30-13.30 and 16.30-19.30 (autumn-winter). Tickets, 3.00 euros adults, 1.50 euros children. The Bonsai Museum is unique in Spain and is formed by the private collection of bonsais belonging to Miguel Angel García Gil of some 300 specimens, including a wide selection of olive trees.

MUSEO DEL VINO DE MÁLAGA (OJÉN WINE MUSEUM), Calle Carreras 39, Ojén. Tel. 95 288 1453. Open daily 11.00-15.00 and 16.00-20.00 (until June). Entrance free. Located in an 18th century building which once housed the village’s aguardiente distillery, the museum informs visitors on the types and characteristics of the different wines and spirits produced in the province of Málaga, which sadly will not include Ojén’s aguardiente, as its inventor died before being able to pass on its formula. Guided visits in Spanish, English and French.

CASA-MUSEO DE MIJAS (MIJAS MUSEUM), Plaza de la Libertad 2, Mijas Pueblo. Tel. 95 259 0380. Open daily 10.00-14.00 and 17.00-20.00. Entrance free. Museum documenting village life, traditions and trades which also includes a recreation of the 2-square metre room where "El Topo", Manuel Cortés Quero, one time Republican mayor of Mijas, lived in hiding after the Civil War. The museum has now expanded to a third floor and has recreated a mill.

FUNNY BEACH, Carretera de Cadiz Km 184, Marbella. Tel. 95 282 3359. Open daily 10.00-23.00. Price, according to attraction. Pleasure park located right alongside the beach with action and fun for all the family. Go-karts for adults and children, mini motorbikes and dirt track riding with mini-Quads, plus mechanical bull, crazy boats, mini golf, trampolines, electric cars and motorbikes, jet skis, water skiing, pulley rides, rock climbing and video games. New this yea are a pool for kids with monitor, and bungee jumping.

KARTING CLUB MALAGA, Carretera de Coín, Mijas-Costa-Fuengirola (near the Mobil petrol station). Tel. 95 258 1704. Open 10.00-24.00. Ticket, 15 euros adults in Competition Kart (fast); 11.50 euros Formula Kart (slower); 10.00 euros Cadete Kart children 16; 5.50 euros Pony Kart children 4-10; 10.00 euros for one adult and one child in a two-seater kart. Go kart circuits with formula, competition and karts for children, two seaters.

HIPODROMO COSTA DEL SOL. The Costa del Sol Racecourse is situated at El Chaparral, in Mijas Costa. It has two ways of direct access, one from La Cala de Mijas and the other one from N-340 dual carriageway opposite the Castle of Fuengirola towards the Cerros del Aguila. Courses: Horsing knowledge, Perfectioning and competition, Jumping. Individual or group lessons. Ten lesson bonus. Free entrance and parking. For further information on races and services please contact 95 259 2700 or visit www.hipodromomijas.com.

THE SAFARI SHOP. Ticket to ride event and adventure company offers Spain's largest variety of activities and functions for holiday-makers and corporate clients. One of the unique activity sites is our own finca called Lagoland, placed on the shores of the Istan Lake, only 10 minutes away from Puerto Banus. This is a perfect spot for any arrangement when it comes to celebrating a private party or a multi-activity team-building event. Let us show you hidden parts of Andalusia and the real Spanish culture. The guides are fluent in various languages such as English, German, French, Dutch, Swedish and Spanish. For further information please contact telephone number 95 290 5082 or 609 517 517.

TELECABINA BENALMÁDENA, Explanada Tivoli, Arroyo de la Miel. Tel. 95 257 50 38. Tickets, 7.20 euros adults, 5.40 euros children and pensioners, single journey; 4.00 euros adults and 2.85 euros children and pensioners, return. Open 10.30-20.00. The Coast’s latest attraction is this spectacular cable car that takes you from just outside Tivoli to the peak of the Calamorro mountain, rising up 724 metres, where the panorama is spectacular, with views on a clear day as far as the Rock of Gibraltar and the coast of Morocco.

MALAGA TOUR BUS. The most complete and interesting tour of Malaga. The company that operates in most countries in the world. 20% discount with our ticket in any country where we City Sightseeing operates. Free pair of brand new headphones with your ticket. The departure is at 9.15 and covers twelve stops: Bus Station, Correos, Puerto, Paseo del Parque, Playa de la Malagueta, Plaza de Toros, Castillo de Gibralfaro, Santuario de la Victoria, Casa Picasso, Alcazaba, Catedral and Alameda.. For further information please contact 95 236 3133.

GIBRALTAR MUSEUM, 18/20 Bomb House Lane. Tel. 9567-74289. Open Monday-Friday 10.00-18.00, Saturdays 10.00-14.00 . Tickets, £2 adults, £1 children under 12. The museum traces the civilian and military history of the Rock.

NATURE RESERVE, Upper Rock. Open daily 9.30-19.00 (last visit 18.30). Tickets, £5 adults, £2.50 children, £1.50 vehicles. Tickets for the Nature Reserve include entrance to St. Michael’es Cave, the Monkeys’ Den, the Great Siege Tunnels, the Military Heritage Centre, Moorish castle and the exhibition "A City Under Siege". The Upper Rock is of great environmental value and a paradise for nature lovers. It is also home for a colony of 150 plus Barbary macaques, which are the only free living monkeys in Europe, and can be observed in the Monkeys’ Den St. Michael’s is part of a cave system that includes the Cathedral Cave which is open to visitors and serves as an occasional auditorium for concerts. Gibraltar’s military past comes to life in the Military Heritage Centre, which also houses the Arts and Crafts Centre, and in the tour of the Great Siege Tunnels, tunnelled into the rock at the end of the 18th century during the French and Spanish siege of Gibraltar, which is explained in the exhibition "A City Under Siege".

DOLPHIN BAY CRUISES, Queensway Quay Marina, Gibraltar. Tel. 9567-74598, 9567-48684. Boat trips around the Rock offering the possibility of sighting whales and dolphins on either the new "Pride of Gibraltar" or the classic wooden hulled sailer "Fortuna 1917".