hello welcome to Spain right now I am in Marbella in Andalusia in Spain I am here because
I was invited to be a keynote inTBEX conference if you're not familiar with
TBEX I should say that TBEX is the biggest travel blogger conference and usually when you go to
a travel blogger conference there are a lot of fam trips
and today i'm leaving Marbella and i'm going to Mijas a white village in the south of Spain
Our van is here let's go and make some friends
Mijas pueblo is located in the region of Costa Del Sol
and it is around 30 kilometres away from both Malaga and Marbella you will find
this village at an altitude of 400 meters and about 10 kilometers from the coast
and we arrived in Mijas and actually our tour guide was explaining about this village and how
resident kept it as it was in in the past and there are not so many hotels here and there is
only one hotel in this village that's good because mass tourism can ruin any small towns and villages
Mijas is not the only white village in Andalusia but it is indeed one of the most beautiful ones
it is absolutely beautiful don't you just want to move here oh my gosh look
at the mountains though I even think like the contrast between the white buildings and then
you see the mountains over here i don't know it's just it is just gorgeous
the symbol of Mijas is the donkey because they used to use
donkeys as a public transport currently they use donkeys as a taxi actually I am at the
station taxi station but this taxi station is different from any other taxi station i've been
it's full of donkeys. The Mijas donkey taxis started operating in the 1960s when tourists
began visiting this charming village at the time labours used to ride their donkeys to and
from work they were often stopped by visitors for a photo or even a ride in exchange for a tip
some locals realised the business opportunity here and this is how Burro taxi was born in Mijas
i personally prefer to take photos of the donkeys instead of riding them as a tourist
just trying almond it's a sweet almond mmm caramel
the history of the village goes back to the bronze age visiting Mijas feels
like you have been taken back in time you can clearly see the roman and arab influence
this village was called Tarnisa in roman times but when the arabs captured Andalusia they changed
the name to Mixa and then when the spanish reconquered the village renamed it to Mijas
here is the oldest church and the main church in Mijas, actually it used to be a mosque but now
is converted to a church and it still that is part of the mosque which was the minaret and now is the
tower of the church and you can see there are two belts at the top of the tower and when the
catholic kings came here at the end of 1480s 1885 they destroyed the mosque to build a church to
say our religion is more important than yours and this is this is now belong to to the catholics
that they used to do that in any place in Malaga also well Seville Cordoba
this street behind me is the most photographed street in spain
a picture of this street was used for the marketing campaign for Spain
after that Calle San Sebastian became famous and a popular street for photography
this narrow balcony is actually a public footpath and as you can see
there are houses with lots of flowers and all flowers here are provided by the city hall
as you can see there are some walls that instead of being white, they are kind
of brown because of the storm came from sahara brought some sand in this village
it was a rain of sand and city hall now helps to wash them out or paint them again white
While in Mijas we visited the local market where you can find vegetables herbs meat products and
spanish wines at a cheaper price. The name lalo como tora this is the rioja wine ryoka
one is very famous in spain it comes from the north this the price of this bottle is five euros eighty
but if you ask for one bottle like this at any restaurant here in Mijas you pay 22 euros
right that's a good price in Spain we have very good wines just for three euros
this village is really pretty and i'm not sure if the camera
can show everything because you know just like there are so many details and everything is like
so cool and right now we are moving towards one of the best spots to have a great view of Mijas
this is the highest place in Mijas we call it jardines de la muradia
the gardens of the world because in this area we have the fortification to defend the city
and around this area we have the walls well now you can see that's the way to go to where
we can sit come here you can see the moroccan coast we can see Africa and the rock of Gibraltar
there is a small contemporary art museum in Mijas and by paying three euros
you can see the works of famous artists such as Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali
it's time to leave Mijas and as a souvenir I bought a new cap what
do you think about it i think it's colorful and cute let me know what you think about it