La Paloma Park – Parque de la Paloma – located right in the centre of Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena, is a 200,000 square metre municipal park with quite a sizeable lake at its centre. The park is very picturesque, well laid out and maintained and well worth a visit if you happen to be in the area.
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It is a very pleasant place for a relaxing picnic lunch. In March 2023 the park was declared a ‘smoke-free zone’, although it is not actually enforceable under current Spanish law or regulations.
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Plenty of birds of all types, including ducks and gulls, as well as turtles and the odd rabbit – obviously domesticated buns that have been released into the wild at some stage.
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