Benalmádena is a town in Costa del Sol and it is situated between Torremolinos and Fuengirola.

Benalmádena covers an area just over 27 km2 but is very attractive with long beaches and also interesting attractions such as the Benalmádena Marina, the Benalmádena Cable Car and the Colomares Castle, the 33-metre-tall Buddhist Benalmádena Stupa.

More than 62000 people live in Benalmádena and in the early 21st century Benalmádena is one of the main tourist destinations on the Costa del Sol, with leisure facilities including an amusement park, two aquariums, a casino. The municipality has been subject to an unprecedented urban expansion in recent years, starting from the 1950s, with many new buildings and homes built. Benalmádena has both a traditional Spanish village and a modern, coastal, tourist area.

The municipality has three main urban areas. Benalmádena Pueblo, the original village, which lies about three kilometres inland at an elevation of approximately 200 m above mean sea level, Benalmádena Costa, an urban agglomeration on the coast. Here there are discos, hotels, beaches, shopping centers and an extensively-equipped marina and Arroyo de la Miel (Honey Stream), originally a separate village, is in the interior between the other two areas. It has become the main residential area, and is also the most commercially active.

Benalmádena is integrated into the Málaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium. There is a single ticket for metropolitan and urban buses Cercanías Málaga and Metro de Málaga. The closest airport is situated in Málaga, only 15 kilometres from Benalmádena.