I recently returned from a week away in southern Spain, not an exploring-focused holiday by any means as I was out there to perform vital duties as a friend's best man at his wedding. The majority of the first half of the week was spent running around like a blue-arsed fly trying to get all the wedding prep done with the groom which, with him being struck down by a still-unknown stomach upset (thankfully not contagious) was even more stressful than it would have been under normal circumstances. Somehow in between the prep, the wedding, making sure all the COVID tests were in order for the return, and eating copious amounts of food myself and the groom managed to sneak out for a couple of hours of exploring time one morning to check out some local stuff I'd spotted on maps prior to me flying out.
Club Dona Ana is a relatively small leisure club located on a strip of land sandwiched between the main dual carriageway which runs the length of the Malaga-Marbella coastline on one side, and a residential street filled with houses on the other. It's main feature other than the clubhouse/restaurant area is a large 18 hole 'Mr. Scott' miniature golf course which once snaked it's way through the grounds surrounded by water features and shallow pools. At the far end of the property is a second building with stairs up to a large dining area, with a bar below. After closure numerous advertising billboards were erected on the property due to it's prime spot overlooking the constantly busy dual carriageway. By the looks of it, it closed quite a while ago as the clubhouse building has been knackered by time and idiots. The thing that stood out to me whilst looking for places to explore in that area of Spain was the propensity of either the owners or thieves to remove all the windows from abandoned buildings which leaves them very exposed to the elements - that and the sheer quantity of graffiti artists and taggers in Spain in general means nothing really ever gets left alone intact for too long. There is also a worrying amount of buildings which look for all intents and purposes like they are abandoned, but they have people living in them, so it can be a bit of a minefield at times.
Entry was very easy as could be expected, and whilst we were plainly visible to all either walking down the street next to it or driving along the dual carriageway nobody batted an eyelid.
At this point it began to rain pretty hard, which was an unusual feeling with it being so warm and humid, so we ventured back to the car and onto the next site.
Club Dona Ana is a relatively small leisure club located on a strip of land sandwiched between the main dual carriageway which runs the length of the Malaga-Marbella coastline on one side, and a residential street filled with houses on the other. It's main feature other than the clubhouse/restaurant area is a large 18 hole 'Mr. Scott' miniature golf course which once snaked it's way through the grounds surrounded by water features and shallow pools. At the far end of the property is a second building with stairs up to a large dining area, with a bar below. After closure numerous advertising billboards were erected on the property due to it's prime spot overlooking the constantly busy dual carriageway. By the looks of it, it closed quite a while ago as the clubhouse building has been knackered by time and idiots. The thing that stood out to me whilst looking for places to explore in that area of Spain was the propensity of either the owners or thieves to remove all the windows from abandoned buildings which leaves them very exposed to the elements - that and the sheer quantity of graffiti artists and taggers in Spain in general means nothing really ever gets left alone intact for too long. There is also a worrying amount of buildings which look for all intents and purposes like they are abandoned, but they have people living in them, so it can be a bit of a minefield at times.
Entry was very easy as could be expected, and whilst we were plainly visible to all either walking down the street next to it or driving along the dual carriageway nobody batted an eyelid.
At this point it began to rain pretty hard, which was an unusual feeling with it being so warm and humid, so we ventured back to the car and onto the next site.
