The Costa del Sol stretches includes the bustling Torremolinos, Marbella and Fuengirola, but it’s not too tricky to get away from all that and escape the crowds to have another, very different holiday. Not far away from the large developments are small towns with villas, apartments and old converted houses. Our reporter Harry Glass dipped himself into the Andalucian lifestyle – you can read what he got up to in his article on the Costa del Sol.