Bus Travel Card.

If you use the local bus service a lot then it`s a good idea to get yourself a bus card. You can buy them in any Tabaco shop for €1.80. Simply load them with some money and hold it on the scanner each time you use the bus. It reduces the cost of each journey by 30% and you get a printed receipt to tell you the balance left on your card. You can top it up again when required at any  local Tabaco shop. The card doesn`t expire so can be used again and again if you`re a regular visitor. Multiple family members can also use the same card. You just scan the card once for each person in your party. A single card can be used for up to fifteen people at a time and can be used for the services between Malaga and La Cala including both Benalmádena and Mijas Pueblos.



The following link is a free download to the Consorcio Malaga App which will give you all the local bus and train routes, stops, maps and timetables for local transport.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.ctmam.movil


Also this is the newest Avanza App that covers the same routes but gives you ' live ' arrival times at the various stops. This App is only for the bus routes and not the trains.


play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geoactio.portilloavanza

There is also a second discounted rate if you transfer between buses as outlined in thde picture below.