General information about Coín
In the recently renovated town of Coín you will find numerous shops, bars and restaurants. Its most noteworthy monuments are the churches of St. Andrew, St. John and La Vera Cruz, along with La Fuensanta Chapel. For those interested in Ceramic, there is a ceramic museum at the entrance of the town.
It has its own recently opened shopping centre called " La Trocha" with a cinema, bowling alley, and a wide range of shops, bars and restaurants who offer any kind of food.
Closeby you will find nature swimming spots in "Barranco Blanco" where you can have a refreshing dive in the cool water. For those who like walking, Coín has kilometres of walking area through the beautifull nature parks in the mountains around the town of Coín. The Sierra de Las Nieves to the north providing a picturesque snowy background in winter times.
The History
Coin dates back from the Roman era, but it is essentially an Arabic town. In Roman times, the town was known as Lacibis, later altered to La Cobin. The Arabs called it Dacuan, which later became Cohine. During the Moslem occupation, the area enjoyed a period of great prosperity and Coin became one of the most important towns in the region.
Nowadays, Coín, with an official population of just over 20,000 inhabitants, Coín is perhaps the most up and coming inland town on the Costa del Sol.
The town is also famous for being the location for the doomed BBC series Eldorado which was filmed in the Los Llanos de Nacimiento region.
