Rincon de la Victoria is lining up a busy three days from Friday 25 to Sunday, September 27 for International Tourism Day. Food stalls, skateboards, classic motors, free heritage visits and a late concert by Manuel Lombo are all on the card. This fifth edition of the local award also honours Turisgar, a hometown passenger-transport firm with 57 years on the road.

Oktoberfest takes over Plaza Al Andalus

Plaza Al Andalus hosts a beer festival from Friday until Sunday. Craft ales, international food stalls and live music run across the square for families as well as evening crowds. Saturday then shifts the action to Ignacio Echeverria Skatepark for a skateboard championship from 11am to 9pm, with sign-up between 10.30am and midday. Gibralfaro Rally cars are due back through town on both Saturday and Sunday, so expect engines as well as decks.

Sunday opens caves and Villa Antiopa for free

World Tourism Day itself is on the Sunday. Cueva del Tesoro and Villa Antiopa offer free entry all day, no booking needed for a wander. Four guided tours, at 11am, 12.30pm, 5pm and 6.30pm, do need a reserved spot. Cueva de la Victoria opens for two extra slots at 10am and 12.30pm, ten people each, booked via turismoenrincon.es. Those caves have long pulled visitors on the eastern Costa del Sol; EWN has covered earlier free days and the Tesoro’s visitor boom.

Mini “tortas locas” raise cash for Caritas

Midday on Sunday, Plaza Pepe El Boticario fills with “Locas por Rincon”: two thousand mini crazy cakes sold to raise money for Caritas. Nightfall moves to Plaza de la Iglesia in Benagalbon.

Turisgar collects the Tourism Day award at 9pm, then Manuel Lombo takes the stage, with Costa del Sol tourism backing the gig.

Official World Tourism Day context sits with the UN World Tourism Organization. Bookings and extra detail live on the council tourism site and its ticket pages.

Late night socialisers in Velez-Malaga and Torre del Mar get a bonus fortnight. Uncovered bar and restaurant terraces can now stay open until 2am every night until Sunday, October 4, after the summer window officially closed on September 15.

Commerce councillor Beatriz Galvez said the extra weeks line up with the Real Feria de San Miguel, which runs from September 29 to October 4. “We want bars and restaurants to cash in on the extra people and spending these days bring,” she explained. The rule covers the whole municipality including Torre del Mar.

Extra weeks timed for the local fair

Warm evenings still make sitting outside workable, according to Javier Arcas, president of the Torre del Mar traders’ group ACET. He called the extension “necessary” so venues can keep using their terraces while the weather holds. Business associations had asked for the extra time. Council officials and traders say they will keep talking so later rules fit what shops and hospitality actually need.

Neighbours’ sleep still comes first

Any stretch of street that proves too noisy can lose the late hours permission and go back to the usual closing times. Police will also keep checking the local civismo rules, especially sales and drinking of alcohol away from licensed premises and authorised terraces.

Last year’s San Miguel week brought packed streets and extra custom; this year’s dates and concerts appear on the town hall site.

A night bus between Velez-Malaga and Torre del Mar ran through August and may help late leavers again if extra services return for the fair. Official details sit at velezmalaga.es.

Warm nights, fair crowds and a 2am last round give hospitality a late-season life, provided the neighbours still get some sleep, so as long as everyone keeps the noise down, summer nights can carry on a little longer for now.