Torremolinos was the destination for many famous film personalities, European royalties and politicians.

From the personalities of the 7th art, we can emphasise the actress Ava Gardner or the director Orson Wells, also the singer Frank Sinatra. The princess Soraya also visited the town as well as personalities of literature like Juan Goytisolo or Fernando Sánchez Dragó…

Ava Gardner; the princess Soraya; the director Orson Wells, the actors Raf Vallone, Boris Karloff and Frank Sinatra were seen in the Café Central, in la Sala de Fiestas "El Mañana", in the restaurants "El Jaleo" o "El Piyayo"... romanciers and poets wrote here their best oevres, Michener da a luz his "Hijos de Torremolinos"; Juan Goytisolo finished "La Isla"; Fernando Sánchez Dragó "El Dorado"; Souvirón "Cristo en Torremolinos"; the bohemian Coco Blanco, "Torremolinos, l.955"; and Angel Palomino, "Torremolinos Gran Hotel".