Check out the Salsa dance scene, here on the Costa del Sol. Join one of the classes held up and down the coast or simply use this website as your guide to which nightspots are presently in fashion within the local Salsa scene!

Salsa on the Costa del Sol! There is a great mix of Cuban and Cross-Body Style Salsa here on the coast, and much more Bachata and Merenge are danced here. There is not normally dancing after classes, therefore keeping in touch with where to go is important! Be aware that the Salsa scene here in Spain happens a lot later, expect to put on your dancing shoes from about 11pm onwards! Salsa classes are highly recommended as a way of making friends having fun and keeping fit. Feeling shy? In the beginners classes everyone is in the same boat, get a drink from the bar, relax and enjoy!

The UK Salsa scene sees many Salseros come together perhaps once a week, with one or more teachers to offer salsa classes of different levels of proficiency at the same time, which means that in the social scene afterwards, you have got dancers ranging from beginners to advanced. Which is great, to upgrade your skills by dancing with many different partners!

Doing it UK style on the coast! Emma Webb seen below at the front of the group is capturing the same amount of interest here on the Costa del Sol, that there is in the UK! Emma teaches Linea Salsa, which is also known as Cross Body Lead/L.A./N.Y. Style. Emma teaches in different venues along the coast (see listings below), but the common factor between all venues is that there is normally a bar! Teaching in relaxed surroundings, makes her students much more comfortable and the more comfortable the dancers are, the quicker they seem to learn! It is more like a meeting of friends, rather than the uptight atmosphere felt in dance studios. There are always nights out being arranged from Emerald Sports Bar in Cortijo Blanco next to San Pedro.

Doing it Spanish style on the coast! To be a part of the local Spanish Salsa scene, check out the Marbella Baila forum or the Malaga Salsa site. These are associations of teachers and dedicated salseros from up and down the Costa del Sol and if you can read Spanish you can tune into what is happening and where everyone is going. The teachers on these sites all teach in Spanish and give classes in Cuban Salsa/Casino Rueda, Merenge and Bachata. Students meet once or twice a week for their classes, in a gym or dance school at a scheduled time. You usually pay for your classes up front at the beginning of the month.

Top Salsa Teacher and Classes on the Coast

San Pedro de Alcantara Classes Emerald Sports Bar:- Urb. Cortijo Blanco, next to the Cortijo Blanco Hotel in San Pedro
Every Monday - Beginners - 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Every Monday - Improvers I - 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Every Thursday - Improvers I - 7.30pm - 8.30pm

Fuengirola/Mijas Classes - Dalton's At Route 66 - above Buggy's gym,on the Ctra de Mijas between the N340 and the Toll road.
Every Wednesday - Beginners - 8pm - 9pm
Every Wednesday - Improvers I - 9pm - 10pm

Contact Emma on 606 147 677 or email her at emmaw2000@yahoo.co.uk