We arrived on Easter Sunday and had timed our entrance to ensure that the streets had been reopened after the festive parade - otherwise we would not have been able to access our Hotel. We also had a minor hiccup trying to find our accommodation when we accidentally walked into a Hostel on the other end of the street with a similar sounding name.
Roman Amphitheater
After checking into our hotel, we took a walk around the neighbourhood to check out the historical buildings to sway our preconception that Malaga was only a party/resort town. find somewhere to eat. Our hotel was located close to the remains of a Roman Amphitheater that was similar to what we had explored on a previous trip to Lyon.
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| Roman Amphitheater |
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| Steps to the Alcazaba |
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| Malaga's Cathedral Spire |
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| Cathedral side entrance |
El Pimpi
We ate dinner at El Pimpi - a popular restaurant with photos of famous patrons including John Malkovich, Antonio Banderas and Paloma Picasso. Dinner was tapas style and a replay of foods we had already eaten (but loved) on the trip including fried pieces of cod and grilled eggplant with honey.
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| El Pimpi and beer - great combination |
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| Eggplant, cod and fried prawns |
Esplanade
With our stomachs full, we decided to walk off the calories indulged by not only eating the food, but also drinking a lot of local Spanish beer. We headed down to the esplanade area that contained the lively and modern part of the city - full of bars and tourists.
Bakery Breakfast
We started the day with a breakfast of pastries from a bakery in the shopping arcade, eating the Spanish equivalent of a quiche and an apple shaped tart in one of the paved squares near our hotel.
Malaga Alcazabar
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Overlooking the new marina development
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Bakery Breakfast
We started the day with a breakfast of pastries from a bakery in the shopping arcade, eating the Spanish equivalent of a quiche and an apple shaped tart in one of the paved squares near our hotel.
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| Breakfast from the bakery |
Malaga Alcazabar
Our tourist activity of the day was to visit the Malaga Alcazabar. This is a massive fortress on the hill above the city that provided visitors with excellent views of the Port and Bullring.
Churros
We ate afternoon tea at a well known churros place down a small street and walked around the local food market. However as we didn't have a lot of time left until our flight and we were being risk adverse against any public transport mix up during the Easter season, we headed for the airport early.
La Moraga
At Malaga Airport we discovered La Moraga - part of a chain of contemporary Spanish restaurants. We ate an amazing ox-tail burger, kebab and prawn tempura. We also did a stint of wine tasting - definitely the best way to hang out waiting for the boarding call.
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| Walls of the Alcazabar |
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| Olie's artistic shot |
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| The Bullring |
Churros
We ate afternoon tea at a well known churros place down a small street and walked around the local food market. However as we didn't have a lot of time left until our flight and we were being risk adverse against any public transport mix up during the Easter season, we headed for the airport early.
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| Yummy chocolate and churros |
La Moraga
At Malaga Airport we discovered La Moraga - part of a chain of contemporary Spanish restaurants. We ate an amazing ox-tail burger, kebab and prawn tempura. We also did a stint of wine tasting - definitely the best way to hang out waiting for the boarding call.
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