The tourist site of Malaga: Malaga is an elegant and merry city which developed at the foot of the castle of Gibralfaro.
The city because of its port was a commercial counter from antiquity and saw ravelling all the Mediterranean cultures since the Greeks, the phenicians and the Romans to Arabics.
The Holy Week remains the main tourist event and many pilgrims and tourists attend the procession.
If you envisage to accomplish a stay in Malaga for this period, it is preferable to book your hotel or your hiring a long time in advance. The parador Malaga gibralfaro beside the castle is a very beautiful hotel in the tradition of quality of the paradores.
For your leisures, Costa del Sol has many tourist sites to be visited and you will have the choice to go to the beach between Torremolinos and Marbella.
This part of Spain is very attended by the amateurs of golf who have about thirty course at their disposal.
The gastronomy of the area is varied. As elsewhere in Spain, you will eat fish and will taste the local speciality the pescaíto frito - crackling of fish - but also the gazpacho - cold soup -.
To find an accommodation in Malaga :
- Malaga surroundings apartment for rent. A few kilometres far from Malaga, in Rincon de Victoria, hiring apartment for 6 people. the air-conditioned housing located in a residence of tourism, incudes 2 rooms with 2 bathrooms and an American kitchen. A shared swimming pool is at the disposal of tenants. Course of golf 300 meters far from there and sand beach in the vicinity.
- Villa to rent in the neighborhoods of Malaga. A few kilometres far from Malaga and 12 kilometers far from the beach, hiring of villa for 8 people. This large 4 rooms house with living room and equipped kitchen, has a large terrace with barbecue and a private swimming pool with solarium. The place is quiet and perfectly appropriate to a big family wishing to rent a top-of-the-range villa in the Malaga resort.
The tourist who want to share the life of the Jet set will have to rent a villa in Puerto Banus or Marbella.
The holiday maker who wishes to spend his holidays in family will preferably choose a hiring in Torremolinos.
The campers can go to the Marbella camp-site, the camp-site Cabopino, very good 1st category establishment.
Malaga count 2 paradores of turismo: The parador of Gibralfaro Malaga and the parador Malaga Golf, intended for the golfers.
In the North of Costa del Sol is the Costa Tropical that you can visit during your stay in Andalusia.
On holiday in Almunecar, the tourist can discover, the very particular flora of the Costa Tropical.
If renting in Motril, the party animals will spend their evenings in Almunecar, a few kilometers far from there, in the animated district of Puerta del Mar.
In stay in Salobrena, the holiday makers will taste the charm of this picturesque small village of Costa Tropical.
For people searching a Spanish property for sale in Malaga go to our Costa del Sol real estate page.
To go to Malaga by plane, adress of airport Malaga : Avenida García Morato, s/n 29004 Málaga. Find on flight Spain the coordinates of the principal Spanish airports.
Tourist office : Pasaje de Chinitas, 4 - 29015 Malaga ( Malaga ).