Malaga Travelers Recommend

Malaga is located in Southern Spain, within a region known as the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun). So as you might imagine, the area plays host to beautiful Mediterranean weather year-round. In order to best appreciate this, consider striking out on foot to get your bearings. A good hop-on hop-off tour can help get you oriented without breaking the bank (or killing your feet), but bike taxis are definitely high culture right now. There’s nothing like riding in a 21st Century bike-cum-taxicab while stealing down the cobbled alleyways of old-town and having the popular sites pointed out to you by a knowledgeable local guide. With a city as old as Malaga, it’s easy to experience the history of a place in a unique way. Consider starting your day with the Museo del Vidrio y Cristal de Malaga (Museum of Glass and Crystal), where you’ll learn the grand history of Malaga through the art its produced.

Essential to any Malaga trip is a visit to Granada and especially its Alhambra Palace, as few places in the world can compare to the paradise found within its fortified walls. The 9th-century Moorish wonderland is home to the Nasrid Palace with its tranquil ponds, and walls of intricately carved Arabic characters; the 16th-century residence of Roman Emperor Charles V; and the smell of fresh flowers mingled with the sounds of flowing fountains in the Generalife Gardens. Discover this little slice of heaven and history, and the old-world streets of Granada that surround it, on one of these day trips from Malaga. Situated just an hour and a half away from the coastal Spanish city of Malaga, Granada makes for a perfect and very attainable day trip. Start out your adventure in an air-conditioned coach, which will pick you up at your hotel and whisk you off to Spain’s interior.