12 – 14 December 2013 – Malaga, Andalucía, Spain

Malaga is the main transport hub for the popular Costa del Sol region.  It doesn’t rate highly in the guidebooks but we found that Malaga had an attractive old centre with some terrific historical monuments and a very picturesque waterfront setting.



The historic Hammam (Arab baths)



The entrance to the busy Mercado de Atarazanas, a covered market with lovely seafood, meat, fruit, vegetables, nuts, dried fruits, cheeses and hams.



We’d never seen so many varieties of European mushrooms



This man only sold clams!



Waterfront at Malaga



Malaga Cathedral



The Patio de los Naranjos – a small courtyard of orange trees behind the cathedral



We walked along the ramparts of the Castillo de Gibralfaro



Views from the Castillo





The Alcazaba de Malaga (the palace/fortress built by the Muslims) with a small Roman Amphitheatre in the foreground



Inside the Alcazaba







Jamon (Spanish ham) for sale at a local supermarket



Christmas shoppers in Malaga