Beautiful Málaga

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Beautiful Málaga

Spotlight locations

It's no Alhambra, but it's still worth a visit to this Moorish fortress. You can access from next to the Roman Theatre or there is a sneaky lift on Calle Guillen Soleto (Ascensor de Alcazaba) which cuts out some of the uphill.
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Alcazaba de Málaga
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It's no Alhambra, but it's still worth a visit to this Moorish fortress. You can access from next to the Roman Theatre or there is a sneaky lift on Calle Guillen Soleto (Ascensor de Alcazaba) which cuts out some of the uphill.
A fairly steep uphill climb to the top, but the views are fantastic. You don't have to go into the castle to enjoy the area, there are some nice walking trails around here and a Parador with cold beer waiting at the top too.
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Castillo de Gibralfaro
11 Cam. Gibralfaro
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A fairly steep uphill climb to the top, but the views are fantastic. You don't have to go into the castle to enjoy the area, there are some nice walking trails around here and a Parador with cold beer waiting at the top too.
Great for a wander and has some great little bars for a drink/food stop. El Carmen market (across the dry river bed) is smaller and less touristy if you're looking some something even more authentic.
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Центральный рынок Атарасанас
10 C. Atarazanas
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Great for a wander and has some great little bars for a drink/food stop. El Carmen market (across the dry river bed) is smaller and less touristy if you're looking some something even more authentic.
Good place for a walk with lots of shops, bars and restaurants - there are much better places to eat nearby though so perhaps look elsewhere for dinner.
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Муэлье Уно
4 P.º del Muelle Uno
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Good place for a walk with lots of shops, bars and restaurants - there are much better places to eat nearby though so perhaps look elsewhere for dinner.
Nice low rise area with plenty of bars and restaurants and neighbouring El Palo has some great beachside restaurants.
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Pedregalejo
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Nice low rise area with plenty of bars and restaurants and neighbouring El Palo has some great beachside restaurants.
A 10-15 min cab ride away, but a really beautiful place to have a proper walk surrounded by pine forest. If you type "Enduro Montes de Malaga" into Google maps this is a good place to start and you'll easily pick up trails from here
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Montes de Málaga
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A 10-15 min cab ride away, but a really beautiful place to have a proper walk surrounded by pine forest. If you type "Enduro Montes de Malaga" into Google maps this is a good place to start and you'll easily pick up trails from here
The "Hamman al Andalus" is a great place for a little R&R. Spotlessly clean and in a stunning building, it's a good place to wind down from the day. Candlelit at night.
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Hammam Al Andalus Malaga
5 Pl. de los Mártires Ciriaco y Paula
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The "Hamman al Andalus" is a great place for a little R&R. Spotlessly clean and in a stunning building, it's a good place to wind down from the day. Candlelit at night.
Big bright space and usually quiet, the interactive music museum is meant to be interesting.
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Cac Malaga
S/N C. Alemania
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Big bright space and usually quiet, the interactive music museum is meant to be interesting.
Highly rated art space where you can find a lot of pieces of art from one of the most universal characters ever born in Málaga - Pablo Ruiz Picasso.
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Picasso Museum Málaga
8 C. San Agustín
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Highly rated art space where you can find a lot of pieces of art from one of the most universal characters ever born in Málaga - Pablo Ruiz Picasso.
Another 10-15 mins in a cab but it's well looked after and another nice place to escape the bustle.
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Исторический ботанический сад Ла-Консепсьон
3 Camino del Jardín Botánico
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Another 10-15 mins in a cab but it's well looked after and another nice place to escape the bustle.
Place of international geological interest, it stands out as the largest column in the world, awarded by Guinness World Records.
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Фонд пещеры Нерха
Carretera de Bajada a Playa de Maro
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Place of international geological interest, it stands out as the largest column in the world, awarded by Guinness World Records.

Where to eat - Spanish food

Spanish restaurant right at the entrance of the "Montes de Málaga" where you can taste some of the most common dishes from Málaga typical cuisine.
Ventorrillo de Santa Clara
Km 557 Camino del Colmenar
Spanish restaurant right at the entrance of the "Montes de Málaga" where you can taste some of the most common dishes from Málaga typical cuisine.
Gets great reviews - smart restaurant owned by Antonio Banderas and a lovely setting with a great terrace.
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Doña Inés - Romance Gastronómico
5 Plaza Poeta Alfonso Canales
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Gets great reviews - smart restaurant owned by Antonio Banderas and a lovely setting with a great terrace.
Always a safe bet. Interesting menu and great food - you can sit in the bar, restaurant or on the shaded/heated terrace depending on the season.
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Restaurante La Deriva
7 Alameda de Colón
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Always a safe bet. Interesting menu and great food - you can sit in the bar, restaurant or on the shaded/heated terrace depending on the season.
Great wine bar (not overly posh) with really good creative tapas which is excellent value.
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Los Patios de Beatas
43 C. Beatas
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Great wine bar (not overly posh) with really good creative tapas which is excellent value.
Interesting restaurant in the centre of the old town with a changing daily menu. Not a huge choice, but really well respected with informal seating indoors and a heated terrace.
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La Cosmopolita Malagueña
3 C. José Denis Belgrano
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Interesting restaurant in the centre of the old town with a changing daily menu. Not a huge choice, but really well respected with informal seating indoors and a heated terrace.
Smart restaurant with great outdoor terrace in a square in the centre of town.
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Kraken
2 Pl. de las Flores
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Smart restaurant with great outdoor terrace in a square in the centre of town.
Haute cuisine restaurant inside the interior Andalusian patio of the 18th century of a beautiful hotel, included in the Michelin Guide. Tribute to Malaga's traditional gastronomic culture with an avant-garde touch.
Restaurante Balausta
57-59 Calle Granada
Haute cuisine restaurant inside the interior Andalusian patio of the 18th century of a beautiful hotel, included in the Michelin Guide. Tribute to Malaga's traditional gastronomic culture with an avant-garde touch.
A really lovely little restaurant with a changing daily menu that specialises in natural and organic wine. Great food, wonderful service and interesting wine.
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La Casa del Perro
7 C. Hernán Ruiz
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A really lovely little restaurant with a changing daily menu that specialises in natural and organic wine. Great food, wonderful service and interesting wine.

Where to eat - Spanish tapas

Famous tapas bar with a warren of different bars and eating areas. Best tapas selection is the first bar entering from Calle Granada.
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Эль Пимпи
62 C. Granada
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Famous tapas bar with a warren of different bars and eating areas. Best tapas selection is the first bar entering from Calle Granada.
Good tapas bars on Calle Carreteria.
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La Tribu
92 C. Carretería
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Good tapas bars on Calle Carreteria.
Small and quiet tapas bar.
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Colmado 93
93 Calle Carretería
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Small and quiet tapas bar.
A good seafood focused tapas bar.
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La Peregrina centro
37 C. Madre de Dios
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A good seafood focused tapas bar.
Always a good choice for astonishing tapas.
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La Terraza de la Aduana
s/n Plaza de la Aduana
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Always a good choice for astonishing tapas.

Where to eat - Chiringuito

Always good and slightly smarter.
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Restaurante El Caleño
49 P.º Marítimo el Pedregal
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Always good and slightly smarter.
Scruffier but authentic and good value.
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Restaurante gabi
73 C. Quitapenas
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Scruffier but authentic and good value.
Safe bets and huge Paella at the weekend on the beach.
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Restaurante Antonio
41 C. Playa del Chanquete
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Safe bets and huge Paella at the weekend on the beach.
Primitivo Restaurante
21 Avenida Salvador Allende
Possibly the best beach bar near the city center that is not a tourist trap.
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Chiringuito Litoral Pacífico
5 Paseo Marítimo Antonio Banderas
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Possibly the best beach bar near the city center that is not a tourist trap.

Where to eat - Non-Spanish

Off plaza Merced. Excellent restaurant run by a Swedish couple with a weekly changing menu. Lovely setting and excellent food - highly recommended!
Dynamit
4 Calle la Merced
Off plaza Merced. Excellent restaurant run by a Swedish couple with a weekly changing menu. Lovely setting and excellent food - highly recommended!
Asian fusion with a Spanish twist. Smart restaurant with creative cuisine that doesn't disappoint.
Tercer Acto
13 Calle Córdoba
Asian fusion with a Spanish twist. Smart restaurant with creative cuisine that doesn't disappoint.
Good little local Italian serving homemade pasta.
Radici Osteria Italiana
2 Calle Ramón Franquelo
Good little local Italian serving homemade pasta.
For great (and filling!) Ramen. The chef makes everything from scratch (including the noodles!) and cooks for the Japanese consulate in Madrid.
Kosei Ramen
56 Calle Carretería
For great (and filling!) Ramen. The chef makes everything from scratch (including the noodles!) and cooks for the Japanese consulate in Madrid.
Great sushi.
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Restaurante Asako
Avenida Plutarco
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Great sushi.
What sounds like a horrendous mix of Mexican, Thai, Greek and Vietnamese is actually a bit of a find in Soho. Menu changes daily - all home-cooked and always good.
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Mamuchis- Cocina del Mundo
27 C. Casas de Campos
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What sounds like a horrendous mix of Mexican, Thai, Greek and Vietnamese is actually a bit of a find in Soho. Menu changes daily - all home-cooked and always good.

Where to eat - Healthy/Vegan/Brunch

Excellent vegan loved by everyone (even the hardiest meat eaters!).
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MIMO Vegan Bistro
20 Avenida de Manuel Agustín Heredia
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Excellent vegan loved by everyone (even the hardiest meat eaters!).
Excellent veggie/vegan restaurant.
Fonzo, bar de tapas
4 C. Mariblanca
Excellent veggie/vegan restaurant.
Only non-tourist trap in Plaza Merced. Great for brunch or quick lunch stop in the sunshine (there are two branches but Plaza Merced is great for sun!).
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BYOKO
5 C. Strachan
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Only non-tourist trap in Plaza Merced. Great for brunch or quick lunch stop in the sunshine (there are two branches but Plaza Merced is great for sun!).
Very simple, authentic and unusual breakfast experience. On many's "must do" lists.
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La Recova
3 Pje Ntra. Sra. de los Dolores de San Juan
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Very simple, authentic and unusual breakfast experience. On many's "must do" lists.
For churros and hot chocolate experience.
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Casa Aranda
2 C. Herrería del Rey
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For churros and hot chocolate experience.

Thirsty work (most with food)

Lovely roof terrace with a sit up bar (not sure if they do food).
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Cobalto 15
1 C. Casas de Campos
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Lovely roof terrace with a sit up bar (not sure if they do food).
Roof terrace - good roof terrace with views across city and sea (above Dona Ines restaurant).
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Room Mate Valeria Hotel
5 Plaza Poeta Alfonso Canales
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Roof terrace - good roof terrace with views across city and sea (above Dona Ines restaurant).
Fabulous views over the Alcazaba - there is a bar on the 5th floor, but if you want something quieter got for a table on the 4th floor terrace (part of the restaurant). When it's quiet they don't mind you just having a drink, but when busier just ordering a few tapas plates gets you one of the best seats in the house.
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Batik
12 C/ Alcazabilla
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Fabulous views over the Alcazaba - there is a bar on the 5th floor, but if you want something quieter got for a table on the 4th floor terrace (part of the restaurant). When it's quiet they don't mind you just having a drink, but when busier just ordering a few tapas plates gets you one of the best seats in the house.
Lovely little wine bar opposite the bullring with good food and excellent wine. Usually busy and limited seating so worth booking ahead.
Anyway Wine Bar
8 P.º Reding
Lovely little wine bar opposite the bullring with good food and excellent wine. Usually busy and limited seating so worth booking ahead.
Another great wine bar offering tastings and limited food. May need to book ahead as they run tasting events.
Vinoteca Boreal
18 Calle Madre de Dios
Another great wine bar offering tastings and limited food. May need to book ahead as they run tasting events.
Lovely sit up bar downstairs and meant to be a good roof terrace lounge bar/restaurant as well with views of the city and sea.
Only YOU Hotel Málaga
1 Alameda Principal
Lovely sit up bar downstairs and meant to be a good roof terrace lounge bar/restaurant as well with views of the city and sea.
Quirky cocktail bar (with food) that specialises in the alchemy of cocktail making.
Restaurante Coctelería La Valiente Málaga
Quirky cocktail bar (with food) that specialises in the alchemy of cocktail making.
Small smart bar on Central Alameda (with limited food).
La Barra de Doña Inés
15 Alameda Principal
Small smart bar on Central Alameda (with limited food).
About an hour's walk out of town to Pedregalejo - nothing stand out about the drinks, but the setting is right on the sea if it's quiet and you can sit downstairs next to crashing waves. Overrated for food!
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Эль Бальнеарио - Баньос дель Кармен
26 C. Bolivia
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About an hour's walk out of town to Pedregalejo - nothing stand out about the drinks, but the setting is right on the sea if it's quiet and you can sit downstairs next to crashing waves. Overrated for food!
Excellent and authentic Malaga winery. Ideal to try Malaga wines and vermouths. Good quality tapas, value mussels, cooked prawns, cheese…. must visit.
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Antigua Casa de Guardia
18 Alameda Principal
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Excellent and authentic Malaga winery. Ideal to try Malaga wines and vermouths. Good quality tapas, value mussels, cooked prawns, cheese…. must visit.