First night in Malaga

The apartment is SUPA - really comfortable with all the mod cons - so, after unpacking, connecting to the WIFI and settling in, we headed out to explore the neighbourhood.

We are staying in the old town, which is full of wonderful old buildings and narrow streets. As we walked around, we encountered a religious procession moving slowly and noisily through the narrow streets. There was a group of people carrying some huge religious icon mounted on a base, swaying as they moved, followed by a band and a crowd of people. We think it was moving through the town to one of the churches. This is the sort of old world experience you can still have in Spain!

Malaga is a lovely city, and the old town is full of atmosphere and people, even at 7.30pm, which is early by Spanish standards. We found a restaurant - La Taberna de Cervantes - got one of the last few unreserved tables, and had a delicious dinner. We had rocket salad with goats cheese and red fruits (berries), which was the stand out dish for me, and it was the last thing we ordered as I felt like a salad. We also ordered some tapas and half serves of various dishes, including seared tuna with cauliflower purée, chicken kebabs with roasted vegetables, croquettes, potatoes bravas, and Iberian ham with artichokes and asparagus. Everything was fantastic, and I had a lovely glass of Tempranillo and Ian had a beer. Great food at much more reasonable prices.

We then wandered back to the apartment for a relatively early night, as we had an early start in the morning as we are going on a guided treck of the Caminito Del Rey (which translates to little walk of the King).Read more