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old town, sandy beaches, and real live renting a car is worth your while if you are touristy thing to do and lasts anywhere
flamenco, Malaga is an intrinsic reflection staying longer than a weekend. although from thirty to fifty minutes and costs
of the real andalucia. With more than the city itself is relatively small and it is easy approximately c80. Negotiate the rate
three hundred days of sun and average to visit many of the cultural attractions on foot, before you get in or keep costs down by
temperatures of 23ºC, there is never really a you will miss out on a myriad of interesting sharing a gondola with other tourists.
wrong time to visit this coastal city. sights around the rest of the Costa del sol if to revel in pure Venetian charm the
somehow Malaga has remained a very you don’t have access to a car. Cipriani has a secluded setting, but it
traditional spanish city, untainted by the For flights to Malaga visit might be too remote for some. For a hotel
surrounding tourism boom. steeped in www.aerlingus.com or www.ryanair.com. with views of the canals and gondolas
more than 3,000 years of history, moorish For information on Malaga, check out check into the magnificent Danieli. the
archways and rambling streets lead onto www.andalucia.com. san Clemente Palace occupies a private
stunning piazzas that are buzzing by day island, 10 minutes across the water from
and dazzling by night. Beachlife in Malaga
VEnicE
the Piazza san Marco. their guest book
is just as good as anywhere else along the is also bursting with big names, mainly
coast and sun worshippers don’t have far
to walk to the sandy shores. Y
ou have seen it in photos and films, but film stars. Venice gets unfeasibly crowded
there’s no substitute for the reality – the in high season, and queues are frequent.
No discussion of Malaga would be shimmering Grand Canal, the gondolas remember though that many visitors are
complete without mentioning Picasso. slipping down watery alleyways, the elegant day-trippers and that evenings are usually
the artist is Malaga’s most famous export palazzos emerging straight from the sea. less fraught. try going out of season. You
(followed by actor Antonio Banderas) Venice is all about subdued elegance. that will not get the warmth of summer, but what
and consequently the city’s most famous said, it is essentially a touring city, full of you’ll be rewarded with is bargains galore
museum is the Museo Picasso. Housed labyrinth streets and tons of bridges so if as hotels are desperate to fill their rooms.
in an old 16th century palace, it boasts a you don’t want sore feet, bring your most You will also get good value in
fascinating collection of the artist’s work comfortable shoes for daytime. Don’t ditch restaurants. For a gastronomic dinner hunt
and has apparently boosted the number the style completely – pack a few beautiful down one of the atmospheric bars known
of tourists coming to explore Malaga. dresses and tailored suits to live up to the as bacari, which serve traditional Venetian
Other attractions include the cathedral, la Venetian glamour at night. cuisine at cheap prices. the waterside
Manquita, the national park and the Paseo Venice has reason to call itself the world’s terrace of the De Pisis is quite simply the
del Parque, a botanical masterpiece with most romantic city with a delightful maze of most romantic place in Venice for dinner,
tropical plants and trees. Most of the main fine palaces, galleries of stupendous works while Il Gatto Nero in the nearby island of
cultural attractions are gathered around the and a new breed of excellent restaurants. Burano is worth booking also for a
city’s historic district. Not to mention the key attraction, the memorable lunch or dinner.
Malaga also has plenty to keep the canals that confront you at every turn, and For flights to Venice visit
fashionista content, with contemporary make getting lost in Venice a pleasurable www.aerlingus.com or www.ryanair.com.
malls and enviable boutiques on the adventure. the gondola ride is the ultimate For hotels in Venice visit www.hotels.com.
swankiest shopping street, Marqués
de larios. the people in Malaga, called
Malagueños, are known for their hectic
social lives whether they are going out
for a chat, a drink or a bite to eat. the
town therefore has a great variation of
restaurants, bars and bodegas, which are
normally busy throughout the week. la
Campana is a tiny open-fronted space, with
locals spilling out onto the streets while the
overflow tuck into paella nearby at Plaza
de Uncibay. Malaga is also renowned for
its seafood and you can sample the finest
fish around the old fishing villages of el Palo
and Pedregalejo. alongside the high-end
restaurants and glitzy hotels, its old town
is a trendy mix of alleyways with pretty
terrace cafes.
While there are plenty of hotels and
apartments to choose from, cheap youth
Venice
hostels are not very common in Malaga.
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