. Hello world!
As it are the summer holidays (for me atleast) i
decided to make up a little list with the best places to visit and eat
in various cities in Spain.
So let's jump straight in to it, I
have to remind you guys that I will only talk about the cities I have
visited, and not just any city.
Málaga:
I know the most about this city as I live here fulltime, so this list will be the longest probably.
Musea:
- Pablo Picasso museum ( kind of an obvious one).
Picasso
was born in Málaga which makes it kind of obvious that the museum is in
his hometown. You can also visit his birthhouse, but it doesn't have
that many paintings so unless you are a art fanatic (which is totally
fine by me) you aren't missing anything if you don't visit. The museum
is open everyday from 10:00 to 20:00. It's located in the middle of the
city so after visiting the museum you can wander around the city or have
lunch somewhere close.
http://www.museopicassomalaga.org/
- Alcazaba & Teatro Romano.
The
alcazaba is the spanish name for castle or fortress, nearly every city
in Spain has one, the one in Malaga originates from the roman time which
is why it has the ruins of an old roman theatre in front. Acces is free
and it's opened everyday of the year.
There are more musea but I haven't been there or didn't find them interesting enough to write here.
Shopping:
- Centro comercial Larios.
I
particularly like this shopping centre because it has a big variety of
shops, which includes shops such as primark, Pull & Bear, Bershka,
etc. The best thing is that it is indoors, which in summer means air
conditioning. There are also many different café's and restaurants where
you can eat and catch a break before continuing your shopping.
-Corte Inglés.
This
is a Spanish shop, which sells everything from clothes to homeware. It
has classy things, and everyday clothes in all price ranges. There are
several in the city but the biggest one is defenitly the one in the city
centre, I love this one particularly because they have a wall entirely
filled with converse sneakers ( an addiction of mine) which looks sooo
cool! The restaurant though, isn't as good as you would hope, they've
got some nice things, but I happened to get two not so nice things twice
when I went there, and the people aren't overly friendly, something I
value a LOT! So yeah. But that's really the only "bad" thing I can say
about them cause overall they are great, and one of the only places that
sells english books in Málaga (a big bonus for me!)
-Centro comercial Plaza Mayor.
Once
again a shopping centre alltough I don't do much shopping there, except
for going to the massive Nike factorty store they have (LOVE NIKE!). It
is divided in two parts, a clothes section and then the food &
recreation section, where I go often. There is a big cinema that shows
films in english with spanish subtitles, and a bowling place + arcade,
basically the perfect location to hang out with friends. After
bowling/cinema/arcade, there are plenty of restaurants to pick from and
have a nice dinner/lunch.
Food:
Food may
be one of the most important thing in a holiday, esepcially if you go to
Spain. The country is famous for it's Tapas, which if you go to the
right place is A-MA-ZING! But of course you need to know where to look. So here a list of my favourite restaurants in the city:
-El pintxo.
First
of there are more restaurants like this with different names, but this
was my favourite so it made my list. Basically el Pintxo is a tapas
restaurant, but instead of having a menu and chosing things from there
not really knowing what it is, you get a plate and cutlery (DUH), buy a
drink (optional) and then there is a long bar which has a variety of
cold tapas, all with different colored and shaped picks. after eating it
you save the picks, each have a different price value. There are also
people walking around with warm tapas and desserts, and you just pick
what you want and later they count up all the picks and you pay. I
really like this concept cause you know what you're eating, either
because you see it or because you asked (the waiters tell you what it
is, or it has a little paper saying what it is). they also have normal
food, but all typicall spansih, so a defenit must for foreigners. I know
two different ones, one in Plaza Mayor and one in a side ally in the
centre. I personally prefer the one in the centre even if it's a little
harder to find.
-Kalua.
Now Kalua isn't a
restaurant but an ice cream shop, the best one in Málaga I think. They
have a lot of different flavours and get a new one every month. the
portions are massive and very cheap. they also have custom made
milkshakes ( you pick the flavour you want from the ice-creams they make
it fresh) and the best lemon slush puppy EVER! my favourite flavours
are Nutella, Dulce de leche (Caramel) and red velvet (Altough they don't
always have this flavour, which kind of makes it better.) But they have
all flavours from Vainilla to Tarta Rafaello. I tend to have a lot of
Kalua "dates" with friends where we just eat ice cream and talk, we can
literally sit there for 3 hours (ops!) There are multiple kalua's
divided all trough the city.
-Mon Rou.
This
restaurant is going to be the hardest to find as it is no where near the
centre. It is in the Carlos Haya street, I go here a lot, especially
after hockey as it is literally around the corner. They have all kinds
of food, Spanish or not. There Pizza's are great, especially the
margaritha with double mozarella ( So bloody dutch). that kind of makes
me like a steriotypicall dutch person who loves cheese but oh well. They
are also very affordable, which is why I go there often with my hockey
team mates. mostly on friday nights after trainig for a late night
dinner and just hang out outside the field.
I
know I said at the start I would do multipple cities but I feel like it
will get to long and boring, so I am going to divide it in 3 different
post. The next one will be about Madrid!
Have a nice day/ night wherever you are.
Simonexx
