Best places to go! Spain Edition.

. 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