Ronda

My January 2013 in Malaga, Spain

Málaga, Andalucia, España

I arrived in Malaga on 5th of January 2013. Our hostel Residencia Malaga Backpackers was located 3 km from the Malaga city centre to the East, in the street Jeronimo Bobadilla. I had a single room with a common bathroom. I felt cold the first two night before receiving a radiator.

The next day I took a bus (1,30 e) and walked through the historical centre of Malaga. While I was drinking my caña (medium bear) at Plaza del Osbipo, three pidgeons tried to eat my pop corn. The caña cost 2,50 euros, and the tapa was included in price. Tapas are medium appetizers or snacks.

Málaga, Andalucia, España

On January 10 our group of Spanish students visited Mercado de Atarazanas. The same day I made a sigtseeing tour (photos and video) and visited Malaga Cathedral (photos and video).

Málaga, Andalucia, España

On January 11 I visited Malaga Car Museum (Museo automovilistico de Málaga). In this photo you can see the Rolls Royce 1966 of John Lennon. See all 32 photos.

Málaga, Andalucia, España

On January 13 I visited Gibralfaro castle, that offers a good viewpoint to photograph the centre of Malaga (13 photos).

On January 14 I bought second hand roller skates for 28 euros and was skating along the beach promenade.

Sevilla, España

On January 15 we made a trip to Sevilla, the capital of Andalucia with 700 000 inhabitants. Sevilla is located 200 km from Malaga. I liked a lot la Plaza de España (above). We visited historic centre, Military Museum and parques, but we didn´t have time to see the enormous cathedral inside. We ate lunch at the famous restaurant El Patio Sevillano, where menu del día (daily special menu) cost 10 euros. I took 59 photos of Sevilla.

On January 18 we visited Malaga Bullfighting Museum (photos) and made a half and hour boat trip (photos, video).

On 23 January we visited Torremolinos, that is located 14 km from Malaga to the West (36 photos). We ate seefood at the restaurant Quitapenas.

On January 24 I saw the football match MalagaFC – FC Barcelona with the worlds’s best football player Leo Messi. Barcelona won 4-2 and Messi shot one goal, that is included in my 4 minutes video. The ticket cost 50 euros (12 photos).

On January 25 our group of Spansih visited Alcazaba de Málaga (25 fotos). We also visited Museo Hermandad de Estudiantes (historic centre photos).

Benalmádena, España, Puerto Deportivo

On Saturday 26 January I visited Benalmádena (30 photos) to see the Marina with luxury yachts and apartments.

On Sunday 27 January I visited Fuengirola (22 photos), the capital of the Finns in the Costa del Sol. In Fuengirola live 3200 Finns officialy, but inofficialy more than 10 000.

Fuengirola has 71 000 inhabitants and 39 % are foreigners. At summer the population triples. Fuengirola is located 30 km from Malaga, 40 minutes by train (7 euros return).

In the evening we visited Museo Picasso Málaga for free, a ticket costs normally 9 euros. The next day I visited Casa natal de Picasso at Plaza de Merced.

On 29 January I made a 3 km walk along Paseo Maritimo Pablo Ruiz Picasso and took 20 photos.

Ronda, Andalucía, España

On 31 January we did an excursion to Ronda, that is located in the mountains 100 km from Malaga. Ronda is the most impressive town, that I have visited in Andalucia.

We saw the bullring, the viewpoint (above), the Puente Nuevo (New Brigde), a good restaurant and the Museum of Wine. In the museum we could taste different wines and drink without restrictions. See my 67 photos of Ronda and the 2,5 minutes video below.