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Hotel El Sur, Málaga

A Night Away:

By Anne Fleming the city in the evening. We walk down the narrow streets
A short walk takes us across the
and enjoy browsing through the
main avenue Alameda Principal small shops, until we reach our
Malaga is a lovely city and as my where we stop for a sherry in the destination in Calle Larios, the
sister was celebrating a special famous Antigua Casa de Guardia famous Lepanto Café. There we
birthday, we decided to stay for a an old Malaga bar, where a range sit at an outside table, sipping cava
night there before she returned to of sherry from “fino” to “oloroso” and watching the world go by….
Ireland. is sold at a good price. Tourists After checking out of the hotel,
We arrived at our little hotel in the and locals come here for a drink we take the car and visit El Corte
evening. It was not difficult to find, before dinner. We continue our walk Ingles, a large department store.
and it was convenient to have through the buzzing city, and take a After shopping, we go up to the
parking as well. We walk from the seat at Casa Vicente, where freshly terrace and enjoy the views while
garage through to the front of the cooked fish is served in a simple we have a drink.
hotel where we find a bright, funny style, and we chose to sit in the Our final destination is to drive up a
receptionist who takes no time to street and watch the locals go by. hill overlooking Malaga city to find
deal with our booking and keys. Next morning, after a comfortable the Parador de Gibralfaro, a state-
We open the door to our room, night’s sleep, five minutes’ walk owned hotel which has wonderful
which is in bright pastel colours, takes us to the Atarazanas Market, views across the city. We have a
and hear the faint murmur of voices the central market in Malaga, and at late lunch there before going to the
in the pedestrianised street below. this time of the day there are more airport.
We check out the en-suite shower tourists than commercial buyers for We enjoyed our night in Malaga,
room, which is small but very the fresh fruit, vegetables, spices, and Hotel el Sur was the perfect slept in our room and did not take
adequate. After quickly unpacking, nuts and fish. We buy a tub of fresh base for us. A small hotel, with breakfast, I would certainly pick this
we wander into the sultry heat of fruit and eat as we look around. lovely staff, and although we only hotel again for a city break.

46 Spanish Insight August 2019
46 Spanish Insight August 2019