Málaga Resources

These resources are meant as friendly tips about Málaga from one traveller to another, and are in no shape or form to be seen as expert advice.

They include information about how we got to Málaga, where we stayed, what we did and a few links to web sites with useful information about Málaga.

Please note: You are free to download and use these resources for your private use only and at your own risk. While we take great care that the information on this site is correct and appropriate at the time of writing, we accept no responsibility for the result of how, where and when the information is used, nor for the result of using the information on any particular device.

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How did you get there?

We did a marathon of a bus ride from Salamanca via Madrid to Málaga. You’ll find more information about the Salamanca to Madrid journey on our Salamanca resources page.

The company Daibus runs numerous services from Madrid to Málaga from the Estación Sur de Autobuses on Calle de Méndez Álvaro, 83 (metro line 6).

We paid €19.70 per person for a single, and the journey took about 7 hours including a break about half way through.

The bus station in Málaga (Estación de Autobuses) is on Paseo de los Tilos.

Where did you stay?

The first two nights we made the mistake of staying at The Ibis at Calle Horacio Quiroga, 33. As with any Ibis in Spain the room was very basic, but clean and very cheap. The staff were friendly, but the location of the hotel was just too far away from everything. I wouldn’t recommend staying there, but if you have no choice, see under What can I download? for information about how to get there.

If you end up staying at The Ibis, try Ce Manuel de Falla for good, plain Spanish food. It’s a small outdoor restaurant/café that probably wouldn’t attract your attention, in fact some tourists would probably shy away from it because you are unlikely to find any tourists there. But they are really friendly and make you feel like one of the many locals at the other tables. You can find Ce Manuel de Falla in an alley off Avenida La Paloma.

Hotel Venecia at Alameda Principal, 9, where we moved to on our second day in Málaga, is in a great location just across the road from the old town. Our room had a very classical feel to it. It was clean and of a decent size. The communal areas were very nicely presented. We had a bit of road noise, because of its location, but nothing to worry about.

A double was priced at 72 Euros (per room) and up, but we managed to get a 10% discount. The young staff were very friendly and helpful, the older staff were a bit reserved. Still I can recommend the place for being in a great location, being very comfortable, having nicely presented rooms and being reasonably priced. Hotel Venecia can be contacted on +34 95 221 36 36/37. See under What can I download? for information about how to get there.

What did you do?

We had planned only to use Málaga as a hub for day trips, but ended up liking the place so much that we scaled our day trips back to just two, Sevilla and Ronda.

We visited places like the Roman Theater, the Alcazaba, the Mercado de Atarazanas, the harbour, the beach and walked up to Castillo de Gibralfar. Apart from that we walked about Malagá’s old and new streets enjoying some of its parks, restaurants and cafés sampling as many tapas as we could possibly fit in.

Read Andalucian Charm Lives on in Modern Málaga for more information about what we saw in Málaga.

How did you get around?

We walked to most places in Málaga, but also used the Cercanías a couple of times to get to places like Torremolinos and Fuengirola (a horrible place).

We used the public bus to get to both Sevilla and Ronda.

Major works are being carried out to extend the Metro in Málaga. You can follow the progress at Metro Málaga (in Spanish) >>.

Where and what did you eat?

We really did try as many places as we could possibly manage. Below is a short list of some of the places we enjoyed.

Lepanto at Marqués de Larios, 7, is a fantastic place for a morning coffee and a danish.

Donna Maraquita at Plaza de Unzibay is a small outdoor café with a great service and very friendly staff. The perfect place to “waste” a day.

Uno Blanco also at Plaza de Unzibay serves a fantastic jamón serrano. It offers various tapas deals that are worth looking into.

Café Borghese at Calle Cañon, 3 also serves a nice jamón serrano, but I also enjoyed their ensalada Málaga.

Café SM at Santa Maria, 25 offers very cheap continental breakfasts.

Finally, artarte, the pastelería-cafetería at Calle Santos, 6, has a mouth-watering selection of cakes, when your ready to rest your tired feet.

Where did you find information?

We didn’t do much research about Málaga before hand, as we didn’t expect much of Málaga and was only really going to use it as a hub. Read Andalucian Charm Lives on in Modern Málaga to see how wrong we were about Málaga.

We did find the following useful sites, when we returned home:

Málaga Ciudad has useful information in Spanish, English, French, German and Italian. It includes information on how to get there, what to see, festivals and even has a suggested itinerary.

Estación de Autobuses de Málaga is an incredibly informative web site for the bus station in Málaga. It includes information about the destinations of the various bus companies, timetables, which platform your bus will be leaving from and even the number of the booth where you can by your ticket. We managed without using this web site, but would have used it if we had known about it. I think it is a very useful source if you struggle with the Spanish language, or just want to plan your daytrips before you go to Spain.

What can I download?

Directional cue cards

These pocket-sized cards are designed for you to print and use for directions from A to B in situations where for whatever reason you don’t feel like bringing out a detailed map.

They are provided as jpgs in order to make it easy for you to download and insert them in your favourite text-editor. I suggest you insert more than one cue card before you print your document. This way you save paper, but can still cut each individual cue card to whichever size suits you.

Málaga bus station to Hotel Venecia (with image)

Málaga bus station to Hotel Venecia (without image)

Málaga airport to Hotel Venecia (with image)

Málaga airport to Hotel Venecia (without image)

Málaga airport to The Ibis (with image)

Málaga airport to The Ibis (without image)

You may also be interested in

You can read more about our trip to Málaga in Andalucian Charm Lives on in Modern Málaga.

Ronda’s Views Save the Day provides you with information about our day trip to Ronda.

Sevilla - a homage to life is a short article about our day trip to Sevilla.

You can also see some of our photographs in our Photographs from Andalucía series.

How can I help?

If you have any further information or updates to the above information, please do help other visitors to Málaga by leaving a comment in the “leave a reply” box below.

Feel free to also leave a comment if you have any questions or suggestions about resources you would like to see on this page, or indeed any other comments about the above resources. We would really appreciate the feedback and are more than happy to help out in any way we can.

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