The Unfamiliar Andalusia

If the fair of Malaga is now boring you, just have a look below. This picture was taken in Ronda (Málaga), nice and famous city not far from Málaga, it takes about one hour to get there but it’s worth it. If you stay over the famous bridge over the Tajo de Ronda, just turn back on your feet, and you’ll see this wonderful sight. Nice places to lunch or dinner but I wouldn’t recommend any, prices must be higher since it’s a very popular city, best try any on the way to Marbella.

Ronda

Yestarday I went to Nerja. I remember when I was a child and I saw Verano Azul (Blue summer) a very famous serial in Spain. I remember the typical spanish white town, little houses and narrow streets, what I saw yesterday it is quite different, a lot of english pubs, shops and exchange houses.

Yeah, the beaches are quite clean and you can find all the services (you won´t have any problems with the language) you need, but without the charming of the typical spanish town.

In some instants, Nerja remembered me Torremolinos, probably one of the most hideous (for the real estate sector and old buildings) town in Málaga. What a shame!

But don´t worry, you can find beautiful things and typical restaurants, although yesterday I thinked: - I was in Italia, a lot of pizzerias there !

Tomorrow, I´ll upload more photos

Don´t think wrong about this town, there are are beautiful things, but shops, pubs and new buildings break the charm.

Have a look at this. It’s in Torremolinos. Unvaluable and potentially kitsch. This momument is a memorial dedicated to the tourist. What is on top, is a typical flamenco dancer. As far as I know this pilar was a gift of Sandokan (a famous constructor) for the Torremolinos Council.

Sandokan's tourist memorial in Torremolinos

Walking around Torremolinos, you can be surprised almost at every conner. In this case, a funny mural we found tells about how a good boy can take advantage over a bad boy. Each glazed tile illustrates about different situations where the bad

boy always choses the wrong way and the nice boy does the right. All the frames contains an small poem.

Yesterday we went to Frigiliana, a little village close to Nerja, in the Axarquia.

When you went to Frigiliana, you feel the silence and beauty of this white village on the Costa del Sol.  One of the most curious things is there are a lot of germans in Frigiliana. Germans have opened shops, pubs, restaurants…

Frigiliana offers a lot fantastic views, and in this village you can find a a lot of shops where buy typical and unfamiliar things: olive oil, honey, sweet wine, flamenco dresses, but you can find tarot cards or lamps with pumpkin shape too!

Looking at this picture, you’d never guess it was taken in Andalusia, in Torremolinos, a village close to Malaga. This wonderful church belongs to an old hospital, still in use but as a psychiatry unit. It is difficult to define the architectonical style since I am not an specialist. Could you say something about it?. The hospital is located 50 meters from the beach, it is situated among beautiful gardens but it looks dirty in some areas. Anyway, it’s worth.

Malaga offers several museums, everyone knows Malaga Picasso Museum, but If you like modern art, you can visit CAC, Art Contemporary Center, too.

The CAC is located in the heart of the Malaga City, in “Calle Alemania” very close to bus and train stations and Alameda Principal Street, one of the most famous street in Malaga.

The CAC entry is free. The Museum closes on Monday. And offers several art collections.

The Museum services are cafe and book store. The cafe have a terrace where you can enjoy the weather of Malaga, and have a coffe, salad or tapas.

Cafe in CAC Malaga

CAC Malaga Exhibition

Benalmadena Pueblo is one of the most beautiful and typical andalusian style villages. Narrow streets, geraniums, all the visual ideas associated with Andalusia can be found in this Costa del Sol town.

You can taste a good coffee in the little pubs with terraces, have a good and typical meal in many restaurants, and language is not a problem, in a large number of them, employees speak english.

Anyway, we cannot forget there are a large English community all over the Costa del Sol, and they will be pleased to help you for anything you need

Benalmadena Pueblo House Photo

Benálmadena town street

Benalmadena town street

In Benalmadena, Costa del Sol, you can find the Buddhist temple, located in the mountains, close to Benalmadena Pueblo, the most typical area of Benalmadena, the Stupa offers a marvellous views all over the Costa del Sol.

Buddhist Temple of Benalmadena.

The Buddhist Temple offers free meditation classes several days per week and for 2 Euros you can see some sculptures and paintings exposition about this religion, and if you like one sculpture or painting, you can buy them.

Views from Buddhist Temple of Benalmadena

Buddhist Sculpture.

In a previous post we mentioned about the Malaga Cathedral. Well, what follows is a nice night view of the Cathedral main door and the Palacio Arzobispal. It is not a photoshop collage. Both monuments are one in front of the other in a nice plaza called “Plaza del Obispo“. An small corner of the paradise for having a drink or an ice cream rounded by such wonderful art pieces.

malaga cathedral and palacio arzobispal