r/MalagaTourism

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Im an 18yo female, and im staying in Malaga alone for 1 month. Any cant miss places or events for me to go to? Trying to meet new people!!

I was just wondering if Malaga Costa Del Sol Airport (AGP) still has a 100ml limit for liquids, and if you have to take your electronics out of your bag? I know some airports no longer have the 100ml limit and you can keep everything in your bag and I was wondering what rules Malaga has?

Also, are you allowed to bring a hand razor in your hand luggage? Like one where you can change the head?

Hello! Where can I find salmon that I can eat raw? I've visited a few Mercadona's and Plaza Mayor, but the fresh/frozen salmon can't be eaten raw.

Thank you!

Hi everyone, i am travelling with 2 kids under five and need some help in regards to renting car. Can anyone recommend reliable car rentals with good prices and no hidden charges. Thank you

I've been looking around on the internet and saw that the Rio Chillar hike near Nerja is closed and has been since 2023. I also saw that people have steadily been posting on social media that its open and you should just do the hike with conservation in mind. One person even said there was a permit that was needed.

Can anyone tell me what's actually going on with this trail and if I can go hike it while im in the area?

Hey, I met several great people today at the caminito del rey trip! Maybe some of them are following this it would of been great to exchange numbers or social media to stay in touch 😊

Hi! My family and I will be visiting Malaga and also spending a week in Sevilla in mid-July.

We were planning to take the train, but when I check Renfe the journey times look longer than usual in July. I also get a popup that seems to say there’s a replacement bus/coach between Malaga and Antequera-Santa Ana during this period, possibly because of speed restrictions?

Does anyone know what’s going on with this route?

I’d much rather take the train than a bus, but if we’d have to spend part of the trip on a coach anyway, I’m wondering whether it would be simpler to just take a direct coach from Malaga to Sevilla.

Any advice appreciated — I’ve found Spanish train booking a bit confusing.

Wanted to share our trip with folks. We just got back after spending 8 nights in Malaga with our 9 and 4 year old. We are a family that typically like to move around and spend 2-3 nights per city and see as much as possible. This time we decided to stay put in one place and do some day trips. Our accomodation was near the alcazaba and had a great view of it from our window.

Day trips (via car rental at the train station):

- we did Frigliana/Nerja for one day trip. We loved Nerja and were there most of the day. We ate at Ayo Chiringuito and enjoyed paella there. We stayed at Burriana Beach but next time we want to hit Playa Calahonda which is very picturesque, albeit a bit smaller. The beach was a bit cleaner and a tad bit clearer than Malagueta.

- We got a very late start so we only did Cala de Mijas. We ate at Flour and just hit the beach most of the afternoon. I thought the beach was a bit underwhelming. The water had a stronger current and there was a big dropoff once you get 5 meters into the water. JMO. We ran out of time to hit Pueblo Mijas.

We wanted to do Ronda/Sentenil de Bodegas but one of our kids wasn't feeling well the day we were planning to go.

Outside of that, we enjoyed the following in Malaga:

Malagueta Beach - it gets a hard time here but I thought it was nice. I didn't mind the rocks/shells on the shoreline as it provided endless hours of entertainment for the kids looking for shells.

Muelle Uno - Really nice to walk particularly towards the end of the day/evening. I don't recommend eating a meal here as most places appear to be $$ and designed for tourists. The highlight, though, was the open air street market on Sunday that's designed for local artisans. We also did a 60 minute catamaran tour.

Museum of Music - what a nice surprise this was. We also coincided our visit with a flamenco show there that was very nice. Very nicely curated museum.

Alcazaba - quite underwhelming. From the outside, it's quite a beautiful structure, but once you're in it, I thought it was a bit meh.

Ataranzas - once you navigate the maze of meat/fish vendors, you find the stalls where you can get meals at. Really nice options here.

City center - we spent the rest of the time just strolling the city and enjoying all the tabernas/bars.

A few additional comments:

The weather was fantastic. We were there the latter half of June and we literally did not see a cloud the entire time we were there. The humidity is lowish and there was always a nice breeze (cool).

I was a bit underwhelmed by the food. Granted, the last time I was in Spain, we went to San sebastian so we were a bit tainted in this regard and I had high expecatations. Prior to the trip, I researched countless YT videos on food and came up with what I thought was a pretty darn good list. Also got a chance to talk to locals to get recs from them.

l'll list below where we went. There were some absolute gems and some meh.

Meson Antonio

Meson Iberico

Meson Mariano

Uvedoble

La Promesa

La Cosmo

Freskitto/Casa Mira

Pimpi

Er Pichi de Cai

Cortijo de Pepe

Brunch It

Desal Cafe

Los Gatos

El Refectorium

La Guernica Asador

Happy to answer any questions especially since the trip is fresh on my mind. The other thing we did not get a chance to do was to head over to Pedregalejo. Overall, we loved the trip, loved the city and were happy that we were there the night the football team won their game against Almeria to get promoted to first division next year. Quite a scene!

Planning honey moon for mid September. Doing Malaga and want to do Mallorca, but to keep things simple, might just stick out in Malaga area longer. So whats the best beach around there (better than Malaga beach)? Nerja?

Hi guys, so I am just wondering I am wanting to do the rio verde canyoning trip, the pick up point is up in Nerja, before 9am I think, is this doable via public transport? I don't want to pay for the day only to find out no buses will get me there on time

Hello again everybody,

I'm in a hotel in Benalmedena, I won't say the name, but I was at the bar and when I paid and took my change back the bar man said "And tip?"

I ordered bulmers, coke, and a sex on the beach (They said that they only offer the cocktail, disappointing).

Is this normal for four star hotels in Benalmedena?

Edit: For reference I have a GAA O'Neils jersey on, and a thick Irish accent

Hey guys. Im travelling to malaga soon and have a few plans but i would like to ask if there are any good museums for a militaryhistory guy. Thanks in advance

hey guys,

spending 4 days in Malaga and then 11 days in Estepona pretty soon.

i’m mostly looking for incredible, authentic local food and a real vibe. price isn't the biggest issue, but i really want to avoid overpriced tourist traps. just looking for fair prices, great quality, and places where locals actually go for tapas or dinner.

give me, please, your favorite spots, tiny tapas bars, or seafood places that are worth checking out.

also, i'd love to checkout some good wine bars with a nice selection of local wines, so any recs for that would be amazing too.

thanks a lot!

Just went to NovoBar in Torremolinos, I asked for tap water but the guy looked at me as if I was speaking Portuguese, and just said "Bottle only no tap".

Is the water unsafe that they do not serve it or is it a plow to get you to buy more?

Service and food was great, no complaints

Hello,

I'm travelling to Malaga today, I'm looking to go from Malaga Airport to Torremolinos, I'm landing around midnight. Is there a 24 hour taxi service outside the airport or any recommendations.