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FROM THE AIRPORT
Car Hire :
Take advantage of the special easyJet inflight rates. Visit the Europcar desk on arrival or call +34 95 204 8518. Open from 7am-1am seven days a week.
Airport Transfer :
Pre-book your door-to-door transfer online with easyJet's transfer partner A-T-S from Malaga airport to the city centre and the major destinations on the Costa del Sol.
Train :
Trains to Malaga run every half hour from 6.30am-11.30pm. Tickets: €1.05; and €1.65 Fuengirola, via Torremolinos and Benalmádena.
Taxi :
The fare is about €12 to the city centre.
Bus :
Buses run to Malaga every half hour from 6.30am-11.30pm, with links to all the coastal resorts. Tickets: €1.
(60 Calle Granada. Tel. 952 603 429) A rustic brick-and-beam interior for chowing down on tasty tapas, canapés, filled rolls or a platter of chorizo (salami), Iberian ham and aged Manchego cheese.
(Avenida de Jerez de Urbanización Torrenueva, Mijas Costa. Tel. 902 463 426) An elegant notch above your average corner curry house with superb presentation and unusual dishes such as poppadom rolls, stuffed tandoori mushrooms, and honey and garlic king prawns.
(Edif El Mirador, Bloque 6, Urbanización Nueva Alcántara, San Pedro de Alcantara. Tel. 952 783 714) Chef Albert, with his creative neoclassical cuisine, was one of the first Costa chefs to receive a Michelin star. Dishes include Grand Marnier soufflé and sea bass with fresh spinach and capers.
(Carretera de Istán, Marbella. Tel. 952 828 861) Be sure to don your glad rags and book a table if you plan on dining here. Alongside one of the Costa's classiest nightclubs, Olivia Valère, the menu is nouvelle international.
(62 Calle Granada. Tel. 952 228 990) This 200-year-old former convent makes a fabulous setting for one of the city's best-looking and best-loved bars with its atmospheric warren of barrel-lined rooms.
(9 Beatas. Tel. 637 773 577) A dark, moody bar for absorbing the malagueño scene with head-spinning cocktails, DJs and thumping live music on Thursday. Right in the heart of the city.
(21 San Juan de Letrán. Tel. ) Despite the disquieting name, this bar has the cultural edge with avant-garde exhibitions and films, as well as nightly DJs and a €1 beer happy hour.
On the ground
Shop
Stay ultra-cool in the air-conditioned, fashionable surroundings of Marina Banús where you can shift your credit card into overdraft with boutiques like Betty Blue (shoes for strutting) and Profumo (vintage and world jewellery).
Insider Tip
If you are a group dining out here, be wary when ordering a salad to share as the portions are generally huge. A salad for two should be plenty.
Key Area
Visit Nerja's spectacular Balcón de Europa then stride out along the delightful Paseo de los Carabineros, which winds its way for nearly a kilometre to sweeping Playa Burriana, happily flanked by bars.
This month
Córoba is famed for its stunning Moorish patios—the walls covered with pots of brilliantly-coloured geraniums. This month the city holds its annual Patio Festival, with a contest to find the most beautiful. Many open their doors to the public (7-18 May).
Day Tripping
Frigiliana
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This idyllic white-washed village lies a few kilometres inland from Nerja (from where there are regular buses) and is a past winner of the prettiest village in Andalucía. Clinging to the lower slopes of Monte El Fuerte, the pueblo is picture-postcard quaint with steep narrow streets, brilliant red geraniums and tucked-away bars and restaurants.
No way!
Tourists now have a choice of wheels in Malaga: the traditional clip clop of the horse and cart versus the decidedly futuristic Segway; a kind of motorised pogo stick, which causes plenty of heads to swivel in the conservative capital.
