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| Centro Malaga, Spain |
The bullet train from Madrid to Malaga was delightful. I would always take a train when offered. Time to get rail service with 200 mile per hour trains in the USA. Can you imagine 2 hours between Dallas/Houston without the hassle of an airport?
Malaga is a beach town. San Diego crossed with Acapulco. This coastal town has a laid back feeling you only find in Mexico. It had delicious seafood, interesting buildings and a gorgeous Basilica. The place to stay is in the Centro area. This is the tourist area of restaurants, shops, the cathedral, and the Picasso Museum. We stayed at Emily Suites which I highly recommend. Rudolfo and Emily are the owners of this delightful place which opens right onto the main plaza. At the same time, the bedrooms are quiet, cool, with nice bathrooms and a nice common area with kitchen. Plus, there's an elevator!
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| Interior Courtyard of Picasso Museum |
Malaga is also the birth place of Pablo Picasso. This is a delightful museum of his personal pictures and sculptures. It's run by members of his family. The museum is also extremely popular. It's easy to buy tickets, but you will have to line up to get in since they restrict the number of people inside the museum. It was still pretty crowded. I suggest you arrive well before noon. You will still stand in line, but at least it won't be in the direct sun which was already hot in March. And, yes, I took pictures. Everyone is shocked, I know! The museum covers Picasso's work from the beginning to the end of his career. This artist was so prolific. He worked from boyhood until the day he died.
The other major attraction in Malaga is their cathedral. Building it was started in 1528 and completed in 1782. There are several artistic styles beginning with gothic, continuing with the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Neo Classical. It was utterly magnificent. This is one of the two remaining Baroque Organs. Everything with the exception of the bellows is original. As with many Catholic Churches, it was extensively decorated with paintings, sculpture, carved wood, marble, and lots of stained glass. It closely resembled other cathedrals I've seen in Europe, particularly the ones who took more than 150 years to build.
Malaga is a beach town. We didn't see the beach since we were only there for a day and a half. This is where we got on the Ponant cruise ship.
As always, pix, pix, pix.
1 comment:
I was in Malaga last year for a one day cruise stop. I thought it was a beautiful city with gorgeous parks and fun pop up art. I did go to the Picasso Museum (Yes, me). But I skipped the Basilica for chocolate and churros.
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