• Malaga is a port town located in the Costa del Sol.

• Malaga is known as an open, hospitable, desirable and commercial city to all visitors.

• Malaga is surrounded by mountains, and two rivers; the Guadalhorce and the Guadalmedina, which flow near the city into the Mediterranean Sea.

• Each year Malaga has a large number of visitors, because of its popularity as a tourist destination. Transportation

• Malaga serves as a major port and an industrial centre for southern of Spain. That’s one of the reasons why it has an international airport, which also serves as a gateway to all other towns in Andalusia. The airport typically welcomes up to 10 million visitors per year. There are various very cheap charter flights offered to and from Malaga.

• Other cities of Andalusia, like Granada, Sevilla and Cordoba, can be easily reached from Malaga by car, bus or train.

Weather

• People come to visit Malaga for its fine beaches and the good weather, where the sun shines almost all year round.

• The average maximum temperature in Malaga is around 30°C in the months July and August, and the coldest temperatures are around 16°C/17°C in the months of December, January and February.
Leisure & culture

• Sports fanatics will find top-rate facilities for watersports, skiing, horseback riding and golf.

• Malaga offers cultural events, like the New Picasso Museum, concerts and events at the famous Cervantes Theatre which are all within close proximity of the Town Center.

• Malaga has the best known folklore. E.g. the song and dance of Flamenco.

• Historic attractions of Malaga include the the Alcazaba (a Muslim Fort), the castle on Mount Gibralfaro, but also the old centre of Malaga with is Moorish remains are definitely worth a visit

• Malaga has many narrow streets which are filled with tapas-bars and bodegas. Bodegas are old fashioned wine shops where one can try the local sweet wine, which is similar to port.

• The wine bars (bares de copas) and the nightclubs are full of young people at the weekends. The people enjoy the thriving nightlife, which often continues until dawn.

• In October, Malaga celebrates the colourful feria and the town really comes alive with fino (dry sherry), the flamenco and hours of fun, which carries on for a week from dawn till dusk.

Cooking & drinking

• Malaga is famous for its fried fish ('pescadito frito'), which is offered with much variety - including 'chanquetes and chopitos', red mullet and small sardines.

• Malaga has its own variety of gazpacho (cold soup) called 'ajoblanco', made with moscatel, grapes and almonds.

• Malaga’s cuisine is an assortment of many local dishes: 'Porra antequerana', 'Embutidos de la sierra' (mountain sausages), 'Patatas en ajopelo' (potato dish), 'Habas a la rondeña' (Ronda style broad beans) and ‘Pimientos a la malagueña' (Malaga style peppers).

• Malaga is famous for its sweet varieties of wines, made from the grapes of Antequera and La Axarquía, in the mountains of Malaga. A good example would be the 'Aguardiente de Ojén'; a renowned liquor.