Sallés Málaga Centro, Malaga

*** The Ace Malaga Palace? ***

Advantages: Location, comfort & views.
Disadvantages: Businesslike and few English speaking staff.

We were outside work in the car park, three of us enjoying the fresh air and sunshine and Angry Man kicking the wall and smoking a cigarette. "Malaga" he said authoritatively "is a dump." This was a view I was to hear echoed from the minute I booked the flight to Malaga and decided to stop overnight before we travelled further into Spain, right up to getting the train from Malaga Airport. Even as a kindly English lady helped us work the ticket machine, our decision was under question. I am pleased to report that Malaga is not that bad. In fact (and I'm not saying this to be contrary) - I like it! This was helped in part by our rather well located hotel. The train journey in from the Airport twists through slum like flats, but somehow, these look better than the approach to Paddington in the rain and the 2 euro journey was the start ...

Malibu_jenny 17.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of AC Malaga Palacio Hotel, Malaga

Malaga - Torremolinos.

Advantages: shopping
Disadvantages: nightlife

I went to malaga in 2007, I wasn't impressed at all, personally I think this may stem from the hotel and if you haven't got a good place to stay, it usually would hinder the holiday experience. Although, saying this there were a few good aspects of the holiday, the beach was lovely, plenty of sunloungers with comfortable cushions which we had to pay a small fee for for the whole day. The route to the beach wasnt very good there were steep hills and a lot of steps which could be a problem for a lot of people - there is a lift though. Another good point was the shops, they were open very late and when i was there, there were lots of sales on in good shops, Malaga has good shops like zara. A bad point in my opinion was the entertainment, we went at peak season and there wasnt a lot to do, and not much going on for families. The eating ...

hollie1408 10.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Málaga (Spain)

Malaga, nice but they still kill bulls...

Advantages: Shops etc open late, Beautiful Beach, Amazing Cathedral.
Disadvantages: Noisy, dirty, has Bull Ring.

, many Shops, Restaurants and Bars, as well as the Larios shopping centre. Larios Centro is huge! It has 125 shops, restaurants and a cinema. Oh yeah, and a Supermarket downstairs. You could easily spend a day just in there! Generally though I found this part of Malaga quite dirty and noisy. It is one of the largest cities in Spain and is known as the capital of the Costa Del Sol. It has 6000,000 inhabitants and is surrounded by mountains which protect it from the cold from the interior. I prefered old Malaga, were the buildings are outstaningly beautiful and there is a much slower pace. The shops wind all through many little lanes here, and reminded me quite alot of shopping in the Lanes in Brighton, at home. There are more bars and restaurants here, and alot more with English Menu's than in the part were we were staying ...

woodnymph 23.01.2003 · Read full review
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