Marvellous Malaga and hello, Alora. January 2017

I first visited Malaga when I was about 15.   We had rented some of the first properties being built in Torremolinos so Malaga was there in the background, and apart from a visit to the market with my son on his first trip to Spain 23 years ago,  it was once again in the background of a holiday just up the coast, so this weekend, with a detour to Alora was lovely.  The area had been flooded and then snowed upon recently but on my visit the sun shone just as it had 23 years ago.   With stunning architecture, and interesting museums and real warmth Malaga was a lovely place to potter about in whilst the trip to Alora, with its Moorish castle, tapas bars and guitar melodies,  gave a much better idea of Spanish life in Andalucia.