Originally Posted by mandolino

Yeah all the foreign holidaymakers are down the costa at Torremolinos and Fuengirola etc, they come into Malaga airport but turn right.

Malaga's pretty good as a base, there's the Picasso museum and fast trains to Seville and Cordoba, not so fast train to Granada, good buses to Marbella & Mijas etc, El Torcal national park up in the hills, some nice local city beaches if that's your thing.