Malaga, Spain Port Reviews

Visited the Rock of Gibraltar! Totally recommend ship tour for ease of access given distance. Monkeys were so much fun to watch.

Visited: Nov 05, 2017

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We have visited Malaga a few times. We always get on the little train which is just outside the ship. It drops us close to the shops and restaurants.

Visited: Sep 02, 2018

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Not the best port I’ve visited. I really don’t like large built up places. I much prefer smaller, picturesque places to stop at. It was an improvement on yesterday’s stop at Alicante. Part of Malaga is modern, good shops and clean but we walked over a bridge to part that was dirty, smelled and neglected. Not my ideal place to stop at. The great thing about cruising is that it gives you a good idea about places you’d like to go back to and places you’d rather not. I’ve enjoyed this cruise but that’s thanks to the ports in Italy and the South of France. Spanish ports I’ve not enjoyed much at all. Made me realise I could never do a Spanish cruise. It’s just not for me but that’s just my opinion and view.

If you ever get a chance to visit Malaga, do so. Going there on a cruise is great, but one day is nowhere near enough time to spend in a city that is almost 3000 years old. The hop on hop off tour was great(I highly recommend it), but we still feel we did not see anywhere near everything there is to see. There is just so much going on here. Great beaches, great restaurants, history out the wazoo... Go, just go. You will love it. Oh, and Picasso was born there. So that’s awesome.

Did the leisure tour, it was good, excellent guide

Visited: Jan 24, 2018

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A lovely town for a gentle stroll around . Much nicer than expected

Visited: Jul 29, 2017

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Some amazing places to eat in old town, Picasso's birthplace home/museum. Museum of glass is also great. A restaurant called Siga La Vaca was excellent.

On this day we did the Gibraltar tour. Which I would HIGHLY recommend. Gibraltar is gorgeous and full of culture. I was worried about the two hour drive but it was beautiful driving along the coast watching the sun rise! Once we arrived, we had free time. This was the worst part of our trip since everything in Gibraltar is closed on a Sunday. We then went to the souther tip and were able to look out across the ocean at Africa!!! After that was went to the top of Gibraltar and explored inside of a cave. It was all lit up different colors and really cool. Then we visited the free roaming MONKEYS!!!

Visited: Feb 03, 2018

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Very cool city. This is Picasso’s home. We wanted to tour this city on our own, so we decided to see the Giblifaro Castle. The map we had was spartan so we used the phone to navigate. Unfortunately, it took us the long way around to the Castle. On the up side we got to see how folks lived in the city, and to see much of the area we wouldn’t normally see. We kept walking up and up and up. The castle is really far above the city. If you have trouble walking take a taxi or tour bus. The Castle is worth seeing. Plus you get views above Malaga that you wouldn’t find elsewhere. Funny when we got there we found that there is a more direct route to the castle, go figure! We walked back down the direct route through the city. Nice walk back to the ship, but I’d swear we walked 8 miles all total that day. Soaked the feet afterwards..😀. Again I burned more camera footage at the fort.

WE WALKED AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND VISITED THE CATHERAL BUT DID NO EXCURSIONS

Visited: Mar 08, 2018

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