Malaga, La Malagueta and anchovies.
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- Date: July 2.2009
Several things define why, Malaga, capital of the eponymous province in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain, is, par excellence, the chief representative of the Costa del Sol
We begin by the bullring since we are in the bullfighting season, and that is important. Malagueta so called, received the nickname for the area in which it sits. Facing the rising sun, along the Paseo de Reding, live unforgettable evening glorious tasks. Others, like the world of bullfighting usually acts, not so much.
But nothing in life is a single color, and for that Malaga exhibits its square built in 1874, opened in June 1876, with bulls Murube, fought by Manuel Rodríguez "Waste", Antonio Carmona "Fat Boy" and Rafael Molina, the great "Lagartijo" .
And to be quite unique, as you can see in this picture many of his neighbors do not pay the entrance. You only need to provide themselves with good binoculars, and it all goes to the terrace or the lounge, nothing more.
Very near the port, as you can see in this panorama , that if the increase may distinguish almost-drivers of the vehicles.
Another peculiarity of Malaga, are the anchovies. Victorian anchovies, shining like burnished silver well, and know wonder of the seas.
Delicious gift to the human eye, and tasty delight the palate, come from the Rincon de la Victoria, a town of Axarquia, located in the metropolitan area of Malaga. That massive population issues, has become a "bedroom community" although still retaining its marine character.
There is the Castle is a fortress Bezmiliana des XVIII century now used for exhibitions and other cultural activities. Built by order of Charles III, in order to protect the area from the danger of the English pirates. (Who said that the British won it all in a fair fight?)
Malaga is a coastal and tourist city in its own right, and the capital of the coast which is called the Costa del Sol, not the whim of a few. And are detailed some of its details-all would not fit here, what makes this city, located just over 100 kilometers of the Straits of Gibraltar, out on your own time capital of the kingdom.
Confederate city of the Roman Empire and a prosperous Andalusian medina, which today includes ground transportation more advanced in our country, the AVE, and a modern infrastructure and generous access.
Holy Week is already well-known and famous, and the feast of Our Lady of Carmen on the 16th of this month, July, which, as in all places to walk your virgin sea by land and sea, are the main festivities we can highlight, among many others.
As craft's chapter of leather, esparto or palm embroidery and castanets, and a shipyard that is known Nereo shipyard.
The cuisine has a lot of part in the visit to this beautiful and noble city, then added to the Mediterranean diet has its specialty fried anchovies, already named above, mullet and mackerel. And the wines, we all know Malaga wine is due to its sweet grapes that gave the appellation of origin "Málaga wine."
There are no excuses to avoid a trip to Malaga. And I say more: this server writes them in a brief, very brief time, be able to tell more of those lands, as I make my vacation there.
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