Malaga – Sun, sea, booze, cars and concrete…
Seeing as it’s officially the most depressing day of the year I thought I’d try and cheer myself up by looking ahead to the future and the glorious possibility that I might actually go on holiday this year; in a further effort to ward of the January malaise I have taken it upon myself to wear disgustingly bright Hawaiian shirts, in the vain hope of attracting some sort of summer this year.
This year I have promised myself a holiday – I will get away from this god-forsaken island and I will get at least two weeks of uninterrupted sun. I’ve decided to head to Spain this year largely due to the fact that it’s near to the equator and warmth, but also because it won’t take me 20hrs to get there and it’s not going to financially cripple me.
Spain is no longer as cheap as it used to be thanks to an army of expats and a weak Pound, but it’s still fairly reasonable. I was going to fly into Alicante, but I’ve changed my mind, most likely I will head to Malaga instead. I want to travel around a bit and I don’t really want to get stuck in the concrete boozed up hell-hole that is Malaga, so I’ll have to pick up a car hire in Spain, bypass the shabby lights of Torremolinos and head down to Marbella.
Once I’ve satiated myself on sun, San Miguel and real paella I’m going to head north to experience what real Spain is like. Malaga, Marbella and all those kind of resorts are OK, but you have to dig deep to find the real Spain beneath their surfaces – Malaga in particular has a few nice old bits, but the majority of the city is urbanised to the hilt. So with the Costa del Brit behind me it will be off to Cordoba. I’m somewhat of a history buff and in truth I get easily bored by the beach (I mean just what is there to do at the beach?) so I’d much rather prefer tromping around an older city or a castle with a bit of heritage to it.
Cordoba has a fascinating history, like most of Spain really. It was originally settled in Roman times, several prominent Romans including Seneca and Lucan came from the town. It later became a major cultural centre under Arab rule during the Umayyad Caliphate; the city was later reclaimed in the Reconquista led by the Catholic Spanish kings. If time permits I may also trek a bit further north and take a look at Toledo, another site of unique historical interest. Toledo, like Cordoba, was an Arab seat of power before it was captured in the wars against the Moors. Thankfully after the city was taken the Arabic libraries were preserved and thousands of year’s worth of knowledge and history were saved.
After geeking it up in the north it will be time to venture south again and spend the last few days of my vacation in the sun doing very little – sounds like bliss…
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