Vision Cruise Day 9 - Malaga Spain 9/23/09

80 degrees - Sunny

Malaga is located along the Southern Coast of Spain on the Costa Del Sol "Suncoast" on the Mediterranean Sea. The port is in a commercial port area but the ship provided a shuttle bus into town - a 5 minute ride. We boarded a hoho bus where our first stop was the Castillo de Gebralfaro - a castle set high above the city. It was last used in 1936 durinig the civil war. The views of the city were beautiful. We enjoyed Tapa's at the open air restaurant at the top of the castle. We then re-boarded the bus to continue our tour. Got off the bus in town where we went to the Malaga Cathedral which was constructed in the 16th century. It took over 2 centuries to complete. The interior is decorated with beautiful hand carved wooden choir stalls built in the 17th century. At the end of the day we stopped at another Tapas restaurant in Construcion Square for some local food and drink. The beaches here are golden, rather than white, and it appeared there was a rocky coast so getting into the ocean would be a challenge.