This is a walk for views – views of the city, the coast, the mountains. It starts at the Roman ruins and passes by the 2 Moorish fortresses in the city and offers a great panorama of the area. Our walk begins about 450m from the cathedral at Teatro Romano. The theatre was built in […]
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Well that’s an easy one – forget about the tourist haunts and head to Malaga’s Central Market. The Mercado Central de Atarazanas occupies a site that has been in use since the 14th century. Starting out as an Arabic shipyard with water all the way to the entrance, it later served as a convent, military […]
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Well that’s OK … because so did I! And what’s more, I did’t even realise Malaga was actually on the coast. For some reason or other I’d an image of visitors having a bit of a journey from the airport to the sea. I’d often heard, and read, that it was a great city in […]
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Purely in the interest of research, I took myself off to ‘Choco Story Brugge’ – yet another niche museum, this time dedicated obviously to all things chocolate. The biggest attraction, I’m (almost) ashamed to admit, was the lure of free samples – as if there wasn’t enough to try in the dozens of shops around […]
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I’m happy to identify with the cliche – I’m Irish and I LOVE my spuds! So on a recent trip to Bruges, I had to take myself off to the FRIET MUSEUM – the only one in the world dedicated to fries! The building itself dates back to the 14th century and displays are spread […]
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