The sand letters
MALAGUETA carved — the city's first photo.
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A typical Spanish city beach: mixed, European swimwear — with local families present in reassuring numbers. Dawn and sunset are its quietest hours for privacy-minded visitors, and the promenade walk is a complete pleasure without the sand at all.
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The Malagueta is the true city beach: warm dark sand beginning where the harbour ends — ten minutes' walk from the Alcazaba puts you in the sea, and that urban equation is Málaga's whole secret: morning monuments, afternoon swim, no transport between. Its famous sand-carved MALAGUETA letters are the city's first photograph, and the espeto shacks along it grill sardine skewers over burnt sand-boats — Málaga's mother dish (seafood in general being our reader's friend). The promenade running east towards the old fishing quarters of Pedregalejo and El Palo makes one of the finest sunset walks — where the truest espetos live. May, June and September are its gold: warm sea without August's density. Services complete: loungers, parasols, showers, courts.
MALAGUETA carved — the city's first photo.
Burnt sand-boats grilling the sea on skewers.
East to Pedregalejo and El Palo — maritime folk Málaga.
Paseo Marítimo Pablo Ruiz Picasso, 29016 Málaga