Málaga photos

I promised photos of our first 'tour' of Málaga.  Our first 'P' day (preparation day) was a week ago Saturday.  We hadn't been here long enough to need to clean so we took the bus downtown to get oriented to the town and see some 'sights'.  The weather was beautiful, and so was the city. 
they are getting ready for 'Carnival' or Mardi Gras so there are costumes on sale around town for the kids just like  we have around Halloween.  I don't think I photographed any of the lights a that are going up though. 


This is a small plaza and fountain.  It was a busy day.

This area is just for pedestrians and was quite wide as streets there go.

This is a Roman theater that they have restored and use for productions.

We intended to go into the part of the fort called Alcazaba that you see at the top of the photo, but ended walking all the way around the hill and climbing up to the higher part of it, El Castillo de Gibralfaro.  We got our exercise that day!

From 2/3 of the way up, the Mediteranean and the bull ring.  There is a 10 year moratorium on bull fights right now but we were told that most places still hold one a year. 

Near the cranes in the port is where the cruse ships dock.  The building is the old customs house.

that is the Cathedral

I think that is Paseo del Parque

The city inland.  I think our building may be behind the palm tree trunk somewhere.

This walkway goes all around the top of the walls though I expect the safety wall on the inside is new cause some parts didn't have that.  This thing has been rebuilt many times, at least once upon the ruins of a Moorish fort.

looking through the arrow slit

We were intrigued by the stone work.  Look at the different arches.

What he saw from the last photo.
 Entrances to forts were at right angles and uphill, giving defenders more chance to attack entering enemies.

See, I told you they had some similar plants. They had a whole wall about the history and uses of lots of the historically important plants of the area.  I thought this one was so beautiful!



             The bougainvilla is this purple color.
It is interesting to still see the Moorish influences in the buildings and tiles that are on them.