

For travellers looking to recharge their batteries or disconnect, there are luxury accommodation options with nutrition programmes or boats to hire in the marinas. This last location and the nearby Puerto Banús are ideal places to find haute couture brands, prestigious restaurants and beach clubs where you can lay back on a Balinese bed and watch the sun set. Other coastal tourist spots with beaches where you can relax are Nerja, Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Fuengirola, Estepona and Marbella.

It is lovely to take a stroll round this increasingly fashionable city and discover how the Alcazaba, the Castle of Gibralfaro and the Cathedral blend in with alternative urban art neighbourhoods such as Soho, with terraces where you can enjoy brunch, or with streets like the Calle Larios for those who love to shop. One essential stopping point is the capital, Málaga, which in recent years has invested heavily in culture which, in addition to the Picasso Route (the painter was born there), offers an interesting variety of museums: Pompidou Centre, Carmen Thyssen Museum, the Collection of the Russian Museum. On a car journey of around 180 kilometres, it is possible to discover at a gentle pace some of the loveliest places in the coastal area.
