Nightlife in Malaga
Nightlife in Málaga is simple and just wandering through its streets you are bound to find fun somewhere. More than just about any other city in the region, Málaga offers night owls the chance to stroll a labyrinth of inner-city streets, drinking wine at any convenient tasca and talking with friends and new acquaintances. Malága’s main thoroughfare, Calle Larios, is a perfect place to start your night, its opposite the city’s port and close to Calle Granada.
There are numerous bars, tascas, and clubs lining Calle Granada and there will definitely be something that strikes your fancy. Particularly fun and atmospheric is La Posada, Calle Granada, 33. If you want to eat well and cheaply, do as the locals do and head for taverns and local tapas bars and cafes. Don’t expect a refined experience, but the food is some of the most enjoyable and least expensive in Málaga. You can easily fill up on two or three orders of tapas because portions are extremely generous. Zona el Palo is a beautiful promenade along the beach front where you’ll find many fish restaurants as well as fashionable locals and hip bars. On a warm summer night the terraces are an ideal starting point for your exploration of Malaga by night. Zona la Malagueta is the more modern part of the town, dominated by a 20 something crowd and full of funky bars. If you take the time to check out the smaller streets you will find some really good traditional bars and restaurants where you can enjoy classical Andalusian delights. Most of Malaga’s nightlife is concentrated to the northeast of the cathedral along and around Calle Granada and Beatas. Plaza de Uncibay and the streets circling it are also full of clubs and bars. Expect to encounter a young and vibrant crowd.
There are smaller towns along the coast if you feel for going out from Malaga some night, that also offers a great nightlife. For example you have Benalmadena a short train ride from Malaga, with huge clubs, trendy bars and a casino. The “Puerto deportivo” marina is a great spot to be after the sun goes down, with alot of foreign visitors as well as young trendy malagans. West of Benalmadena is Fuengirola, also here the nightlife is located to the seafront promenade and the marina, with alot of young people, rock bars, latin music etc, something for every taste is to be found. Further to the west you have Puerto Banus, a exclusive and classy venue in Marbella, the place to be for the super-rich or people who just want to have some fun and are prepared to spend some money.
