Malaga, Seville, Granada with young kids
 

Hi All,

Need some advice. We are flying to Malaga in April 2016 and plan to visit Seville, Granada, Cordoba and fly back from Malaga. Go first to Seville- 3 nights, Granada-1 night, Malaga- 3nights.
Have a 6 year old and baby. What is the best way to travel? Hire car or by train/buses?
Would love to have your suggestions.

Thanks

Car. Definitely a car.

Thanks , Do you suggest any other places to visit?

How many days? Your itinerary seems fairly packed already.

have total 7 days. Arrive in Malaga on 12th, head straight to Seville, spend 3 nights
Seville - Granada -spend one night
Granada-Malaga- 3 nights and fly back on 19th.

Ah, you were asking what there was to see in each city?

You're going to Granada so I guess you are interested in the Moorish stuff so I suggest taking a day off of Malaga and going to Cordoba to see the Mosque-Cathedral.

Perhaps stop for lunch in Nerja on your way from Granada to Malaga? https://www.flickr.com/photos/trondjs/3735908317/

Here you could have Ayo's famous paella on the beach, served every day at lunch since 1969. Sunday lunch here is a highlight of the week for many locals: http://www.ayonerja.com/chiringuito_en.html

Or have the freshest fish and seafood in La Marina, as good as you get a no fuss seafood freiduria in all of Andalucia: http://www.guideofnerja.com/pages/gu.../marina_en.htm

Here you also find the famous Nerja Caves, lived people here more than 30 000 years ago: http://www.cuevadenerja.es/

So far i have only booked my stay in Seville. So i'm pretty much flexible on other places.
One option im thinking Seville-Cordoba (stay one night)-Granda(one night)-Malaga(2 nights).
The main issue i see is getting a place to stay with parking.

Thanks Kimhe, will certainly visit Nerja caves.

Oh and we are vegetarians

As vegetarians you can especially look forward to the delicious Sevilla speciality "Espinacas con garbanzos" (spinach with chickpeas): http://spanishsabores.com/2014/08/17...ach-chickpeas/

and the Malaga speciality "Berenjenas con miel" (fried aubergine with honey): http://www.andalucia.com/gastronomy/...s-com-miel.htm

and of course gazpacho everywhere, at least in the warmer months: http://www.andalucia.com/gastronomy/gazpacho.htm

<i>Oh and we are vegetarians</i>

No worries -- lots of seafood to be had.

With 2 kids - esp an infant and all of the extra stuff you need to haul around for one I think anything other than a car rental would be madness.

How would you ever deal with all of that stuff on a bus? And what happens when you have to stop for the kids to get a break from the bus - they're not going to wait for you to take a 30 minute break?

Yeah so decided on the car. Thanks nytraveler, sparkchester.
Thanks Kimhe for the food suggestions. Will definitely taste them.Do they have vegetarian paella?Havent seen them in the menus that i got on internet.

What are the important things to see not to be missed. Know Alcazar, cathedral of Seville. Also it happens to be the spring festival in Seville. Do i have to purchase tickets?
Alhambra in Granada.
Museums are a bit problematic with kids.
Is it better to hire bikes to go around in town? Or do we go for the hop on/off buses?

<i>Do they have vegetarian paella?Havent seen them in the menus that i got on internet.</i>

If you eat seafood, it's not an issue.

Paella made with vegetable stock would be just sad.

No need to buy tickets for the Feria de Abril, and seven of the casetas (dance, music, food, drink 24/7) out on the fair grounds are open to the public. http://www.andalucia.com/festival/seville-feria.htm

And you will find excellent vegetable paellas (paella or arroz (rice) de verduras) here and there, at least in the places that specialize in paellas or arrozes (rice dishes). In the heart of Malaga city, for example Los Mellizos in Calle Sancha de Lara, 7:
http://www.losmellizos.net/index.php...home&address=6
And El Patio in Calle Granada, 39: https://www.tripadvisor.es/Restauran...Andalucia.html

The great variety of arroz (rice) dishes are very similar to paellas, and typical of both Malaga and Sevilla.

Sparkchaser - very few vegetarians eat seafood - still an animal. there are some veggies choices in Spain but most of the cuisine is based on meat or fish.

I would google for vegetarian restaurants in Spain - I know I have seen the name of a web site but not our choice so didn;t pay attention.

Vegetarians don't eat seafood, that's a contradiction in terms. Vegetarians don't eat animal flesh and animal in the broad sense. If someone eats fish, they are not a vegetarian by definition.

There are vegetarian paellas that exist with a tweaking of the recipe, but I don't remember seeing them much in either city as that isn't traditional. Paella usually has chicken, some kind of meat, or seafood. I wasn't particularly looking for them, though. Not a great area for vegetarian cuisine, actually.

All of the "vegetarians" I know eat seafood. I must be some statistical anomaly.

I understand that there are varying shades of vegetarian: seafood, dairy, eggs to dairy and eggs only to only dairy to full blown vegan. Regardless, a vegetable stock based paella makes my mouth sad and you should be ashamed of yourself for calling it paella and may God have mercy on your soul.

Yeah sparkchaser, we dont eat sea food either. I have eaten vegetarian paella in UK spanish restaurants (La Tasca for eg). And i loved it.
Thanks kimhe, for your wonderful suggestions.