The hotel we stayed in in Malaga was very nice, but it was a city centre place and didn’t have any sort of outdoor relaxation options such as a pool or terrace, not even room balconies, so when we weren’t out, the only place to sit (other than in the bar or reception area) was the room.
City breaks are great, but sometimes it’s nice to just chill with a book or newspaper or something in a relaxing location. As a result, we toyed with the idea of going to the beach one day and hiring a couple of sun loungers and a beach umbrella. Unfortunately, all the umbrellas on the part of the beach nearest to us (and maybe the entire beach for all I know) were fixed into the sand with canopies made of palm fronds (as can be seen in the second picture below). While these are fine to an extent, they are limited by the movement of the sun and also of the position of fellow beach users, both of which will result in times when you’re unable to make use of the shade. As the temperature was in the mid thirties while we were there, and as my skin fries like bacon given half a chance, we decided to forgo the idea.
I still took these couple of pictures of the beach one evening though.
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
Taken 19 August 2023.
Steel City Snapper photography 