Anna Collins

I moved to the Costa del Sol from the UK in 2007 and never left. We settled near Mijas Pueblo, raised a family here, and I've spent the years since doing the ordinary things that teach you a place: the school run, the August beach scramble, the long lunches, the drives up into the hills when the coast gets too busy.

I started Málaga Travel Guide because most of what I read about this stretch of coast was written by people who'd flown in for a weekend. They'd tell you a town was charming. They wouldn't tell you the car park fills by ten in summer, or which seafront restaurants are coasting on the view, or that the bus you're relying on doesn't run on a Sunday.

So that's what I write. Honest, specific, lived-in advice, the sort I'd give a friend flying in next week. Real place names, rough prices, the best month to go, and the catch nobody mentions. If something's overrated I'll say so, even when it's famous. And if it's worth your one free day, I'll tell you exactly how to do it.

Everything on this site is written from the ground, here on the coast, not pulled from a press release. If you spot something that's changed, I want to know.