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  The summer just gone was distinctive on a number of levels, including that it was the first summer after the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and other restrictions having now long been lifted around Europe and the wider world.  And it also proved to be a highly successful summer as far as the tourist sector in southern Spain was concerned, SUR in English reporting that visitor numbers – and the money earned from such visitors – were even higher in the region in 2022 than they had been during 2019.  Spanish visitors largely drive an impressive revival  Sightseeing in Andalucia may be largely a pursuit of tourists from overseas rather than necessarily Spanish nationals, but it seems it was the latter group that largely fuelled the Costa del Sol tourist industry’s resurgence during the past summer.  The Costa del Sol tourist board said there had been a major surge in the number of Spanish visitors to this part of the country. Indeed, according to the Engl...

  While we are proud here at Simply Shuttles to arrange Málaga Airport transfers to all manner of sunny and in-demand locations around the Costa del Sol, it’s also true that sometimes, the greatest pleasures can be found closer to home. And, well, if Málaga isn’t exactly ‘home’ to you, you might well wish it was, such are its abundant charms with regard to heritage, culture and leisure.  Certainly when it comes to art galleries and museums, Málaga scores highly, with institutions to explore ranging from the Museo de Málaga with its emphasis on fine art and archaeology, to the Málaga arm of Centre Pompidou, which enables you to sample some of the best of the collection of the gallery otherwise best known for its Paris presence. For many fans of art at the more contemporary end of the spectrum, however, one institution here is a particular magnet: the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (or ‘Contemporary Art Centre of Málaga’, also known as CAC Málaga), which has attra...