M&I / GBMINI

We fly back to USA from Madrid so from Malaga we took yet another great train ride, and had an overnight in Madrid before our flight. Our hotel was walking distance from the “Royal Palace of Madrid” so we walked there to see the impressive building and views over the gardens (it was too late to go in) …

While the palace was closed for the day, the Royal Collections Gallery was still open so we visited, and it was worth doing with some very impressive (and huge) artworks, dating back to as long ago as the 1500s; here is a selection of those I most liked:

And here’s a night view from our hotel rooftop towards the palace:

Next morning we had time for a walk around part of the city, and the last few photos are during the taxi ride to the airport. It looks like Madrid needs another, longer, visit!

Our Spain trip finishes in Malaga so we can visit my Mum; we planned to visit Cueva De Nerja with her but it turned out that the amount of stairs and darkness prevented both her and Margaret going through the caves – but here’s some photos …

When we previously visited Antequera I learned of the nearby Dolmens but they were not open; we weren’t able to get a train for our final journey so we rented a (big) vehicle and drove from Granada to Malaga via the Antequera Dolmens … the museum had a well created “animated” video of the construction of these stone structures, some 6000 years ago (older than Stonehenge!)

We completed our drive to Malaga, checked in to a hotel and took an evening walk which included excellent ice cream …