Parador de Malaga Gibralfaro

I came looking for a quiet and beautiful spot to have a cup of coffee on a Monday morning. I found out, that I was able to charge my electric car in the parking and the dogs loved the surrounds green areas. The views are spectacular!

It was a major disappointment. Aside from the view, which was only moderately good, there was nothing positive. There is no real advantage in terms of access to Gibralfaro Castle, which should not be misunderstood. The staff were unwelcoming: at check-in they continued chatting among themselves without even greeting us. The room was cold, and constant noise—likely from some kind of machinery—continued until late at night, making it hard to sleep. The worst part was the ground-floor café. Although the two waiters seemed to be doing their best, they were clearly insufficient for the size of the space and number of guests. We waited 15 minutes just to pay. The food was expensive and extremely poor in quality; the fried squid was terrible. It was the worst dining experience of my life. We paid a large amount to stay over the year-end holidays, and it became a very bad memory.

In the hills overlooking Málaga. Fantastic view. Friendly and helpful staff. Very good breakfast. Excellent bar, also serving small dishes. Spacious, clean, well equipped rooms with a balcony. Rooftop swimmingpool. Good value for money. The only thing we missed was a fitnessroom.|We gladly be back.

We stayed at the Parador Nacional de Malaga Gibralfaro for a few days as my 70th birthday treat. We booked well in advance and stayed midweek. The hotel is wonderful with exceptional views of Málaga and we had a great time. Málaga is a beautiful city to visit with lots of great attractions and all are withing easy reach of the Parador either by bus or walking down the steep hill. The bus ride is about twenty minutes and goes about every half hour. All of the hotel rooms have balconies on the city side and the views are spectacular either by day or night. The breakfast was up to the usual Parador standards, top quality. The room was good with an excellent bed and a fine bathroom. The service was excellent and we would definitely return.

Great views over the harbour, marina and city.||Nice food in the bar. Did not eat in the restaurant on this trip - only one night.||Easily reached by no 35 bus from the city but not very frequent. But taxi from city less than 10 EUR.||Lovely walk back down through the woods on tarmac road. Turn right out of Parador grounds, along road, then left into woods after about 50m.

A great view of Malaga and others neighborhoods. We can see everything the unique landmarks and the new constructions from east to west. Amazing pictures amazing spot. Highly recommended.

This Parador was exactly what I have come to appreciate about the Paradors...it is in a prime location and has great views and great service and food. It has easy access to the castle which is only a few minutes walk above the Parador. The only thing I can say negative about the hotel is that, due to its location at the top of the mountain, it is a pretty long hike down and then back up the mountain to get into the city center. However, that is a small price to pay and there are buses and taxis available if you don't want to walk. Just be sure to note the times as the bus stops running at 2110 to the Parador.

We finished our 23 day tour of the southwestern part of Spain in Malaga. We flew into Malaga and we were departing from Malaga. On arrival we went to stayed in Torremolinos. We wanted to tour Malaga before ending our vacation. Our travel agent had us booked into Parador De Malaga for our last 2 nights. We immediately knew he had picked a gem to complete our vacation! |When we arrived with car we already knew that this was an exceptional hotel. The location alone was fantastic. Located high above the city with beautiful views. Parking of which there is a good selection on site is included. Check-in in was fast and easy. Since we had an early flight we mentioned that we would be checking out very early. They offered to provide food to go if we wanted for our early departure. Though we did not take advantage of it we thought it was a very nice touch. |The facility is beautiful throughout. We had breakfast included which was excellent. We also ate in the dining area and it was very good. Drinks on the patio were awesome. |Our room was fantastic with an amazing view of the Bull ring below. A power sun shade over the beautiful balcony was awesome! The room was spotless and comfortable.

I love this hotel. I live nearby and go into the mountains past this hotel often. Since the pandemic we haven't been travelling so treated ourselves to a stay here for my birthday. Gorgeous inside and out. The pool which looks so small when talking past in the mountain is actually a lot bigger than I expected. the restaurant is specular! I had the pulpo and my boyfriend had a steak. Top quality!!! Which is what should be expected for a nice hotel like this. I see another review had a problem with the internet. I hadn't had this problem, but i didn't bring my work with me either. I know how annoying it is when you can't get decent hotel wifi. But I think this wasn't typical. Our room was huge. Views awesome! And I had to hike to get here. I love this place! 5 stars! I'll add pics when I finally download them from my dslr

This hotel is in a spectacular location with a scenic overlook of the water. It is not located in or near the center of town. It has the appearance of a luxury hotel. The rooms are large, bright, and clean. There are two restaurants on the premises: a bar/cafeteria where I had a good lunch with my traveling companion and a luxury restaurant. The food in the luxury restaurant was good -- expensive but not terribly so. A snooty maître d' presides over it. The problem with this hotel for me had to do with my requirements as a traveler. I depend on being able to stay in touch with people via email and on being able to use the Internet when abroad -- in my hotel room. Being not located near city sites and spots, I thought I would try to get some rest and to get some work done while staying here. I also wanted badly to get in touch with people back home. Neither was possible because the Wi-Fi which the hotel is supposed to offer for free hardly works. The Internet connection kept going down. One minute it was working - sort of - the next minute you were getting a message: connection failed. It would crash and your work would be lost. To send one email, say, takes around three minutes -- if you can send it at all. Often, you will get message indicating that the message can not be sent. We are talking about simple Internet functions here. I tried to do some work which required me to use then Internet. It worked so slowly --when it was not crashing - that it was useless. The staff acted apologetic and said they would fix it, but it wasn't working for most of the time I was a guest there - despite there telling me several times, "it's working now." The Wi-Fi problem affected my iPhone too. I could not send messages or go online with it. DON'T STAY HERE IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND DEPEND ON INTERNET CONNECTIVITY. One other observation. Being located at a high altitude, the hotel is cool in the summer. That may be a good thing, but it was chilly in my bedroom, uncomfortably so. And, when I tried to take a hot shower in the morning to warm up, the water was only lukewarm and I could not manage to make it hot.