Life on the Avenue: Malaga shops

Monday, 21 September 2020

The most beautiful bookshop I've ever visited...

Mapas y Compañia
Calle Compañía, 33, 29008 Málaga

I've visited lots of nice bookstores on my travels.... but I think this one is the nicest!

I was planning on visiting a second hand shop on the same street but it did not open at 5pm as was indicated on the internet. I sat outside the shop for a couple of minutes to see if they were opening a little late but there was no signs of life within so I left.

As I walked towards home I passed this beautiful independent bookshop and decided to pop in for a visit. I was wowed when I stepped in. It felt like being on a film set. The books and other small items for sale were displayed in the most beautiful cases. It is mainly travel related books that are for sale but other selections too. There was a big collection of Tintin books in different languages along with Tintin merchandise - I wanted to buy it all!

As this was an impromptu visit, I did not stay too long - but I plan to visit again soon to enjoy it's charms. I may also buy a Tintin book in Spanish as it may help with my language study as I can follow along with the story using both the pictures and the text.

Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Shopfronts of interest

There's always so much to see in Malaga. These vintage looking shop fronts really appeal to me.

This shop was established in 1957. I wonder when the shopfront design was created?!

This clothes shop seems to be for people of a certain vintage. It reminds me of old style draperies in Ireland. From my childhood, I remember Hands in Villa Park and Godleys in Blanchardstown.

This signage for the Farmacia is particularly cool with it being built in to the building. A lot of more modern farmacias have similar lit up signs with the same lettering. Perhaps there was a standard at one point that shops had to adhere to and this is an example with the modern shops following the form?

Not too sure about this one!

We had a little coffee here one morning (a cortado for me and a solo for Ciaran) - it seems to be a popular locals spot. The silver lettering on the signage seems very retro Italian to me.