Sky Bar

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A FRIEND FROM Oslo is traveling around Southern Spain with her son and grandson and we had the pleasure of seeing them Wednesday evening. A good friend here had heard about a new bar in Fuengirola atop the Hotel El Puerto, part of a chain called Sky Bar. An acquaintance was there just last week and told us it was glorious with breathtaking views up and down the coast. We asked if it was also a restaurant and she said it was. The restaurant area has canvas sun shades, so it’s very pleasant, she explained. We asked if it was formal and she said, not too formal. She showed us photos of a magnificent sunset. A swimming pool was visible. She said that, yes, you do walk around the pool to get to the restaurant. So, that’s where we went for a meal.

Well, it’s a pool bar. On the 10th floor of a separate tower of the 16-floor hotel. The view was nice, but didn’t reach over the mountains in any direction. There were few tables that might accommodate an actual meal, so I asked the bartender if there was a restaurant possibly around a corner. Oh, no, but they had a bar menu if that would do for us. We could get pizzas, a few sandwiches, and even nachos. The canvas barely shaded the seating area and, since the sun was lowering in the sky, it shown straight across the table. The staff were friendly. The nachos sucked, but the pre-made pizzas were surprisingly good, as were the sandwiches — even if they were all served in take-away boxes. I was concerned we were too casual in our shorts and T-shirts, but we were among the very few fully clothed guests, so we were decidedly not underdressed. A nice place to have a drink. In future, we’ll take our acquaintance’s recommendations with a grain of salt (possibly on a margarita).

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UNA AMIGA DE Oslo viaja por el sur de España con su hijo y su nieto y tuvimos el placer de verlos el miércoles por la noche. Una buena amiga había oído hablar de un nuevo bar en Fuengirola en la cima del Hotel El Puerto, un bar de una cadena llamada Sky Bar. Una conocida estuvo allí la semana pasada y nos dijo que era glorioso con vistas impresionantes de toda la costa. Preguntamos si también era un restaurante y ella dijo que sí. La zona del restaurante tiene sombrillas de lona, por lo que es muy agradable, explicó. Le preguntamos si era formal y ella dijo, no demasiado formal. Nos mostró fotos de una magnífica puesta de sol. Una piscina era visible. Ella dijo que sí, camina alrededor de la piscina para llegar al restaurante. Entonces, ahí es donde fuimos a comer.

Bueno, es un bar de la piscina. En el piso 10 de una torre separada del hotel de 16 pisos. La vista era agradable, pero no llegaba a las montañas en ninguna dirección. Había pocas mesas que podrían acomodar una comida real, así que le pregunté al camarero si había un restaurante posiblemente en una esquina. Oh, no, pero tenían un menú de bar si eso nos vendría bien. Podríamos conseguir pizzas, unos cuantos sándwiches, e incluso nachos. El lienzo apenas sombreaba la zona de asientos y, como el sol estaba bajando en el cielo, se veía directamente a través de la mesa. El personal era amable. Los nachos eran horribles, pero las pizzas preparadas eran sorprendentemente buenas, al igual que los sándwiches, incluso si todos se servían en cajas para llevar. Me preocupaba que fuésemos demasiado informales con nuestros pantalones cortos y camisetas, pero estábamos entre los pocos invitados completamente vestidos, por lo que decididamente no estábamos mal vestidos. Un buen lugar para tomar una copa. En el futuro, tomaremos las recomendaciones de nuestra conocida con un grano de sal (posiblemente en una margarita).

Walking to Sky Bar. Cuttlefish and sardines. / Caminando a Sky Bar. Sepia y sardinas.
Walking home. / Caminando a casa.

Author: Moving with Mitchell

From Brooklyn, New York; to North Massapequa; back to Brooklyn; Brockport, New York; back to Brooklyn... To Boston, Massachusetts, where I met Jerry... To Marina del Rey, California; Washington, DC; New Haven and Guilford, Connecticut; San Diego, San Francisco, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Irvine, California; Sevilla, Spain. And Fuengirola, Málaga..

15 thoughts on “Sky Bar”

    1. Kirk,
      A couple of people did go for a dip while we were there. It was already 9:30 p.m. when I took those pics.

  1. In Japan I had the best fresh caught fish cooked like your last photo.
    Maybe not the best restaurant but nice place for a drink.
    parsnip

    1. John Gray,
      You’re lucky I’ll be in NYC in September or I’d be tempted to meet you in Sitges!

    1. David,
      One of these days I’m getting up high around here on a CLEAR day and I’ll see the cosas of Africa!

  2. It will be a couple days till I’m back to blogging, but just had to stop in to see what you were up too. And what a post!!!! I love that pool on the roof…. and those views…..but keep those fishes. Yuck.

    1. Mistress Maddie,
      So happy you’re back. Don’t miss my Fashionable Friends post. I think you’ll like it.

    1. Walt the Fourth,
      Me too. And Jerry was surprised at how good this frozen pizza was… thawed.

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