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When checking in at hotel receptions expect to be asked for your passport. Once details have been noted down, Spanish law requires that it’s returned to you.

Eating out in southern Spain

The footpath as you approach the Tajo del Caballo (Costa del Sol, Walk 24)

Although it may not be known as a gourmet destination, you can eat very well in Andalucía if you’re prepared to leave a few of your preconceptions at home. Much of the food on the menu in most mountain village restaurants is stored in a deep freezer and microwaved when ordered – the exceptions to the rule being the freshly prepared tapas that you’ll see displayed in a glass cabinet in nearly every bar and restaurant. These can provide a delicious meal in themselves.

A tapa (taking its name from the lid or ‘tapa’ that once covered the jars in which they were stored) has come to mean a saucer-sized plate of any one dish, served to accompany an apéritif before lunch or dinner. If you wish to have more of any particular tapa you can order a ración (a large plateful) or a media ración (half that amount). Two or three raciónes shared between two, along with a mixed salad, would make a substantial and inexpensive meal.