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If you just go to the taxi rank in Malaga airport a normal taxi will take you for about 160 - 190 euros.
It is wise to agree the price before you set off.

A less stressful but alternative is to book a taxi in advance.
There will be someone holding up a sign when you get of the plane, and they will take you to your destination.

Granadainfo offer a fixed price of 130 and will book a regular taxi  and make all arrangements  for you.
https://granadainfo.com/organise_taxi.htm

This is a very common question.

In my opinion it is best to buy a ticket to Granada from Malaga in advance.
It makes things easier if you aready have the ticket and it is one less thing to worry about on arrival.

To buy tickets online go to https://alsa.es
If you miss a bus they normally let you onto the next bus without paying again as long as you have a ticket.


Shuttle bus from Malaga Airport to Malaga City Centre
It is easy to get to Malaga bus station. There is a shuttle bus from Malaga Airport to Malaga City Centre, there are 10 bus stops along the way.  The total journey time is around 15 – 25 minutes. It costs just about 3€ and you can pay the driver direct. The bus station stop is  Estación de Autobuses (Maria Zambrano). There is a bus around every 20 – 25 minutes from 7am until midnight from the airport. 


Alsa Bus has a bus every hour from Malaga Bus Station  to Granada untiI 20:00h.

There are many more buses from Malaga Bus station than from the airport.

Blue is Paper.
BTW
On the side they say "Tu papel es importante"
This is clever because "papel" means both paper and role.
So it means "your role/paper is important".

Green  is Glass.
Don't put any ceramics in here.

Yellow  is containers.
This is the most confusing and a category not found in other countries.
It is plastics, aluminium and metal. So:
tins, cans,  Tetra-Brik, plastic bottles, plastic bags etc.

Grey  is general waste.
Anything that won't fit in any of the above.

I doubt if you will need it but there sometimes are other containers.

For example:

    Aceites – Oils
    Ropa – Clothing
    Zapatos – Shoes
    Pilas – Batteries


The above just a basic guide.
If you want to throw away more complicated items you would have to go to the recycling centre.

Here is the address .

Recycling Centre - Punto Limpio Granada

Polígono El Florío,
958806989
Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 09:00 to 20:00.
Sunday from 09:00 to 15:00.


   
   
   
   
   
   
Phone: 958 80 69 89

STOP PRESS:
This page has a lot of essential vocab designed for smartphones and it will even play sounds
https://lingolex.com/A1-spanish/A1-go_to_spanish_bar.php

I am writing this because many people who visit me know no Spanish and no nothing about Spain.
Unless I go with them they end up ordering the wrong thing and not getting what they want.

If you go to a village it is likely that nobody speaks any English.

This text is the absolute minimum you need.
You can even get this post up on your smartphone and point to things.

Let's say you want to go to a bar and have some drinks and something to eat.

You sit down at a table:
The waiter will probably come over and says.
¿que quiere beber?
¿que quiere tomar?
¿para beber?
or something similar.

He is probably saying.
What would you like to drink?
The waiter will almost always ask what you want to drink first.

Here is some help ordering a drink:

Cerveza - Beer - pronounced THER - VAY- THA
Beer normally comes in 2 sizes.
Una Caña (25cl)  prounced OONA CANYA
Un tubo (33cl) prounced OON TOOBO 

Vino - Wine - pronounced BEE NO
Normally comes in
Tinto - Red - pronounced TIN TOE
Blanco - White pronounced BLAN KOE

Let put this into a dialogue:

Camarero: ¿que quiere tomar?
Person 1:  Un vino tinto
Person 2:  Una cerveza or Un tubo de cerveza

When the Camerero brings your drinks he might bring you a free tapa.
The is very common in the province of Granada.
If you are not very hungry the tapas might be enough food.


If you are more hungry then you could ask for:
Una racion - pronounced OONA RATH EE ON
Un plato combinado - pronounced OON PLAT O KOMBIN ARDO
Menu del dia  - pronounced MEN OO DEL DEE A

Una Racion is a plate of food - The average person could probably eat 1  2 or maybe 3 to themselves
depending on the appetite and the size of them. (Look at other tables to see how big they are)
If you are with a few people you can order several raciones and share them. They will bring out some forks.

Un plato combinado -  is a plate of food which contains several ingredients.
For example:
Patatas Fritas - pronounced PA TA TAS FREET ASS - Chips
Huevos Fritos -  pronounced WAY VOS FRI TOSS - Fried eggs
Chorizo - pronounced CHO REE THO - Spanish spicy sausuage
Morcilla - pronounced MORE THEE YA  - Spanish black pudding


Menu del dia - Is a fixed menu meal with 3 courses.
It normally costs between 9 and 12 euros.
It is beyond the scope of this lesson to explain the menu del dia because you will have to understand the menu.
(did you know that will google translate you can put your smartphone up to a text and it will translate it)


If you know next to nothing in Spanish just order egg and chips with a beer.
Huevos con patatas fritas con una cerveza.

Here are a few more words to help you.

To attract the attention of the waiter. - Oiga pronounced - OYGA
Fork - Tenedor - pronounced - TENE DOOR
A plate - Un Plato . OON PLATTOE
It is very tasty - ¡que rico! - KAY REEKO
The toilets - Los servicios - LOS SERVITH EE OS
The bill please - La cuenta por favor - LA KWENTA POR FA VOR

SOME NOTES:
Un menu in Spanish - pronounced MEN OO (Not MEN YOU) means a fixed price meal (not a menu)
A menu (list of all food) is called - la carta pronounced - LA CARR TA
A nice drink in the summer is - Tinto de verano - pronounced TIN TOE DE BERR ARNO - It is red wine with soda.


If you want to lean more click here for a page of SURVIVAL SPANISH
https://lingolex.com/A1-spanish/survival.php

I want to get the SN1 from the bus station to the centre of Granada.

How does the ticket cost?
Where do I buy the ticket, on the bus or at the station?
Do you need exact change when paying the driver?