Malaga hotel/apartment recommendation please 🙏

[LittleJustice]

Hi, we are going 15th to 20th August. I've seen reasonably priced flights but struggling with booking a hotel. Do you think we'd need a pool this time of year? My partner and I, both mid 50s. So childfree.

Would really appreciate recommendations as don't know the city at all. We will be arriving late at night as well so needs to be easily locatable.

Also any recommendation for fabulous eateries would be very welcome.

Thanks for any advice 🙏

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We stayed in Hotel Bro which is on the edge of the old town and near the palace. Free mini bar, adults only and roof top pool. Breakfast was good - eggs cooked to order etc. I am a genius member of Booking dot com so don't know if works for everyone - but we got a free airport transfer. Lots of tapas bars in the near vicinity.

https://hotelbro.com/en/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=15216477303&gbraid=0AAAAABj1-OCoiUr1l0VQxWit4yjH098Sh&gclid=CjwKCAjwwNbEBhBpEiwAFYLtGF3gr6a50blt_Zk93hpPmqqwJ8GiGd9yl81yNqxadL-5cVOTGAUGkRoCiYEQAvD_BwE

Oooh that looks very nice 👌 it's asking for a discount code. Do you have one?

Unfortunately not as I didn't book direct. I alway weigh up the options and I think the free transfer swung it. We had a room with a balcony. The ones with pools were already booked up. If you want to go to the Picasso museum it's worth booking in advance - we didn't and it was full the only day we had to go. The old town is lovely. The palace is well worth a visit - get the dual ticket for the castillo - also good for views. We didn't walk up there mind - got an Uber :) The port was an easy walk - lots of restaurants and potential boat trips. We went in Feb and most of the beach bars weren't open. I loved El Pimpi - old tapas bar/restaurant in the old town. You have to queue normally if you want food, but we also went in for drinks - beautiful interior patios etc.

It was THIS Feb we went - so recently :)

Oh it looks absolutely lovely but only one room left for our dates which seems to just have a window open to a courtyard garden. I do like a little bit of private outdoor space. Hmmm... and you'd not know whether the pool got packed as you were there in Feb.

Thanks for the tips, I'm very much looking forward to it.

Other place I had bookmarked after my research was https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g187438-d27957331-Reviews-Apartamentos_7_dreams-Malaga_Costa_del_Sol_Province_of_Malaga_Andalucia.html this apartment place