Economic and environmental concerns be damned!
Ryanair has just started taking bookings on four new routes between the UK and
Malaga, which is good for us, particularly as the new motorway is bringing the journey time to the
Alpujarra down towards the 2 hour mark. And of course
Malaga is a pleasure in its own right, despite the horrors of the Costa
del Golf that starts just the wrong side of
Ikea. The new flights go out of
Prestwick (or Glasgow
Prestwick to the optimistic), Edinburgh (one of Britain's more civilised airports),
Stansted and Birmingham. Now if we could just get someone to fly to Almeria or Granada from Glasgow, we'd be away to the races.
Ryanair might be a shower of agressive, money-grabbing, geographically-challenged chancers, but they do have their uses. At the end of March they're introducing low cost flights between Granada and Bologna. You'll be able to travel between two of Europe's most beautiful university cities from about €20 each way. (Plus of course the hidden extra charges for checking in, bringing a suitcase, breathing etc.) More to the point, some of the most sophisticated people in Italy will easily be able to reach our lovely house and rent it for less than €300 a week, or 625,000 lire in old money. For once the two airports are even relatively close to the cities which bear their names - less than 15k in each case. I only wish I had reason/opportunity/time to flit between two of my favourite places on a regular basis.
