Irish TV cameras are heading for the Costa del Sol and Axarquia, where will you spot them?

Think you know every corner of this coast? An Irish television crew has arrived to introduce the province of Malaga and Axarquia to viewers in Ireland and some places you may not have yet explored.

Two Irish celebrities and a crew of eight

High Road Low Road is an RTE One travel series in which celebrity pairings jet off on two very different holidays. One enjoys a first-class luxury experience while the other explores the same destination on a budget. Spain’s Tourist Office in Dublin organised this visit, according to the Malaga provincial council. Eight people, including two well-known Irish personalities, will film across the province.

Regular fans of the show may already have seen Spain on the programme. Salou was the destination for Mrs Brown’s Boys star Fiona O’Carroll and actor Johnny Ward in the most recent series, and Lanzarote featured in an earlier edition.

Clifftop walkways, sardines and Ronda

Plenty of stops will be well-known to residents. The Caminito del Rey will feature, as will Malaga city as well as the deep gorge of Ronda.

Food, wine and dance lovers who watch the show will get a glimpse of local treats, expect ‘espetos’, the beloved local dish of sardines threaded onto cane skewers and grilled over open flames on the beach. Flamenco, Spain’s passionate song and dance tradition, and a local wine experience complete the cultural side.

Olive oil, catamarans and a touch of horsepower

Variety is the aim of the game. Cameras will visit Frigiliana, the stunning village in Axarquia, and Almazara LA Organic, an olive oil mill. Plans also include a catamaran trip, other water activities and a stop at Ascari Race Resort, a motorsport circuit near Ronda.

Eco Hotel Cueva del Gato in Benaojan, a boutique retreat with a farm-to-table restaurant, is close to the famous cave that gives it its name. An activity in the Canon de Las Angosturas is also planned on Guadalmina river near Benahavis, a spot popular for river walking and beginner-level canyoning.

Why Irish viewers matter to the coast

Antonio Diaz, managing director of Turismo Costa del Sol, said filming lets viewers see the destination through real experiences. In his view, nature, food, culture and coast can all be presented in a single programme. He hopes Irish audiences will discover that a name they already know hides many different ways of enjoying the province, and that two personalities from their own country could being tourists new reasons to visit.

Audiences for the series are high. Croatian tourism sources reported an average of around 435,000 viewers per episode and a 42% audience share for an earlier series.

No broadcast date for the episode has been announced yet, but when it does air, I’m sure plenty will enjoy watching their adopted home introduced to a new crowd, and many a glass of local wine may be raised in celebration.