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Málaga City

Malaga, Spain. Introduction

Malaga in the south of Spain is situated on the Mediterranean coast. Malaga’s long history was born from the sea, with the arrival of the first mariners and traders around 2,000 years ago. This has shaped the character of the city ever since, making it a open, welcoming, prosperous place.
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Malaga, Spain is joyful and convivial, with numerous gardens, Andalusian charm and Arabic influenced architecture. It is also the birthplace of the famous spanish painter Picasso (Visit the Picasso Museum). Nestled between the sea and the mountains Málaga invites you to learn about its rich history while experiencing the energy of the modern city.

Places of Interest in Malaga Spain

Alcazaba of Málaga, This impressive building, built mostly in the 11th century, was the palace-fortress of the city's governing Muslims.
It was built on the summit of a hill, adapted to the relief.

You can easily leave the Roman Amphitheatre to visit the Muslim fortress the Alcazaba, admire the splendid renaissance cathedral and then submerge yourself in the lively atmosphere of the nearby streets. You can see the city on foot, in a horse-drawn carriage or with the Malaga tour bus.

Despite some XIX Century alterations, traces of ancient Islamic roads can still be seen in the centre of Malaga, for example in Calle Granada or Calle Fresca. The best example of this is Larios Street, which is the main street of Málaga’s historic centre.

The Aduana and Buenavista Palaces, Picasso’s house and the Casa del Consulado are a few of the interesting buildings to be seen in Málaga.

To the West of Málaga Spain, you will find Mount Gibralfaro and it’s castle of the same name from which you can enjoy some of great views of the city.

To the North of Malaga are the historical Finca de la Concepción and Finca de San José Gardens, with their large collections of plants and trees; there is also a colonial style palace.

(Source: Malaga Ayto)

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Malaga beaches

As for the city’s beaches you can find anything from steep cliffs and small coves towards the East, to the very central, famous Malagueta beach (the Paseo Marítimo Picasso) to endless sandy beaches to the West.

Towns of the Costa del Sol:
Torremolinos, Marbella, Benalmádena, Fuengirola, Estepona y Nerja

Nature near Málaga

View over Málaga City from road C-345 (direction Colmenar).

Close to the gardens, outwith the main town, Málaga’s Los Montes de Malaga, Natural Park offers you the opportunity to enjoy it’s open-air activities, services and hotels.

Festivities in Malaga Spain

You can really get an impression of the essence of Malaga during it’s many ‘fiestas’. Between all the festivities that take place in the city, the Semana Santa (Holy Week, in April) and the Feria (around the 19th of August) are probably the most important. From May until June there is the Fiesta de las Cruces, the Feast of Los Patronos San Ciríaco, Santa Paula and the Noche de San Juan. In July there is the Fiesta of the Virgen del Carmen.

Malaga, a city of Museums

With over twenty museums, fifteen of them grouped together in the same area, Málaga has become a true City of Museums. With the incorporation of new projects (Wine Museum, Heritage Museum, Fine Arts Museum and the Holy Week Museum), its Historical Quarter alone will have as many as twenty-three museum facilities, making Malaga one of the cities with the highest density of museums in its Historical Quarter.

Your itinerary can be theme based or simply focussed on the most important and we can guarantee that there are options to suit everyone’s tastes, from religious art to the most contemporary artistic expressions, as well as popular art, interactive museums, and not forgetting, naturally, Picasso, represented by his Birthplace Museum and the Malaga Picasso Museum.

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