Top Attractions
Check Availability:
Make the most of your stay.
There are a number of exciting things to do in Malaga. From historical sites to cultural attractions, I enclose a list of attractions you should not miss:
Plaza de la
Constitucion
The plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square) has been the hub of Malaga’s life from the time of the reconquest, when it was known as Four Street Square (Plaza de las Cuatro Calles). It was also known as Plaza Mayor (Main Square) until it was renamed in 1812 as Plaza de la Constitucion. A 1 minute walk from the apartment
Calle Marques
de Larios
Calle Larios was opened officially to the public on 27 August 1891 and was designed by engineer José María Sancha and later modified by Manuel Rivera. Besides being a major shopping street, one of the most important in Spain, together with Plaza Constitución, it is an urban space where the city’s most important events are held. A 1 minute walk from the apartment
Cathedral –
La Manquita
With its twin-towered facade, this grandiose 16th-century building stands on the site of an earlier mosque. A 1 minute walk from the apartment
With its twin-towered facade, this grandiose 16th-century building stands on the site of an earlier mosque. A 1 minute walk from the apartment
Museums
Malaga has many museums to explore and it is without question their most famous one commemorates Pablo Picasso who was born in Malaga. A few museums to visit are as follows:
- Casa Natal de Picasso, birthplace of Picasso, 7 minute walk from the apartment
- Picasso Museum Malaga, 4 minute walk from the apartment
- Museo Carmen Thyssen, 2 minute walk from the apartment
- Malaga Fine Art Museum, 5 minute walk from the apartment
- Malaga Wine Museum, 6 minute walk from the apartment
Castillo de
Gibralfaro
Standing on the Mount Gibralfaro hilltop above the Alcazaba, the Castillo de Gibralfaro is a medieval Moorish fortress. Abd-al-Rahman III, the Caliph of Cordoba, built the castle in the 10th century on the site of a Phoenician lighthouse. The name is derived from the word “gebel-faro” (Arabic and Greek words that mean “rock of the lighthouse”). A 6 minute walk from the apartment
Stronghold of the Moorish kings, this ancient Moorish castle was built in the ninth century (and rebuilt in the 11th century) on the ruins of a Roman bastion. A 6 minute walk from the apartment
Teatro Romano –
Roman
Ampitheatre
Dating from the time of Augustus (1st century AD), it was rediscovered in 1951 by workers building the foundations for a new Casa de Cultura. Today the theatre sits fully exposed beneath the walls of the Alcazaba. A 6 minute walk from the apartment
Teatro Cervantes
The Teatro Cervantes, a late 19th-century building, was last renovated and inaugurated in 1987, is part of the city’s artistic heritage. Located in the historic centre, it is the main venue for shows, with a capacity for 1,100 spectators. A 6 minute walk from the apartment
Paseo del Parque
– Gardens
The park is located at the base of Calle Marques de Larios. It is made up of three walkways, each 800 metres long and ten metres wide; one is on the north side and the other two are to the south of the 25 metre-wide central thoroughfare for vehicles, a continuation of the Alameda Principal. The park covers an area of 30,000 square metres if we count the rose garden surrounded by orange and cypress trees next to the City Council building and the gardens called Jardines de Puerta Oscura. A 7 minute walk from the apartment
Palmeral de las
Sorpresas – Plaza
de la Marina
It was designed in the mid-19th century when the Muslim walls to the south were demolished, which opened the city to the sea. Today, it is also the first sight that visitors from cruise ships see when they leave the Port of Málaga. The marina located in front of the main entrance of the Port and the Palmeral de las Sorpresas, with the Alameda Principal to one side and the Parque de Málaga on the other, bounded on the north by Calle Marques de Larios. A 7 minute walk from the apartment