Malaga places of interest: beaches, travel, castle in Andalucia: Muelle Uno, Picasso, Alcazaba and so much more in the City of Angels

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Malaga Travel in Spain: iconic architecture and stunning atmosphere

Málaga City Trip from Elizabeth's Residence ➡️ Malaga places of interest ➡️ cycling in malaga ➡️ food lovers

Just a 40-minute drive from Elizabeth's Residence is Malaga, bustling city on the Mediterranean and capital of Andalusia's Costa del Sol.

Malaga is the home base for tourists who love the Costa del Sol and Andalusia: in Malaga, everything comes together and you'll be enjoying yourself all day, surrounded by the city's Angels.

Day trip to Malaga 🏰 80 km or 40 min drive from Elizabeth's Residence in Estepona

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Practical: start at Muelle Uno

By car: parking at Centre Pompidou

Look at the map here: The underground car park in this modern part of Malaga is the ideal base for your Malaga City Trip. There is always space, your car is underground in one of the cleanest and most modern car parks I have ever seen. Plus, you can use spotlessly clean toilets here for free, before taking the stairs (or the lift) up and out to Muelle Uno, Malaga's iconic pier, with its stunning promenade and terraces.

You are now near the colourful cube of this ultra-modern Centre Pompidou and from where you can admire interesting exhibitions of modern art. The Centre Pompidou museum is an absolute must for art lovers! An admission ticket costs €9.

Malaga Centre Pompidou — Centre Pompidou, Malaga, parking place under the iconic cube of Muelle Uno 💫

Duration of Malaga City Trip

Malaga has so much to offer that you can definitely take a whole day to visit the sights that interest you.

Do not forget

comfortable shoes
bottle of water
sun protection

Centre Pompidou Museum

Are you a museum lover? Then you can walk a few metres directly from the car park and visit the Centre Pompidou museum. An admission ticket costs just €9. The museum's various exhibitions can be found here.

Malaga Puerto

Muelle Uno is the famous pier at Malaga's port. You walk along the quay, enjoy the Mediterranean views and admire the mooring yachts. The terraces are blissful, you get good service and there is always something going on: dance groups show their skills and the Sunday market is a local feast for Spanish families and tourists.

Cycling in Malaga

Exploring Malaga by bike is a great idea!

We took a tour of the city with BajaBikes to get an instant overview of all the sights in Malaga, interspersed with visits to bodegas and tapas bars.

Malaga travel: Picasso Museum

You can visit more than 200 works by famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso at the 16th-century Palacio de Buenavista. The paintings from his early and late painting period can be admired here.

A ticket costs €13. Book your tickets in advice via the official site of the Picasso museum in Malaga. Remember to stick to the reservation hours.

Cathedral of Malaga Andalucia

It took 200 years to build Malaga Cathedral. Its full name is 'Santa Iglesia Catedral Basilica de la Encarnación' 👼

You will find Malaga's cathedral at the Plaza del Obispo. Here you really have to go inside and immerse yourself in the grandeur of the world of Angels with a mix of Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance.

This video shows you the magical atmosphere in Malaga cathedral:

https://malagacatedral.com/

Walking into Malaga Cathedral, I imagined myself in the majestic Catholic world of the 16th century. The grandeur and splendour of this immense cathedral seems like a city in itself!

Malaga Castle: Alcazaba and Castillo de Gibralfaro

In Spain, you will find one or more forts, palaces or castles in just about every region. In Malaga, the ancient walls, watchtowers, the Moorish Alcazaba (literally, Arabic Alcazaba means ‘fortress’), gardens and the associated Moorish Castillo de Gibralfaro are located in the Gibralfaro hills.

LOOK 👁️ I filmed this when I went for a terrace with Bart at Muelle Uno in Malaga Puerto, Centre Pompidou: at the end, I zoom in on Mount Gibralfaro, with the Alcazaba and Castillo of Malaga 🚩

Malaga Puerto: Muelle Uno overlooking Mount Gibralfaro: Alcazabo, Castillo de Gibralfaro 🚩

A visit to the Alcazaba, with its stunning views, should not be missed during your holiday in Andalucia or Costa del Sol in Malaga. Look at this stunning setting here.

El Jardín in Malaga

Want to be even more immersed in time? Then you should definitely visit El Jardín!

El Jardín is an authentic 1887 establishment where time has stood still. You feel like you are in Eurodisney: the atmosphere is heart-warmingly old-fashioned💚

Malaga Roman Theatre

The Roman Theatre of Málaga is a medium-sized theatre whose ‘cavea’ or floors, the orchestra decorated with large marble slabs, and the ‘scaena’ (the scene where the performance took place) are preserved. At the back of the set you'll find decorated columns and sculptures.

The Teatro Romano takes you back to the 1st century AD, when this Teatro was built on top of a bathhouse. Today, you can still see the typical opus spicatum floor (herringbone masonry) and the wooden floor of the scaena (stage), as it originally looked.

Teatro Romano Malaga — Roman Theatre of Malaga 🎭

For centuries, Málaga's Teatro Romano remained hidden under the streets and houses on the slope of the Alcazaba. In 1940, during the construction of the Casa de Cultura, this Roman theatre was discovered. Even today, part of the theatre remains under the foundations of the Casa de Cultura.

So much history to discover here: from bathhouse to Teatro (1st century AD) to salt storage basins (3rd century AD) to necropolis with double-sided tile tombs (5th century AD).

You can visit the archaeological site of Málaga's Roman Theatre for free.

Opening hours:

Tuesday up to and including Saturday from 10:00-18:00 h

Sunday and holidays from 10:00-16:00 h

Dowload here your English leaflet.

Carmen Thyssen Museum

Art and museum lovers will be spoilt at the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Málaga. You will regularly find new exhibitions of both modern and old artworks here.

An admission ticket costs 12 euro.

Opening hours:

Tuesday up to and including Sunday from 10:00-20:00 h

Closed on Monday and holidays

Mercado de Atarazanas

If you ask Malaga locals what you should definitely visit as a tourist, they invariably reply that the Mercado de Atarazanas (shipyards market) is Malaga's must-see.

Here you are in the middle of Malaga's local gastronomy: fish, meat, vegetables and sun-ripened fruit can be bought at very democratic prices.

Here you will find more information about the stands at the market for meat, fish or vegetables.

Opening hours:

Monday up to and including Saturday from 09:00-14:00 h

Closed on Sunday and holidays

Malaga beaches: Playa de la Malagueta

Stretching over 1,200 metres of sandy beach, this delightful Malaga city beach is an absolute hit!

Playa de la Malagueta is the place after your busy street visit, to enjoy sun, sea, beach and celebrate your life, together with your loved ones. If you are at Centre Pompidou and you walk via the Muelle Uno towards Farola (lighthouse), you will see past the lighthouse the beautiful wide and long beach of La Malagueta.

The mountains are right behind Playa de la Malagueta, which protects this beach from fresh northerly winds and allows great beach weather in winter.

In the evening, you can stroll blissfully along the promenade Playa de la Malagueta, where you can eat fresh seafood at one of the many chiringuitos (beach restaurants). They generally provide excellent service and quality dishes.

The absolute best can be found here at the Malaga port: Trocadero 💫

Flamenco Show

Flamenco is the music and dance genre of southern Spain. Although Seville is the cradle of flamenco in Spain, you will find spectacular flamenco performances in every Spanish city. In Malaga, too, you can indulge in a professional flamenco show. Just before or during the shows, you can also eat and drink.

Flamenco still has something mysterious, like the origin of the name ‘Flamenco’, which we are still guessing about today.

According to Spanish writer Blas Infante, the name ‘’Flamenco’ comes from the Arabic “Felah-mengus”, meaning ’wandering peasant’ 🙃

In turn, the poet Antonio Machado claims that the word ‘Flamenco’ was used by Andalusians to identify gypsies; while gypsies used the word ‘Gacho’ for Andalusian 🤪

Here you will find some good organisations of Flamenco shows in Malaga, but there are certainly others where you will be received just fine.

Plaza de la Merced and Casa natal de Pablo Picasso

This beautiful square has housed the city's weekly market since the 15th century. Bart and I usually come here for aperitifs during our day trip to Malaga. It is always pleasant to linger among the Spaniards in one of the many bars and terraces in this old square.

Plaza de la Merced is in the centre of Malaga, in the La Merced district, where at number 15 of this square you can also visit the birthplace of famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. Today, the house houses a museum.

Here you will find all the interesting locations in Malaga linked to Picasso, including his birthplace in Plaza de la Merced.

There is so much more to experience in Malaga. Not only in the historical city centre but also just outside it you will find interesting sights.

Outside the centre of Malaga

Malaga Botanical Gardens

Just outside the centre of Malaga are the breathtakingly beautiful botanical gardens. The estate covers some 23 hectares and grows a variety of fauna and flora from 5 different contents. These gardens have existed since 1855.