Costa del Sol Towns

Places of Interest

Alcazaba de Malaga

Following the historic steps of many people, the city has a rich cultural heritage, with monuments such as: The Roman Theater, built in the first century; the Castle Gibralfaro; and of course the Phoenician base built by King Yusuf I in the Arab era, situated in the mountain of the same name, in the heart of the city (and is a great lookout over the bay of Malaga).

The Park in Malaga is a subtropical botanical garden with a parallel port formed on land reclaimed from the sea. This is an avenue running for almost a kilometer in length marked with small rooms, walkways and statues, which began in 1876. It contains plant specimens from all five continents and is naturally suited to Malaga. It is truly one of the jewels of botanical Europe.

 The gardens is flanked by monumental buildings such as the City Hall, the headquarters of the Bank of Spain, Neomudejar Old Post Office Building and the Palacio de la Aduana, neoclassical palace of the eighteenth century Museum of Fine Arts, which is remarkable for its walls "pillow" and the towering palm trees that flank the main facade.

Calle Larios, Christmas 2008

Take a tour of the residential area where the affluent classes of Malaga had their place of residence since the industrial explosion of the nineteenth century. There are still many elegant mansions and villas, like Villa Sweden, Villa Maria and Villa Fernanda Cele.

 

Monuments and Places of Interest 

The Farola
The Farola of Malaga is a lighthouse located in the city of Malaga. It was designed by the engineer, Pery with Guzman on construction, and was completed in 1817. It was then located at the entrance to the Port of Malaga. The Farola Malaga is a symbol of the city and named the seafront location.

Palacio Episcopal

At the foot of Gibralfaro is the Alcazaba, a Muslim palace-fortress, surrounded by the Nasrid and Puerta Oscura Gardens.

After the Christian conquest of the city, they built the impressive Cathedral of the Incarnation, whose characteristics are known to be incomplete. The lack of a tower makes it affectionately nicknamed “La Manquita”. Beside the Cathedral is the Episcopal Palace, with a beautiful baroque façade.

Other Attractions

The Alameda Principal, is a promenade flanked by several ficus bicentennials. It was the first major tour of the bourgeois in Malaga. Set in eighteenth century style, it has several points of interest such as the famous tavern Antigua Casa del Guardia, an establishment with a century and a half of history which serves typical Malaga wines, and Edipsa, the building or the house where the famous Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen stayed during his stay in the city,.

Ayuntamiento de Malaga

La Calle Marques de Larios, is the main road and the legacy of urban planning from the nineteenth century city, as an open approach in 1891 with the idea of connecting the Plaza Mayor (Plaza de la Constitution today) with the Port of Malaga. The road is flanked by a series of stylistic buildings inspired by the Chicago School which were unique and groundbreaking in Andalusia. Then there is the real “hall of Malaga”, the place downtown where all the major urban events take place and you’ll find the pulse of the city.

Picasso's Birthplace

The city is also famous for being the birthplace of the famous painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso, and has one of the three most important museums in the world about the artist and his birthplace, also located in the Plaza de la Merced, where objects are kept from the most renowned artist of the twentieth century.

The Malaga Picasso Museum and the Contemporary Art Center, CAC Malaga, has a great influx of visitors. This is one of the main reasons for cultural Malaga being awarded a nomination for the European Capital of Culture in 2016.

It also highlights the historic gardens of La Concepcion and El Retiro. In addition Atarazanas Market, built in the nineteenth century, is a building incorporating the iron arch of Nasrid from the fourteenth century, the House of Atarazanas Baroque, and the monument to Jose María Torrijos, a Spanish liberal who was executed in the city along with his companions and whose remains lie under the great obelisk in his honor at the central Plaza de la Merced.