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Top Malaga attractions, Spain

Alcazaba Castle &
Palace Malaga

• The Top Malaga Attraction
• Beautiful & Impressive
• Impregnable to Attack

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Gibralfaro castle
Malaga

• Impregnable Castle.
• Had to be starved into submission.

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Free entry on Sundays

Many of the attractions in Malaga are free on Sundays for a specified time zone or all day. Below are some of the very popular ones.

• Alcazaba from 14:00
• Gibralfaro from 14:00
• CAC: free all day long.

• Cathedral, Malaga : Sunday morning.

• Centre Pompidou: free entrance starting from 4.00 pm.

• Museum of Malaga: free all day long.
• Picasso museum: free entrance the last two hours.

• Revello de Toro Art museum: free entrance between 10.00 am and 12.00 pm.

• Russian Museum: free entrance from 4.00 pm.

• Thyssen museum: free entrance from 5.00 pm.

Casa Picasso Picasso's birthplace home

Casa Picasso

The building was built at the end of the 19^th century

Picasso lived in one of the flats, now the building has been purchased by the city of Malaga and houses the Pablo Ruiz Picasso Foundation, who manage the collection

Access for Disabled

Entrance: 1 euro.

Opening Times: 10am 8pm.

Address: Plaza Merced 15, 29012 Malaga

On the Open top sightseeing bus route stop number 10.

Malaga Cathedral   (Catedral de la Encarnacion)

Malaga Cathedral

Malaga Cathedral replaced Malaga's main mosque after the defeat of the Moors who had been in the city for 800 years. The building was started in 1528 and continued over 3 centuries. Malaga's Cathedral building is still unfinished

The locals call the Cathedral the one-armed lady (la manquita) because the cathedral's south tower.

The Cathedral is 84 metres (276 fat) high, the second tallest in Andalusia. The tallest being Giralda in Seville. 

Access for Disabled

Opening Times: 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
10am to 5pm Saturday.
Closed Sunday and holidays.
Address: CL Molina Lario 9, 29015 Malaga. Telephone: 9522 15917

On the Open top sightseeing bus route stop number 11.

Botical Gardens La Concepcion (Jardin Botanico Historico)

Botical Gardens La Concepcion

The Platform under the Cupolar is a scenic viewpoint

Description of Botical Gardens La Concepcion

• La Concepcion Garden are the most important tropical gardens in Spain, and possibly Europe.
• They are extremely beautiful and were created over 150 years ago.
• The town of Malaga purchased the private gardens and restored them and opened them up to the public.
• Also see within the Gardens
• 35,000 Square Metres
• A small museum containing Roman artefacts (Casa-Palacio La Concepción)
• Lemon Tree Dam(Presa del Limonero) forming a reservoir
• Gift Shop
• Cafe
• Toilets

Location of Botical Gardens La Concepcion

• Carretera de las Pedrizas (CN 331) km 166, 29014 Malaga   Tel: 952 252 148 / 952 250 745
• Just off the A-45, 5km inland from the sea
• Bus EMT Route 91
• City-Sightseeing Bus  red route stop 8

Museo Catedral Cathedral Museum

Beautiful Chalices on view in the Cathedral Museum

The museum houses a selection of manuscripts, paintings and sculptures.

Located Next to the Cathedral

On the Open top sightseeing bus route stop number 11.

Picasso Museum of Malaga (Museo Picasso Malaga)

Woman with Raised Arms by Picasso

• The Museo Picasso Malaga is situated in the Buenavista Palace, built in the 17^th century and a wonderful example of renaissance architecture.
• The Malaga Picasso Museum contains over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings or other works of art. Also on display are Phoenician artefacts found when the palace was renovated.
• Access for Disabled
• Opening Times: 10am 8pm

Entry Ticket or Guided Tour

Picasso Museum Entry Ticket

Address: Palacio de Buenavista, Calle San Agustin 8, 29015, Malaga    Website

Near the Open top sightseeing bus route nearest stop number

Carmen Thyssen Museum Málaga

Palacio Aduana

On the Open top sightseeing bus route stop number 10.

Plaza de Toros Bullring & Museum, la Malagueta

The Malaga Bullring located near the port in the la Malagueta area of the city was built in 1874.The bullring has a capacity of 14,000 people.

Plaza de Toros Museum

Access for Disabled.

Museum Entrance: Approximately€2.

The photograph looking down into the bullring was taken from the castle ramparts.

Opening Times: 10am 1pm & 5pm 8pm.
See the fabulous suit of lights, the bright costumes that the matadors & others were in the bullring and other bullring memorabilia

Address: Paseo de Reding 8, 29016 Malaga

On the Open top sightseeing bus route stop number 6.

Rincon de la Victoria. Treasure caves (6 km)

Large underground limestone caverns with stalactites and stalagmites, pools and wall paintings.

It was reputed that the ruler Tasulin Ibn Al hid gold here in the 7^th century, but no treasure hunter has been lucky yet.

Location

Just off the N 340 coast road at La Cala del Moral, Rincon de la Victoria   Tel: 952 406 162

Teatro Cervantes the main theatre

Teatro Romano Roman theatre ruins (Teatro Romano)

The 'Teatro Roman Malaga' the Roman theatre ruins are still being excavated, restored and studied buy archeologists. The theatre dates back to the 1st century when Augustus was Caesar

The theatre is now occasionally used for plays.

On the Open top sightseeing bus route stop number 10.

Museums

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