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T o u r i s t G u i d e

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Index

A morning in Málaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5An evening in Málaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Additional days in Málaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Monument and Museum guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Hay un lugar que el Mediterráneo halaga, donde la tie-rra pierde su valor elemental, donde el agua desciende al menester de esclava y convierte su líquida amplitud en un espejo reverberante, que refleja lo único que allí es real: la luz. Saliendo de Málaga siguiendo la línea ondulante de la costa, se entra en el imperio de la luz.

With these beautiful words, Ortega y Gasset could determine one of the main clues of identification of Málaga: light, a factor which is shown with its own personality and makes colour to be expressed with a special wealth and brilliance. If we associate light and colour with the benevolence of the weather, we find a space where the exceptionality gives the dominant personality of this place. The city has been valorated in history from this point of view, pointing out from it

Horse-drawn carriage

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only its privileged weather and the products derived from it. The city has been dependent on this fact for its trade activity and as a space for leisure. But Málaga is much more than this.

The beach in Málaga

A morning in MálagaThe space that defines the city is the Centro Histórico (Historic City Centre). There, you can find the largest number of monuments and places of interest of the city. So, we recommend that you visit the sights.

The most important monuments, which must be visited, are the Cathedral, the Alcazaba and Gibralfaro. To get to them, we propose a tour that allows you to perceive the physical personality of the place.

We start the walk with the Plaza de la Marina (Navy Square), the Puerto (Port) is behind it, the Parque (Park) is on the right and the Alameda Principal, the green axis par excellence of the city, is on the left.

The façade of the Plaza de la Marina (Navy Square), facing north, is formed by some buildings of autarchic style with historicist

A morning in Málaga

The Port of Málaga

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elements to achieve a monumental appearance given that they act as the screen of the city from the sea, and were built between 1948 and 1960 by the architect Juan Jaúregui Briales. The building located in the extreme right belongs to Diputación Provincial (County Council)

Just on the left, in a landscaped arbour, we find the monument to the Marqués de Larios (Marquis of Larios), outstanding man of the city and promoter of the main street in the historical Málaga. The monument was made by Mariano Benlliure and matches the exaltation style of the bourgeoisie typical of the 19th century. From this place, you have several

options. If you decide to go to the Alameda Principal, on the left, you will walk through a space adorned with a green vault of oriental plane trees and rubber plants and you can appreciate the façades of the aristocratic houses of the 19th century oligarchy. Among them, we can cite the building of the Archivo Municipal (Town Archive), built in 1792, which used to be a home at the beginning and afterwards it acquired administrative and teaching functions, until the Town Hall took it over and gave it its current use. In the same way, the Palace in which we find the Delegación de Gobernación de la Junta de Andalucía (Building of the Government Office of the

Junta de Andalucía) stands out, and the Iglesia de Stella Maris (Church of Stella Maris) appears as a great contrast too. It was built by the architect José María García de Paredes who gave it functional style. Continuing as far as the bed of the river Guadalmedina and heading back to the left, we come to the Calle Alemania, where the Málaga Contemporary Art Centre is located in a unique building opened in february 2003. On display here are the latest works of the leading contemporary artists alongside those belonging


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Atarazanas Market

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to the permanent collection, which consist of almost four hundred pieces. The Centre also features conferences, workshops and a specialist bookshop. Returning to the Alameda, we find Stella Maris church; crossing the road and turning into Calle Ordóñez, we come immediately to the Mercado de Atarazanas, also known as the Central Market. Its Main Gate was recovered from the building of the Islamic shipyard where the ships were built and repaired.

However, if your interest is cultural and commercial, you have to go from the monument of the Marquis of Larios towards the northside.

The street that opens the itinerary is Calle Larios (Larios Street), main street of the city centre. This street is one of the emblematic symbols of the 19th century Málaga because it meant the application of an urbanistic and architectural project that linked to the most modern European proposals, following Haussmann’s projects in Paris. The objective was to join the city centre with the Port and improve the infrastructure conditions of this zone which kept the Islamic plot and gave shelter to a marginal population. Some architects (Moreno Monroy, Rivera Valentín) and engineers (José María Sancha) took part, since 1859, in projects which were not carried out until 1886 when the Sociedad Mercantil “Hijos de Martín Larios” (Mercantile Society “Martin Larios’ Descendents”) supported the project and brought it into operation.

The buildings try to be adapted to the Chicago School style because its architect, Eduardo Strachan, conceived the structural unity of the groundfloor and the mezzanine as an innovation.

It is interesting to compare the style of these blocks with other buildings of the same century which can be seen in adjacent and posterior streets, because we see confirmed the decorative austerity of those in Larios Street as well as the importance of their structural values, justifying with them their keys of modernity and the special character of the street.

Calle Larios (Larios Street) ends in Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square). It has been the square par excellence of the city throughout its history. At the beginning, it was formed by


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the intersection of four streets and since the Modern Period, there were very important buildings, such as the prisión (prison), the Ayuntamiento (Town Hall), the Carnicerías, the Corregimiento (Office of “Corregidor” (magistrate appointed by king)), and Casas del Cabildo (where the authorities of the city used to meet). It was the scene of fiestas, bullfights, executions and religious celebrations. Its present appearance is due to the remodellings carried out in 2002. Its most noteworthy feature is the Genova (or Carlos V) Fountain which has adorned the finest public areas of Málaga since the 16th century.

You can visit two places. One of them is the Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País (Economic Society of Friends of the Country), a typical example of 18th century home architecture and the other one is the Iglesia del Santo Cristo de la Salud (Church of the Saint Christ of Health). It is part of the conventical group of buildings of the Jesuits and an excellent example of the Jesuitic baroque architecture. The ground plan is a circle inscribed in a square covered by a cupola. It is decorated with paintings that simulate architectural structures and that house figures of martyrs.

Inside, the image of the Santo Cristo de la Salud (Saint Christ of Health) carved by José Micael y Alfaro in 1633 stands out.

Next to this church, there is another monumental door which was part of the conventical outbuildings. In the 19th century, the Escuela de Bellas Artes (School of Fine Arts) was located in this place where Picasso had his first artistic training.

We continue with Calle Granada (Granada Street). This street has a twisting outline and joins Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square) with Plaza de la Merced (Our Lady of Mercy Square). The Catholic Monarchs entered through it in 1487, after the Reconquest. All its architecture corresponds to the eclectic style typical of the remodelling suffered in the 19th century. From this place, we can go to other advisable points through Calle Santa Lucía (Saint Lucy Street) such as the Iglesia de los Mártires (Church of the Martyrs) where images of great interest are worshipped. We go back to Calle Granada (Granada Street) to get to the second section


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of this street, for pedestrians only, where we can see palaces of the 18th century such as the Palacio de la Familia Gálvez (Palace of the Gálvez Family) (n.61) or the Palacio del Marqués del Vado (Palace of the Marquis of the Vado) (n.73). On the right sidewalk, we find the Iglesia de Santiago (Church of St. James) with its mudéjar tower. The inside, remodelled in the 18th century, is a good example of baroque decoration, such as the one of the Iglesia de los Mártires (Church of the Martyrs) or the one of the Iglesia de San Juan (Church of St. John).

We get to Plaza de la Merced (Our Lady of Mercy Square). This place used to be a free market, outside the city walls, in Moslem times.

During the Modern Period, some convents such as the Convento de la Merced (Convent of Our Lady of Mercy) or the Convento de la Paz (Convent of Our Lady of Peace) and the Hospital de Santa Ana

(St. Anne’s Hospital) were built there. In the 18th century, it was landscaped and in the 19th century, it obtained its true personality when it became a place with ludic and emblematic functions as the mortal

remains of General Torrijos and his followers, liberals, were buried in the centre of the square; they were shot because they defended civil liberties in the 19th century. There is an obelisk that points out the cenotaph made by Rafael Mitjana in 1842.

In the north face, Picasso was born in the left corner, second floor of the socalled Casas de Campos (Campos’ Houses),

work carried out between 1868 and 1874, finished by Jerónimo Cuervo. Nowadays,

the place holds the Fundación Picasso (Picasso Foundation), managed by

the Town Council, a centre of exhibition and research into

Picasso and contemporary art. Just next to it, and

towards the west, we


Church of Santiago(Mudéjar Tower)

Church of the Martyrs

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find the Teatro Municipal Miguel de Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes City Theatre) built in 1870 by Jerónimo Cuervo too. Inside, the seating is decorated with a large canvas shaped like a horseshoe which stands for an allegory of Málaga. It was painted by Bernardo Ferrándiz, a painter from Valencia who settled himself in Málaga in 1868.

We want to point out that, from Plaza de la Merced (Our Lady of Mercy Square), towards the north, through Calle de la Victoria (Victory Street), we get to the Museo y Basílica de Santa María de la Victoria (Museum and Basilica of Santa María de la Victoria), patron saint of the city. The image is a beautiful carving, anonymous, made at the end of the 15th century. The reredos of the High Altarpiece stands out. It was made by Luis Ortiz de Vargas and represents episodes of San Francisco de Paula’s life and the Virgin’s torre camarín (tower with a closet room where the Virgin’s dresses are kept). In the crypt, we find the Panteón de los Condes de Buenavista (Pantheon of the Counts of Buenavista), one of the most terrifying places of the Spanish Baroque. In the upper section, we find the Camarín de la Virgen (Virgin’s closet room where the Virgin’s dresses are kept) which represents Heaven through an explosion of decorative


Cervantes Theater

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vegetation elements, mirrors, cherubs and Marian symbols, a typical example of the decorative language of the Andalusian Baroque.

From Plaza de la Merced (Our Lady of Mercy Square) we continue to the south-east, through Calle Alcazabilla (Alcazabilla Street) to get to the Teatro Romano (Roman Theatre) and the Alcazaba. The whole street and the jardines de Ibn Gabirol (Ibn Gabirol Gardens)

were established over Phoenician, Roman and Moslem cities, an important group of archeological remains which are still preserved under the present city.

The Teatro Romano (Roman Theatre), medium-sized, keeps parts of its original structure.

The group of the Alcazaba-Gibralfaro is the most important one that remains from the Islamic time. The Alcazaba owes its present appearance to the 11th century. Its construction was ordered by King Badis, of the zirí of Granada, when Málaga became an independent taifa. In this same place, there used to be another building before, conceived as a military fortress and palace, which was enlarged and remodelled starting form the second half of the 11th century. Its singularity lies in the


Panoramic view from Gibralfaro Castle

The Roman Theater

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accumulation of defensive elements: three lines of walls, cornered doors, barbican, coracha (walled corridor), watch-towers, machicolations, parapet walks, which made it almost impregnable.

Apart from being gaudy, this area of palaces, with a pavilion with polylobulated archs, of the 11th century, like a bay window over the bay of Málaga, the military quarter stands out, one of the most complete groups of the Islamic dwellings of the 11th and 12th century which are preserved.

El Museo de la Alcazaba (Alcazaba Museum)

keeps the valuable material of Islamic pottery, which was found in this and other places of Málaga.

From the Alcazaba and through the Coracha and Jardines de Puerta Oscura (Dark Gate Gardens) you can enter the Castillo de Gibralfaro (Gibralfaro Castle). The easiest way of getting to the castle is to take the number 35 bus which leaves from Paseo del Parque (Park’s Walk). It is thought that its existence dates back to the Phoenician era. Its present name is derived from the Arabic name of Monte

del Faro (Lighthouse Mountain) which suggests the existence of a lighthouse in a previous period. In the reign of Jusuy I of Granada (1333-1334) the coracha terrestre was built, a walled corridor that joined the fortress with the Alcazaba. During the Modern Period, it suffered many remodellings because it became the defensive castle of the city, so, the Mosque and the inside rooms disappeared and they were replaced by other newer ones.


La Alcazaba

La Alcazaba

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Once back in the Plaza de la Aduana we head along Calle Cister. At the end of this street we turn right and begin our journey along Calle San Agustín. Today, a walk along this street is an opportunity to take in one of the most charming areas of the city. Towards the end of the street we come to the Málaga Picasso Museum. This museum is located in Buenavista Palace, a 16th-century renaissance building and the finest example of stately architecture of the time. The permanent collection is a sample of Picasso’s artistic vision. Over 230 works including paintings, drawings, sculptures, pottery and engravings bear witness to the magnitude of his long and prolific career, from his early days as an academic to his final paintings in the nineteen seventies. Also on display here are Phoenician remains discovered during the renovation of the palace.

After our visit to the Málaga Picasso Museum we should retrace our steps and follow Calle San Agustín until we come back to Calle Cister, with the Puerta de las Cadenas, the entrance to the Cathedral, just opposite.

Before going inside, it’s worth seing, on the right, the Portada de la Iglesia del Sagrario (Door of the Church of the Sacrarium), of late gothic style. It was built as the main entrance for a project of a new ground plan of the cathedral. The church has a good Renaissance Altarpiece of the 16th century Castillian School.

The construction of the Catedral de la Encarnación (Cathedral of Incarnation) began in 1528, under the direction of the famous architects Diego de Siloe and Enrique Egás. Its ground plan was designed and its construction started several years before in Catholic Monarch Style (late gothic) but its elevation, according to the above mentioned architects, was in classic style. Siloe’s influence can be


The Cathedral of Málaga

Picasso Museum of Málaga

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observed in the upper end and in the High Altarpiece, very similar to those of the Granada Cathedral. The socalled Puerta de las Cadenas (Chain Door) is another good example of Siloe’s model. In spite of the intervention of different architects such as Diego de Vergara, father and son, Pedro Díaz de Palacio (16th century), Diego de Pedrosa (17th century), José de Bada and Antonio Ramos (18th century), the building preserves a great unity, outside and inside, where the harmonious rhythm and austere solemnity stand out.

Many pieces of art of great interest are kept inside the Cathedral: Retablo de Santa Bárbara (St. Barbra’s Reredos), of gothic style, which belonged to the old cathedral, a high mosque reused after its consecration; Retablo de Santa Clara (St. Claire’s Reredos), of renaissance style, Capilla de la Virgen de los Reyes (Chapel of the Virgin of the Monarchs), whose image was donated to the city by Queen Isabella the Catholic and which is flanked by the representations of the monarchs, models made by Pedro de Mena for the Catholic Monarchs’ images in the Granada Cathedral; the picture of the Virgen del Rosario (Virgin of the Rosary) painted by Alonso Cano, in the chapel with the same name, one of the most beautiful representations of the Virgin; the Capilla de los Caídos (Chapel of the Fallen) with a halflengh sculpture of the Dolorosa (Our Lady of Sorrows) made by Pedro de Mena together with a crucifix of the 17th century Granada School and, especially, the Coro (Choir), wonderful choir stalls made of quality wood that, in its high chairs, are decorared with images of saints made by Pedro de Mena. In the 18th century, Palomino did not hesitate to describe it as the eighth wonder of the world.


The cathedral’s organ

The cathedral’s main entrance

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In annexed outbuildings, we find the Museo Catedralicio (Cathedral Museum). The exit through the main door, a monumental access made by Antonio Ramos in the 18th century, leads us to Plaza del Obispo (Bishop Square). The north face is occupied by the

façade of the Palacio del Obispo (Bishop’s Palace), a work by Antonio Ramos. From this place to the south-port we find, to the east, the Parque (Park).

Here, you have two options. Once the tour through the city is finished, we advice you to go to the Alameda Principal and to make a stop, on the central strip and on the right sidewalk, at the Casa de Guardia (Guard’s House), the oldest

pub in the city which was famous because of the quality of its wines. This pub preserves its 19th century flavour and the purity of the genuine “caldos” (wines) of Málaga.

We recommend, as another option, a slow stroll through the paths and arbours of the Parque (Park). It was conceived as a botanical garden where that characteristic of an exceptional space, as a result of the quality of its privileged weather, is expressed in the variety and wealth of its plants from all parts of the world. It was built over land reclaimed from

El adorno mejor, orgullo y gloria de esta ciudad, es su magnífica Catedral, que reclama un puesto destaca-do entre los más soberbios templos de Europa por la audacia y elevación de su estructura, la riqueza de sus materiales y las inmensas sumas que se han invertido en su construcción...

Francis Carter, 1772


Baroque facades of the Palacio Episcopal

The park of Málaga

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the sea and its construction began in 1897. Among the vegetation, we find arbours which have been adorned with monuments dedicated to famous people of Málaga. On its left side, we find various buildings. The first one, former Casita del Jardinero (Little House of the Gardener of the Park). The next building used to be the Oficina Central de Correos (Central Post Office), built in a neomudéjar style, which is now home to the Rectorate of the University of Málaga. Immediately after, we find the Banco de España (Bank

of Spain), like a great classical temple. Finally, we find the main building of the Ayuntamiento (Town Hall), like a baroque palace, in a historicist style.

The Parque (Park) ends in Plaza del General Torrijos (General Torrijos Square) adorned with the Fuente de las Tres Gracias (Fountain of the

Three Graces), a French work of the 19th century, and on its north side is the Municipal Heritage Museum, which stands next to the entrance to the Alcazaba Tunnel and stages important exhibitions. Not far from here is the Bullring, which includes the “Antonio Ordóñez” Bullfighting Museum. Paseo de Reding (Reding Walk) with sumptuous regionalist and historicist buildings such as the former Miramar hotel and the Paseo Marítimo (Promenade, Sea Front).

We suggest walking along the promenade until the beaches of Pedregalejo and eating in a chiringuito (open air restaurant) by the sea.


Three Graces Fountain

Miramar Palace

Malagueta Beach

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An evening in MálagaEven if only briefly in the city, a visit to its museums is a must: the Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares (Folk Arts Museum), former Mesón de la Victoria (Victory Inn) and the Holy Week Museum, Brotherhoods Museum. Several Cofradías (Brotherhoods) have created their own Casas-Hermandades (Brotherhoods Houses)

Panoramic view

Siempre te ven mis ojos, ciudad de mis días marinos.Colgada del imponente monte, apenas detenidaen su vertical caída las ondas azules,pareces reinar bajo el cielo, sobre las aguas,intermedia en los aires, un momento de gloria antes de hundirte para siempre en las olas amantes...

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which are like museums of the pieces of work under their possession; we have to mention the Cofradía de la Expiración (Expiration Brotherhood), next to the Iglesia de San Pedro (Church of St. Peter), in the former Perchel quarter, and the Cofradía de la Virgen de la Esperanza (Our Lady of Hope Brotherhood), near the Iglesia de Santo Domingo (Church of St. Dominic), which is another excellent example of the religious

baroque architecture on the other side of the Guadalmedina river. Visitors will be surprised with the beauty of its images and the wealth of the processional furnishings.

The Easter Museum occupies part of the former San Julián Hospital, an iconic late 17th century building that is now home to the Association of Easter Societies. Set around the building’s main courtyard, the museum boasts one thousand square metres of

An evening in Málaga

Hombre de trono (processional float bearer)

Holy Week Museum . Brother-hoods Museum

Holy Week Museum . Brotherhoods Museum

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exhibition space in which the various different components of the Easter processions are explained rather than merely displayed.

Easter in Málaga is a combination of anthropological, artistic and cultural elements, as well as an expression of popular religious devotion.

Málaga’s Easter Museum consists of six separate rooms located on both floors of the building. These house numerous processional items belonging to local Easter Societies including floats, statues, posters, embroidery and articles crafted from gold and silver which, with the aid of audiovisual media, illustrate the city’s remarkable Easter Society tradition.

The other museum we recomend that you visit is the Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares (Folk Arts Museum), in the Mesón Victoria (Victory Inn), an inn built in the 17th century. It is a very typical example of the folk architecture and it has been rehabilitated as

an ethnological museum now receiving funding from the UNICAJA finance company.

Together with the cham of the building, there is an assorted content which reproduces the main crafts and industrial activities of the area. It shows Málaga as a seafaring city, a wine merchant, an oil merchant, a blacksmith, a potter and a exporter of raisins and dried figs. We can find a flourmill, an oil mill, a kitchen of an Andalusian countryhouse, a rural bedroom of the 19th century, clothing and accessories of the 19th century bourgeoisie of Málaga, objects of popular religiosity, lithographs, an important collection of earthenware figures which reproduce popular “types” of the 19th


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century, made by sculptors from Málaga specialists in this art, and a magnificent collection of bullfight and folk festival posters. All of this makes up a museum through which we enter the heart of the Málaga’s most age-old customs.

In some special rooms, Arturo Reyes’ and Narciso Díaz de Escobar’s offices are reproduced. The former was a writer at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century who described the customs of his country and the latter was a journalist and an intellectual from Málaga.

We can get to this museum by taking an alternative intinerary. From Plaza de la Constitución

(Constitution Square) and through Calle Compañía (Company Street), we can go on until Puerta Nueva (New Gate), turn to the south and stop at the Pasillo de Santa Isabel (St. Elisabeth’s Corridor), in the Museo (Museum). After visiting it, we can enter the heart of the streets of this neighbouring area where backstreets and folk houses are preserved , then reaching the area of Calle San Juan (St. John Street) in order to visit the church with the same name or Calle Nueva (New Street) with an active commercial life.


Courtyard of the Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions

Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions

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Additional days in MálagaFor the next days in your visit to Málaga you can choose from a wide variety of museums, ranging from more traditional themes—the Málaga Carmen Thyssen Museum, Revello de Toro Museum, Flamenco Arts Museum, Wine Museum, Museum of Glass and Crystal, Automobile Museum, Airport and Air Transport Museum—to more child-friendly offerings, such as the Interactive Music Museum, the “Principia” Museum of Science and Technology, the Museum of the Málaga Football Club, as well as the Aquarium and the House of Dolls.

The Malága Carmen Thyssen Museum. The Carmen Thyssen collection is located in Villalón Palace, a magnificent 16th century building in Calle Compañía near Plaza de la Constitución. The Museum’s permanent exhibits consist of 230 works that provide a beautiful and coherent reflection of 19th century Spanish art and of Andalusian painting in particular. The Museum also features an attractive programme of temporary exhibitions focussing on the 19th century which are complemented by a series of cultural and educational activities.

The Revello de Toro Museum is an exhibition space boasting the very latest technology. Its main purpose is to house a permanent exhibition of the works donated to the city of Málaga by the renowned portrait and figure painter Félix Revello de Toro. These consist of over one hundred oil paintings, sketches and drawings which are displayed in six theme-based rooms. Rooms 1 and 2 are home to "Revello in private", a collection comprising family portraits and small-scale works close to the painter’s heart, as well as his still life output and paintings of children. On view in rooms 3 and 4 are larger works such as the artist’s famous female figures, which reflect his own particular aesthetics and appreciation of beauty through the female face and form. Finally, the huge showcases of novel concept and design in rooms 5 and

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6 are home to the artist’s magnificent drawings in addition to his pencil and oil sketches. A further attraction of the Museum is the building in which it is located, the house-cum-workshop in which the famous sculptor of religious images Pedro de Mena spent his final years. This has been exquisitely and painstakingly restored and now includes an interpretation centre dedicated to the artist that features an interactive table and a documentary about his life and work with a surprising ending.

Flamenco Arts Museum. The Flamenco Arts Museum exhibits more than 5,000 pieces, among them a collection of over 2,500 recordings, the most important in Spain with several examples from the 19th century. Also on display are more than 40 guitars, some of them over two centuries old, recording equipment, posters, Manila shawls, dresses with trains, art from the 19th and 20th centuries and important reference material about flamenco.

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Wine Museum. Located in Biedmas Palace, the wine museum is a renovated 18th century building with several baroque details. The space combines history, culture, art and the development of wine in Málaga Province and plays host to an exhibition of over 400 lithographs, an Interpretation Center, a Tasting Room, a Training Classroom and a Shop. It also acts as headquarters for the Control Board for the “Málaga”, “Sierras de Málaga” and “Pasas de Málaga” Designations of Origin.

Museum of Glass and Crystal. Housed in a meticulously restored 18th century mansion, the museum offers a look at the history of humanity through glass. A private collection of over 3,000 glass pieces from various periods, accompanied by an important account in pictures, furnishings, decorative objects and sets which are true to the historical period they represent.

Flamenco Museum

Wine Museum

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Automobile Museum of Málaga. This is housed in another of the city’s most iconic buildings, La Tabacalera, a former tobacco factory built in 1927 and recently renovated to provide a modern setting for a unique collection of vehicles, hats, contemporary works and custom-built engines that is unrivalled anywhere in the world. This 6,000 m² location is home to 90 exclusive vehicles that depict the history of both the motor car itself and of society as a whole in ten theme-based rooms which promote a whole new concept of the car as a work of art in which fashion plays a leading role. A museum full of surprises that should not be missed by visitors to the city.

Museum of the Málaga Football Club. The Málaga Football Club Museum and Tour is located in the La Rosaleda Stadium, where visitors can learn about the Málaga Football Club, explore its stadium’s secrets and become protagonist for a day.


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We also recommend a tour of the surrounding areas, which include La Concepción botanical gardens, La Cónsula restaurant school and the unique Las Contadoras nature center in the Montes de Málaga natural park.

The Finca de la Concepción (La Concepción Estate), of Town Ha l l ownersh ip , c o m b i n e s a b o t a n i c a l a n d a r c h e o l o g i c a l garden with an upper middle class atmosphere. We get to it from the highway exit for Las Pedrizas. It was built by the married couple Jorge Loring and María Amalia Heredia Livermoore, two significant names of the oligarchy dominant in Málaga and Spain during the 19th century.

Its construction began in 1850 and it was conceived under the collector and erudite spirit of María Amalia Heredia Livermoore. Apart from being a dwelling for luxury and leisure, there is a garden where the selection of exotic plants is on a par with areas crafted as picturesque gardens, with fountains, rock garden and a neoclassical pavillion, conceived to hold an important archeological collection by Jorge Loring.

The Finca de La Cónsula (La Cónsula Estate) is also of Town Hall ownership too. It is in the district of Churriana, with the excellent weather and geographical conditions of the Guadalhorce basin. It


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was built in 1806 by the consul of Prussia in Málaga. The house evokes the neoclassical style adapted to the domestic house, with a large porch with columns. Like the previously mentioned house, the garden and its species are the true attraction.

Nowadays, the Escuela de Hostelería (School of Catering) of Málaga is situated here, where there is an excellent restaurant.

The Montes de Málaga (Málaga Mountains) are the mountains that close Málaga valley. You can get to this route from the Fuente de Olletas (Olletas Fountain), along the old road to Granada, which is a turistic road nowadays, with impressive views of the Málaga bay from the natural viewpoints.

La Concepción Botanical Garden

La Concepción Botanical Garden

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The attraction of this route is not only due to the panoramic view of the landscape but also because of gastronomical and ethnological reasons.

On the road there are a lot of ventas (country inns); these inns offer typical wines and inland cuisine, especially pork products, prepared in the matanzas (slaughters) and game. The wine, known as from Los Montes (Mountains), sweet, dry or medium-sweet is produced in the pagos of

Málaga, name that receives the grape growing soil of the area which is full of winepresses.

The Museo Etnográfico (Ethnographical Museum) is in the natural area known as Torrijos. It is located on a farm, with winepress, typical of the area. In this museum, there are on show farming implements and tools and machinery characteristic of wine production in all its stages: grape treading, winepress, filtering, deposits for fermentation in small leather containers. On certain days of the grape harvest, grape treading takes place and visitors are al-lowed to enter and to participate in the pro-cess of production of Málaga wine.


Lagar de Torrijos Ecomuseum .

Grape-stomping

Las Contadoras Nature Center

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1 CATEDRAL-MUSEO CATEDRALICIO (CATHEDRAL-CATHEDRAL MUSEUM)Renaissance interior (16th century). Baroque Main Façade (18th century). C/ Molina Lario (Molina Lario Street). Tel: 952 22 84 91. Visiting hours: from 10.00 to 18.00. Saturday from 10.00 to 17.00. Closed on Sundays and fest.

2 ALCAZABA(S. XI-XIV). C/ Alcazabilla (Alcazabilla street). Tel. 630 93 29 87. Winter visiting hours: (November to March) from 08.30 to 19.00. Closed on Mondays. Summer visiting hours: (April to October) from 09.30 to 20.00. Closed: On Mondays, 25/12, 1/1 and 28/02.

3 TEATRO ROMANO (ROMAN THEATRE)(1st century b.C) Next to the Alcazaba. Tel. 686 13 09 78. Visiting hours: from 10.00 to 14.00, Wednesday to Sundays. Closed: 8/09, 25/12 and 1/1.

4 CASTILLO DE GIBRALFARO (GIBRALFARO CASTLE). INTERPRETATION CENTRE.(11th-14th centuries). Gibralfaro mountain. View of the city. Winter visiting hours from 9.00 to 18.00. Summer visiting hours from 9.00 to 20.00.

5 MUSEO PICASSO MÁLAGA (MÁLAGA PICASSO MUSEUM)Palacio de Buenavista. C/ San Agustín, 8 (San Agustín street). Tel. 952 12 76 00. Visiting hours: 10.00 to 20.00. (On Fridays and Saturdays: 10.00-21.00 h.). Closed: On Mondays, 25/12 and 1/1. In July and in August: on Mondays, from 10.00 to 20.00 h.

6 MUSEO DE ARTES Y COSTUMBRES POPULARES (FOLK ARTS MUSEUM)(1632). Former Mesón de la Victoria (Victory Inn). Pasillo de Santa Isabel (Saint Elisabeth Corridor). Tel.: 952 2171 37. Visiting hours: Winter from 10.00 to 13.30 and from 16.00 to 19.00. Summer: from 10.00 to 13.30 and from 17.00 to 20.00. Closed: Saturday evenings, Sundays and fest.

7 “LA CONCEPCIÓN”, JARDÍN BOTÁNICO-HISTÓRICO. (BOTANICAL AND HISTORICAL GARDEN)(19th century). Tel.: 952 25 21 48. Carretera de las Pedrizas (Pedrizas Road) (C.N.) 331. km 166. Opening hours: 1st Oct – 31st Mar.: from 09.30 to 17.30 and 1st Apr – 30th Sep.: 9.30 to 20.30. Last entrance 90 minutes before closing. Closed on Mondays, 25/12 and 1/01.

8 CENTRO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO DE MÁLAGA. (MÁLAGA CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART)Unique building mid-twentieth. C/ Alemania, s/n (Alemania Street). Tel. 952 12 00 55. Visiting hours: Winter: from 10.00 to 20.00. Summer: from 26th Jun to 8th Sep.: from 10.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 21.00. Closed on Mondays.

9 MUSEO-ACUARIO AULA DEL MAR (AULA DEL MAR MUSEUM-AQUARIUM)(20th century). C/ Manuel Agustín Heredia, 35. Tel. 952 22 92 87. Visiting hours: 10.00 to 14.30. Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and fest.

10 AULA DE LA NATURALEZA “LAS CONTADORAS” (“LAS CONTADORAS” NATURE ROOM) MONTES DE Málaga (Málaga MOUNTAINS)

(18th century). Carretera de Colmenar, s/n (Colmenar road). 29013 Málaga. Tel.: 952 11 05 29. Fax: 952 11 02 55. Cortijo (country house), accommodation, hiking and specialized courses.

11 CASA NATAL DE PICASSO (PICASSO’S BIRTHPLACE)FUNDACIÓN PICASSO (PICASSO FOUNDATION)(19th century). Plaza de la Merced. Tel: 951 92 60 60. Documentation centre. Visiting hours: from 09.30 to 20.00, Mondays to Sundays. Closed: fest.

12 PALACIO EPISCOPAL (BISHOP’S PALACE)(16th and 18 centuries). Plaza del Obispo,. in front of the Catedral (Cathedral). Nowadays, the Palace is being used as an exhibition centre. Tel.: 951 29 40 51.

13 PALACIO DE LA ADUANA. CUSTOMS PALACE.It is being restored.

14 MUSEO COFRADÍA DE LA EXPIRACIÓN. (EXPIRATION BROTHERHOOD MUSEUM)Avda. de Andalucía (Andalucía Avenue). Tel.: 952 36 02 71.

15 MUSEO COFRADÍA DE LA ESPERANZA (OUR LADY OF HOPE BROTHERHOOD MUSEUM)C/ Hilera (Hilera Street) . Tel.: 952 61 27 76. Arranged visits. Gold and silver work, robe of the images, processional equipments.

16 MUSEO DE ARTE FLAMENCO. FLAMENCO MUSEUM. PEÑA JUAN BREVA.C/ Ramón Franquelo, 4 (Ramón Franquelo Street). Tel. 952 22 13 80. Tuesdays to Sundays: from 10.00 to 14.00.

17. PLAZA DE TOROS DE LA MALAGUETA (LA MALAGUETA BULLRING). “ANTONIO ORDÓÑEZ” BULLFIGHTING MUSEUMBuilt in 1874. Paseo de Reding. Tel.: 952 22 62 92. Visiting hours: from 10.00 to 13.00 Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and fest.

18. CASA DEL CONSULADO (SOCIEDAD ECONÓMICA DE AMIGOS DEL PAÍS). (CONSUL’S HOUSE (ECONOMIC SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE COUNTRY))(18th century). Plaza de la Constitución, 7. Tel.: 952 22 64 10. It is used as an exhibition centre.

19. MERCADO CENTRAL DE ATARAZANAS (ATARAZANAS CENTRAL MARKET)C/ Atarazanas, 8 (Atarazanas Street). Built over the Islamic shipyards. Its façada of nazarí style stands out. Nowadays it is the Central Market. Mondays to Saturdays, from 08.00 to 15.00.

20. MUSEO Y BASÍLICA DE SANTA MARÍA DE LA VICTORIA. (MUSEUM AND BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA DE LA VICTORIA) (15th-17th century). Plaza del Santuario (Sanctuary Square). Tel: 952 25 26 47. Visiting hours: from 10.00 to 13.00. Closed on Mondays, Sundays and fest.

21. IGLESIA DEL SAGRARIO (CHURCH OF THE SACRARIUM)(15th-18th centuries). Next to the Catedral (Cathedral). Isabella Gothic façade. Tel.: 952 21 19 35

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22. IGLESIA DE LOS MÁRTIRES (CHURCH OF THE MARTYRS)(15th-18th centuries). Plaza de los Mártires (Martyrs Square). Tel.: 952 21 27 24

23. IGLESIA DE SAN JUAN (CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN)(15th-18th centuries). C/ San Juan (Saint John Street). Tel.: 952 21 12 83

24. IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO (CHURCH OF SAINT JAMES)(15th-18th centuries). C/ Granada (Granada Street). Tel.: 952 21 96 61

25. IGLESIA DE SANTO CRISTO DE LA SALUD (CHURCH OF THE SAINT CHRIST OF HEALTH)(16th century). C/ Compañía (Company Street). Tel.: 952 21 34 56

26. IGLESIA DE SAN FELIPE NERI (CHURCH OF SAINT PHILIP NERI)(18th century). C/ Gaona (Gaona Street). Tel.: 952 21 16 07

27. AYUNTAMIENTO (TOWN HALL)Built between 1912 and 1919. Avda. de Cervantes (Cervantes Avenue). Tel.: 952 13 50 00.

28. TEATRO CERVANTES (CERVANTES THEATRE)Inaugurated in 1870. C/ Ramos Marín (Ramos Marín Street). Arranged visits. Tel. 952 22 41 09.

29. PALACIO MIRAMAR (MIRAMAR PALACE)Paseo de Reding (Reding Walk). Former Miramar Hotel.

30. PASEO DEL PARQUE (PARK WALK)(19th century). It is one of the few botanical parks in Europe that preserves species which are outside their original enviroment from tropical and subtropical zones. We can find the Ayuntamiento (Town Hall), built between 1912 and 1919 by the architect Fernando Guerrero Strachan from Málaga.

31. JARDINES DE PUERTA OSCURA Y PEDRO LUIS ALONSO (DARK GATE AND PEDRO LUIS ALONSO GARDEN)(20th century). Next to the Ayuntamiento (Town Hall), they evoke gardens of Moslem period. The former is a garden cut in a series of steps over the hill of the Monte Gibralfaro (Gibralfaro Mountain).

32. JARDINES DE LA CÓNSULA. ESCUELA DE HOSTELERÍA. LA CÓNSULA GARDENS. SCHOOL OF CATERING.(19th century). It is located in Churriana (Málaga). Nowadays, the Escuela de Hostelería (School of Catering) is situated here. It has a very well known restaurant and historical gardens. Tel.: 952 62 24 24. Open Monday to Friday, from 9.00 to 17.00. Closed from 23/07 to 15/09.

33. ECOMUSEO LAGAR DE TORRIJOS. LAGAR DE TORRIJOS ECOMUSEUM.(15th century). It is situated on the Cortijo Torrijos (Torrijos Country House) of the Parque Natural (Natural Park) of the Montes de Málaga (Málaga Mountains). You can get in touch with Egmasa. Tel.: 951 04 21 00. Winepresses, oilmills, flourmills.

34. MUSEO CARMEN THYSSEN MÁLAGA (MÁLAGA CARMEN THYSSEN MUSEUM)(16th century). C/ Compañía, 10 (Company Street). Tel. 902 30 31 31

Tuesdays to Thursdays: 10.00-20.00. Fridays and Saturdays: 10.00-21.00.Sundays and holidays: 10.00-20.00. Closed on Mondays.In June: On Sundays: 10.00-14.00. In July and in August: On Mondays: 10.00-20.00. Closed on Sundays.

35. MUSEO. HERMANDAD DEL SANTO SEPULCRO (MUSEUM, BROTHERHOOD OF THE HOLY SEPULCRE)Tel.: 952 60 21 50.

MUSEO HERMANDAD ESTUDIANTES. (BROTHERHOOD MUSEUM)Tel.: 952 22 12 64

36. CEMENTERIO INGLÉS (ENGLISH CEMETERY)(19th century). Cemetery-romantic garden. Avda. de Príes, nº 1. Tel. 952 22 35 52. Tuesdays to Saturdays: 9.00 - 14.30. On Sundays: 10:30 - 13:30. Closed on Mondays.

37. MUSEO DEL PATRIMONIO DE MÁLAGA. SALA DE EXPOSICIONES (MÁLAGA HERITAGE MUSEUM. EXHIBITION HALL)Paseo Reding, 1. Tel. 951 92 60 52. Tuesdays to Sundays: 10.00 – 15.00 and 17.00 – 21.00. Closed on Mondays, 25/12 , 1/1 and 6/1.

38. PALACIO DE FERIAS Y CONGRESOS (TRADE FAIR AND CONGRESS CENTRE).Avda. Ortega y Gasset, 201. Tel. 952 04 55 00.

39. MUSEO DE AEROPUERTO Y TRANSPORTE AÉREO (MUSEUM OF AIRPORTS AND AIR TRANSPORT.)Inside the airport. Tel. 952 04 81 76. Visiting hours: From 10.00 to 14.00, Tuesdays to Sundays and from 17.00 to 20.00 (only on Tuesdays). Closed on Mondays.

40. RECTORADO UNIVERSIDAD DE Málaga. Sala de exposiciones. Málaga UNIVERSITY VICE-CHANCELLOR´S OFFICE. Exhibition hall. Avenida de Cervantes, 2. Teléfono: 952 13 29 33.

41. “PRINCIPIA” MUSEO INTERACTIVO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA. “PRINCIPIA” INTERACTIVE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYAvenida Luis Buñuel (next to the Rosaleda Football Stadium).Tel. 952 07 04 81. Until 15th September, Mondays to Fridays: 10.00 – 14.00. From 16th September: 9.30 – 14.00 and 17.00 – 20.00. On Saturdays: 10.00 – 14.00. Closed: On Mondays and in August.

42. MUSEO INTERACTIVO DE LA MÚSICA DE MÁLAGA. MÁLAGA INTERACTIVE MUSEUM OF MUSIC.Muralla Plaza de la Marina (next to the parking). Tel. 952 21 04 40. Visiting hours: 10.00 – 14.00 and 16.00 – 20.00, Mondays to Sundays.

43. MUSEO CASAS DE MUÑECAS (DOLLS’HOUSE MUSEUM)Calle Alamos nº32. Tel. 952 21 00 82. Visiting hours: Tuesdays to Sundays: 11.00 – 13.00.

44. MUSEO DEL VINO. WINE MUSEUM. Plaza de los viñeros, 1. Tel. 952 22 84 93. Mondays to Fridays: 12:00 -14:30 and 16:30 - 19:30. Closed: On Saturdays, Sundays and 24/12, 25/12, 31/12, 1/01 and 6/01.

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45. MUSEO DEL VIDRIO Y CRISTAL DE MÁLAGA. MÁLAGA´S GLASSWORK AND CRYSTAL MUSEUM. Plazuela Santísimo Cristo de la Sangre, 2. Tel. 952 22 19 49. Visiting hours: From 11.00 to 19.00. Closed: On Mondays and in August.

46. TEATRO ECHEGARAY. ECHEGARAY THEATRE.C/ Echegaray, 13 (Echegaray Street). Tel. 952 22 41 09.

47. MUSEO DE SEMANA SANTA. MUSEO DE LAS COFRADÍAS. (HOLY WEEK MUSEUM. BROTHERHOODS MUSEUM).C/ Muro de San Julián, 2. Tel.: 952 07 02 80. In winter: Tuesdays to Saturdays: 10.00 -14.00. Tuesdays to Fridays: 16:00 – 18:00. In summer: Tuesdays to Saturdays: 10.00 -14.00.

48. MUSEO Málaga CLUB DE FÚTBOL. Málaga FOOTBALL CLUB MUSEUM. Estadio La Rosaleda. Pº Martiricos, s/n. Tel. 952 10 30 00. Mondays to Wednesdays: 10:00 - 19:00. Thursdays to Saturdays: in Winter: 15:00 -19:00 and in Summer: 10:00 – 14:00.

49. MUSEO AUTOMOVILÍSTICO DE Málaga. AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM OF Málaga.Avda. Sor Teresa Prat, nº 17. Tel. 951 13 70 01. Visiting hours: 10.00 – 19.00. Closed on Mondays, 25/12 and 1/1.

50. MUSEO REVELLO DE TORO (REVELLO DE TORO MUSEUM).(17th century). C/ Afligidos, 5 (Afligidos Street). Tel.: 952 06 20 69. In summer: 10.00 -14.00 and 17.00 - 20.00 . On Sundays and fest: 10.00 -14.00. In winter: 10.00 -14.00 and 16.00 -19.00. On Sundays and fest: 10.00 -14.00. Closed: On Mondays, 25/12 and 1/01.

(These numbers correspond to the location on the map).

TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF INTEREST

Emergency: 112.Emergency health service (at home): 061.Health emergency: 061Málaga airport: Tel. 952 04 84 84.Train station María Zambrano: 902 24 02 02.Main bus station: 952 35 00 61.Port authority: 952 12 50 00.Municipal information: 010. Tel. 952 13 50 00.

Edition:

Ayuntamiento de MálagaÁREA DE TURISMOE-mail: [email protected]: www.malagaturismo.com

Text: Teresa SauretEnglish version: Ana Belén Martínez López

Photographs: Otermin© Miguel Burgos Paulino Cuevas Eduardo Grund

Printed by: CopicentroTel.: 952 17 82 10

Depósito legal: MA 59 – 1997

MUNICIPAL TOURISM OFFICES

Plaza de la Marina, s/n. C.P. 29001Tlf.: 951 92 60 20. Fax. 951 92 66 20In winter: 9.00 - 18.00 h.In summer: 9.00 - 20.00 h.E-mail: [email protected]: www.malagaturismo.com.

Centro de Recepción de Visitantes Ben GabirolTlf.: 952 21 33 29.Tlf. Información municipal: 010 (desde Málaga)C/ Granada, nº 70.

TOURIST INFORMATION POINTS

Avda. de Andalucía (Andalucía Avenue).

Alcazaba

Seaport terminals.Timetables according cruises.

Málaga airport.Terminal 3. Arrivals.

(All the tourist boards are closed on December 25th and on January 1st).

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