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City of Malaga, capital of the Costa del Sol, at sunset.

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Overview

If you think the Costa del Sol is soulless, you clearly haven’t been to ²Ñá±ô²¹²µ²¹. Loaded with history and brimming with a youthful vigour that proudly acknowledges its multi-layered past, the city that gave the world Picasso has transformed itself in spectacular fashion, with half a dozen new art galleries, a radically rethought port area and a nascent art district called Soho. Not that ²Ñá±ô²¹²µ²¹ was ever lacking in energy: the Spanish-to-the-core bar scene could put bags under the eyes of an insomniac madrileño, while the food culture encompasses both Michelin stars and tastefully tatty fish shacks.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • buenavista palace which houses the picasso museum

    Museo Picasso ²Ñá±ô²¹²µ²¹

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    This unmissable museum in the city of Picasso’s birth provides a solid overview of the great master and his work, although, surprisingly, it only came to…

  • Malaga

    Catedral de ²Ñá±ô²¹²µ²¹

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    ²Ñá±ô²¹²µ²¹â€™s elaborate cathedral was started in the 16th century on the site of the former mosque. Of the mosque, only the Patio de los Naranjos survives, a…

  • Alcazaba, Malaga, Andulucia, Spain

    Alcazaba

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    No time to visit Granada’s Alhambra? Then ²Ñá±ô²¹²µ²¹â€™s Alcazaba can provide a taster. The entrance is beside the Roman theatre, from where a meandering path…

  • Woman on wall near narrow rampart of Castillo de Gibralfaro, originally built 8th century, looking at view from on high of Malaga, Costa del Sol, Andalucia, Spain

    Castillo de Gibralfaro

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    One remnant of ²Ñá±ô²¹²µ²¹â€™s Islamic past is the craggy ramparts of the Castillo de Gibralfaro, spectacularly located high on the hill overlooking the city…

  • Historic viewpoint in Jardin Botanico La Concepcion in Malaga.

    Jardín Botánico Histórico La Concepción

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    These exotic gardens were conceived in the mid-19th century by the Loring-Heredia clan, a noble family of railway builders and bankers who bequeathed the…

  • Spain, Andalucia Region, Malaga Province

    Mercado Atarazanas

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    North of the city's main artery, the Alameda Principal, you’ll find this striking 19th-century iron-clad building incorporating the original Moorish gate…

  • Carmen Thyssen Museum in Malaga, Spain.

    Museo Carmen Thyssen

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    Located in an aesthetically renovated 16th-century palace in the heart of the city’s former Moorish quarter, this extensive collection concentrates on…

  • Pedestrians Walking Down A Path Lined With Palm Trees

    Paseo de España

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    Looking like a mini-jungle when viewed from the Gibralfaro hill, this palm-lined extension of the Alameda was created in the 1890s on land reclaimed from…

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