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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.

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