Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Málaga, Spain

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Number of sights 36 sights
Distance 8.7 km
Ascend 172 m
Descend 164 m

Experience Málaga in Spain in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in MálagaIndividual Sights in Málaga

Sight 1: Fuente de las Tres Gitanillas

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The Fountain of the Three Gypsies is a regionalist-style monument that occupies the central place of the Plaza del Poeta Manuel Alcántara in the Spanish city of Malaga. It was designed in 1959 and its construction was completed in 1960.

Wikipedia: Fuente de las Tres Gitanillas (ES), Website

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Iglesia de San Pedro

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The Church of San Pedro is a Catholic church in the old neighborhood of El Perchel in Malaga (Spain).

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Pedro (Málaga) (ES)

606 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Antiguo Mercado de Mayoristas

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Antiguo Mercado de Mayoristas

The old Malaga Wholesale Market, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1987, and the work of the Spanish architect Luis Gutiérrez Soto, has housed the Malaga Contemporary Art Centre since 2003.

Wikipedia: Mercado de Mayoristas de Málaga (ES)

7 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Contemporary Art Museum of Malaga

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The Malaga Contemporary Art Centre is a cultural initiative of the Malaga City Council that aims to disseminate the plastic arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. The old Malaga Wholesale Market, a building declared an Asset of Cultural Interest and headquarters of the center, has a total area of 6000 m², of which 2400 are intended for exhibitions. The CAC Malaga was officially inaugurated on February 17, 2003 and opened to the public on February 23, 2003.

Wikipedia: Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (ES)

452 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Soho Theater

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The Soho Theatre, located in the former Alameda Theatre (1961-2018), is a private theatre in the city of Malaga, Spain. It is located on Córdoba Street, in the Ensanche Heredia neighborhood, in the Centro district. Its owner is the Malaga actor Antonio Banderas.

Wikipedia: Teatro del Soho (ES), Website

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Jardines Alfonso Canales

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The Alfonso Canales Gardens are located in the Ensanche Centro of the Andalusian city of Malaga, Spain.

Wikipedia: Jardines de Alfonso Canales (ES)

311 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Iglesia de Stella Maris

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The church of Stella Maris is a Catholic Christian temple in the city of Malaga, listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest. It is located in the Alameda Principal, in the Ensanche Centro.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Stella Maris (Málaga) (ES)

220 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Mercado de Atarazanas

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The Central Market of Atarazanas is a municipal market in the Spanish city of Malaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

Wikipedia: Mercado de Atarazanas (ES)

335 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Iglesia de San Juan

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The church of San Juan Bautista is a Catholic temple in the city of Malaga declared an Asset of Cultural Interest as a Historical Heritage of Andalusia in 2019.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Juan (Málaga) (ES)

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón

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Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón gastromartini / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Church of the Sacred Heart is located in the Plaza de San Ignacio de Loyola in the historic center of Malaga, Spain.

Wikipedia: Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón (Málaga) (ES)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga

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The Carmen Thyssen Museum is an art museum in the Spanish city Málaga. The main focus of the museum is 19th-century Spanish painting, predominantly Andalusian, based on the collection of Carmen Cervera, fifth wife of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza.

Wikipedia: Carmen Thyssen Museum (EN), Website

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Iglesia del Santo Cristo de la Salud

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The Church of the Holy Christ of Health is a Catholic church located in the Andalusian city of Malaga, Spain. This building dates from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and was built by the Society of Jesus.

Wikipedia: Iglesia del Santo Cristo de la Salud (Málaga) (ES), Website

351 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Teatro Echegaray

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The Echegaray Theatre is a stage space located at number 6 Calle Echegaray in the historic centre of the city of Malaga, Spain. It is owned by the Malaga City Council and is managed by the Cervantes Theatre.

Wikipedia: Teatro Echegaray (ES)

672 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 14: Alcazaba de Málaga

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The Alcazaba is a palatial fortification in Málaga, Spain, built during the period of Muslim-ruled Al-Andalus. The current complex was begun in the 11th century and was modified or rebuilt multiple times up to the 14th century. It is one of the best-preserved alcazabas in Spain. The Alcazaba is also connected by a walled corridor to the higher Castle of Gibralfaro, and adjacent to the entrance of the Alcazaba are remnants of a Roman theatre dating to the 1st century AD.

Wikipedia: Alcazaba of Málaga (EN), Url

431 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: Museo de Málaga

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The Museo de Málaga is a museum in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. Formed in 1973, it brought together the former Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, born in 1913, and Museo Arqueológico Provincial, born in 1947. As of 2010, the museum remains institutionally divided into two "sections" corresponding to the older museums. There are slightly over 2,000 pieces in the Fine Arts collection and over 15,000 in the Archeology collection. The museum opened to the public in December 2016, becoming the biggest museum in Andalusia and the 5th in Spain.

Wikipedia: Museo de Málaga (EN), Website

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Abadía de Santa Ana

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The former Abbey of Santa Ana de Recoletas Bernardas del Cístercian, better known as the Cistercian Abbey, is a building located in the historic center of the Spanish city of Malaga.

Wikipedia: Abadía del Císter (ES)

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Museo Félix Revello de Toro

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The Museo Revello de Toro, located in the house-workshop of Pedro de Mena, is an art gallery in the city of Malaga, Spain. It is located on Calle Císter, in the historic centre of the city, in what was the home of Pedro de Mena during his stay in Malaga. As its name suggests, the museum is dedicated to the Malaga painter Félix Revello de Toro.

Wikipedia: Museo Revello de Toro (ES), Website

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Catedral de Málaga

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Catedral de Málaga mahr / CC BY 2.0

The Cathedral of Málaga is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Málaga in Andalusia in southern Spain. It is in the Renaissance architectural tradition. The cathedral is located within the limits defined by a now missing portion of the medieval Moorish walls, the remains of which surround the nearby Alcazaba and the Castle of Gibralfaro. It was constructed between 1528 and 1782, following the plans drawn by Diego de Siloe; its interior is also in Renaissance style.

Wikipedia: Málaga Cathedral (EN), Website, Url

42 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Iglesia de Santa María del Sagrario

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Iglesia de Santa María del Sagrario Maxim.Fotos / CC BY-SA 2.0

The parish church of El Sagrario is a temple located in the city of Malaga, Spain. It is a church built between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, located in the historic center, on Santa María Street. It is in the Elizabethan Gothic style and contains a Plateresque altarpiece. It was one of the four parishes erected by the Catholic Monarchs.

Wikipedia: Parroquia del Sagrario (Málaga) (ES)

328 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Iglesia de la Concepción

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Iglesia de la Concepción

The Church of the Conception is a Catholic Christian temple in the city of Malaga (Spain), located on Calle Nueva, in the historic center. It was built in 1710, as part of a complex that included a convent and a school, on an old hermitage.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de la Concepción (Málaga) (ES)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Marqués de Larios Street

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Marqués de Larios Street mahr / CC BY 2.0

Calle Marqués de Larios, also known simply as Calle Larios, is a pedestrian and shopping street in Málaga, Spain. The street was inaugurated on 27 August 1891.

Wikipedia: Calle Marqués de Larios (EN)

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Ave Quiromántica

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The Quiromantic Bird is an urban bronze sculpture by the Malaga sculptor José Seguiri located on Calle Bolsa in the Historic Center of the Spanish city of Malaga.

Wikipedia: Ave Quiromántica (ES)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Monumento a Arturo Reyes

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The monument to Arturo Reyes is a sculpture located in the Park of the Spanish city of Malaga.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Arturo Reyes (ES)

131 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: Monumento al Comandante Benítez y a los Héroes de Igueriben

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The monument to Commander Benítez and the heroes of Igueriben is located on a pedestal in the park of the Spanish city of Malaga.

Wikipedia: Monumento al Comandante Benítez (ES)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Monumento al Fiestero

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The Monument to the Party Animal is a sculpture located in the Park of the Spanish city of Malaga.

Wikipedia: Monumento al Fiestero (ES)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Fuente de la Ninfa del Cántaro

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The Nymph of the Pitcher is a bronze statue and fountain in Neoplateresque style located in a gazebo in the Park of the Spanish city of Malaga.

Wikipedia: Ninfa del Cántaro (ES), Website

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Fuente de la Ninfa de la Caracola

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The Nymph of the Conch is a statue and cast iron fountain located in a roundabout in the Park of the Spanish city of Malaga, and which is nicknamed "The Doll" as it was located near some corralones that bore that name.

Wikipedia: Ninfa de la Caracola (ES), Website

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Monumento a Eduardo Ocón Rivas

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The monument to Eduardo Ocón Rivas is a bust located on a pedestal in the Alameda Park, in the Spanish city of Malaga.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Eduardo Ocón Rivas (ES)

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 29: Jardines de Puerta Oscura

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The Puerta Oscura Gardens are located in the city of Malaga, Spain.

Wikipedia: Jardines de Puerta Oscura (ES)

126 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 30: Jardines de Pedro Luis Alonso

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The Pedro Luis Alonso Gardens are located in the city of Malaga, Spain.

Wikipedia: Jardines de Pedro Luis Alonso (ES)

183 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 31: Monumento a Rubén Darío

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The monument to Rubén Darío is a bronze bust located on a stone pedestal in the Spanish city of Malaga.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Rubén Darío (Málaga) (ES)

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 32: Centre Pompidou Málaga

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The Centre Pompidou Malaga is a headquarters of the Georges Pompidou National Center of Art and Culture of France located in the space called El Cubo in the Spanish city of Malaga. This is the first headquarters of the Centre Pompidou Paris abroad. It was inaugurated on March 28, 2015 by the President of the Government of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, and the Minister of Culture of France, Fleur Pellerin.

Wikipedia: Centro Pompidou de Málaga (ES), Website, Url

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 33: Muelle Uno

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Muelle UnoAdrian Scottow from London, England / CC BY-SA 2.0

Muelle Uno is an open-air shopping centre and pier located in the port of Malaga. The complex has become one of the great commercial references in Malaga city. In Muelle Uno you will find a megayacht marina, the Pompidou Centre and commercial establishments such as Lacoste, Hugo Boss or Primor and restaurants such as Burger King, KFC or 100 Montaditos. Near Muelle Uno are also the Palmeral de las Sorpresas, the Malaga Park and the Farola. It has an underground car park with 1050 spaces.

Wikipedia: Muelle Uno (ES), Website

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 34: La Farola de Málaga

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La Farola is a lighthouse located in the Spanish city of Malaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The work of the engineer Joaquín María Pery y Guzmán, its construction began in 1813 and ended in 1817, being then located at the entrance to the Port of Malaga. The Malaga Lighthouse is a symbol of the city and gives its name to the promenade where it is located.

Wikipedia: La Farola de Málaga (ES), Url

890 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 35: Bullring La Malagueta

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La Malagueta is a bullring at Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. It is located in the eastern district of Málaga, in its namesake neighbourhood of La Malagueta.

Wikipedia: Plaza de toros de La Malagueta (EN), Url

548 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 36: The English Cemetery in Málaga

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The English Cemetery in Málaga NatalieMaynor / CC BY 2.0

The English Cemetery in Málaga, or Anglican Cemetery, or Cemetery of St George, is the oldest non-Roman Catholic Christian cemetery established on mainland Spain.

Wikipedia: English Cemetery, Málaga (EN), Website

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