Guidebook for Málaga
Food Scene
For the meat lovers, here you can find the best grilled meat at an affordable price.
7 locals recommend
La Taba
For the meat lovers, here you can find the best grilled meat at an affordable price.
Heladería Fratelly
6 C. Tomás EcheverríaAnother good choice of ice creams.
Excellent place with a super cozy decor. The food is very good and is a good choice for breakfast, snacks and meals.
8 locals recommend
Soho Cafe Lounge
12 Calle SalitreExcellent place with a super cozy decor. The food is very good and is a good choice for breakfast, snacks and meals.
It is the obligatory stop everybody who wants to eat in a traditional restaurant from Málaga. It's a nice and traditional place, all decorated with the tradicional easter week from Malaga. Here you have a good service, friendly atmosphere and variety of "tapas" with a good price.
41 locals recommend
Las Merchanas
5 C. MosqueraIt is the obligatory stop everybody who wants to eat in a traditional restaurant from Málaga. It's a nice and traditional place, all decorated with the tradicional easter week from Malaga. Here you have a good service, friendly atmosphere and variety of "tapas" with a good price.
It is our favority coffee from Málaga, with a nice decoration and an extensive and varied menu. If you like coffee and books this is your place too!
47 locals recommend
Cafe With Books
19 Pl. de la MercedIt is our favority coffee from Málaga, with a nice decoration and an extensive and varied menu. If you like coffee and books this is your place too!
The coffee ofthe travelers, with a decoration dedicated to travel. Nice café with wide and very good choice of yummy things: variety of cafés, crepes, natural juices and cakes...
Café del Viajero
8 C. SantiagoThe coffee ofthe travelers, with a decoration dedicated to travel. Nice café with wide and very good choice of yummy things: variety of cafés, crepes, natural juices and cakes...
Typical food of Malaga with a good price. Here you will find seafood, fish and mediterranean food. Sometimes the food arrives late, but we guarantee that the wait is well worth it!
32 locals recommend
Freiduria chupytira
13 C. Tomás EcheverríaTypical food of Malaga with a good price. Here you will find seafood, fish and mediterranean food. Sometimes the food arrives late, but we guarantee that the wait is well worth it!
Thai first-class cuisine, spectacular noodles and a comprehensive menu, competitive prices given the quality, first-rate attention.
P.D. Big dishes, if you eat little or go with children it is better to ask for a dish to share.
9 locals recommend
Tuk Tuk noodles
2 C. ÁngelThai first-class cuisine, spectacular noodles and a comprehensive menu, competitive prices given the quality, first-rate attention.
P.D. Big dishes, if you eat little or go with children it is better to ask for a dish to share.
Getting Around
BUS STATION
From the bus station to de apartment the best way to arrive is by foot or in taxi because if you came in bus you have to take 2 buses and pay 2 times, so is the same price to take a taxi.
140 locals recommend
Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
s/n P.º de los TilosBUS STATION
From the bus station to de apartment the best way to arrive is by foot or in taxi because if you came in bus you have to take 2 buses and pay 2 times, so is the same price to take a taxi.
TRAIN STATION
The same as the bus station, the best way to get to the apartment is by foot or by taxi.
224 locals recommend
Málaga María Zambrano railway station
Calle Explanada de la EstaciónTRAIN STATION
The same as the bus station, the best way to get to the apartment is by foot or by taxi.
Drinks & Nightlife
Cozy atmosphere, all kinds of beers, coffees and teas at a great price.
9 locals recommend
Café Rock Irlandés
6 C. Tomás EcheverríaCozy atmosphere, all kinds of beers, coffees and teas at a great price.
Sala Gold
5 C. Luis de VelázquezIt's a good nightclub with offers for foreigners.
Theatro Club is not just a club, it is a room that focuses on culture. Among its programming we can find everything from concerts to monologues or short cycles.
13 locals recommend
Theatro Club Málaga
5 C. LazcanoTheatro Club is not just a club, it is a room that focuses on culture. Among its programming we can find everything from concerts to monologues or short cycles.
Not your typical Irish pub but a great place to have a drink in combination with a bite. Nice interior and friendly staff! Some days they have a exchange of languages.
38 locals recommend
Morrissey's Irish Pub
5 C/ Méndez NúñezNot your typical Irish pub but a great place to have a drink in combination with a bite. Nice interior and friendly staff! Some days they have a exchange of languages.
Parks & Nature
It is a nice green space built on an old polluted industrial area. It is equipped for walk, with children's area and one area for dogs. It has an artificial lake and many green spaces.
33 locals recommend
Parque de Huelin
It is a nice green space built on an old polluted industrial area. It is equipped for walk, with children's area and one area for dogs. It has an artificial lake and many green spaces.
A small park with french style garden. It differs by being a park for everyone, in this space you will find a children's area and elderly, lakes, sports area, a small zoo and also has tables and benches that allow you to eat in the park.
68 locals recommend
Oeste Park
11 C. Realenga de San LuisA small park with french style garden. It differs by being a park for everyone, in this space you will find a children's area and elderly, lakes, sports area, a small zoo and also has tables and benches that allow you to eat in the park.
BOTANICAL GARDEN: The garden is amazing, with shady tree lined paths and a huge variety of interesting plants and trees. Ideal to spend an afternoon or to do a picnic. PRICES: Free entrance from 3:30 PM in summer and from 12:30 during the winter. Normal 5.20 € . Reduced price: 3.10 € (Youth up to 16 years inclusive, or matched many families, students up to 26 years inclusive, retirees and pensioners.)
273 locals recommend
Historical Botanical Garden La Concepcion
3 Camino del Jardín BotánicoBOTANICAL GARDEN: The garden is amazing, with shady tree lined paths and a huge variety of interesting plants and trees. Ideal to spend an afternoon or to do a picnic. PRICES: Free entrance from 3:30 PM in summer and from 12:30 during the winter. Normal 5.20 € . Reduced price: 3.10 € (Youth up to 16 years inclusive, or matched many families, students up to 26 years inclusive, retirees and pensioners.)
MALAGUETA BEACH: The most touristic beach from the city, lose to town with plenty of facilities, this is a friendly place for people looking for some relax, some sunshine and a chair to rest.
312 locals recommend
Playa de la Malagueta
MALAGUETA BEACH: The most touristic beach from the city, lose to town with plenty of facilities, this is a friendly place for people looking for some relax, some sunshine and a chair to rest.
The beach is spectacular for strolling. You can stop for a drink in many places. The area is neat and clean. The beach has lots of sand and has very good views.
56 locals recommend
Misericordia Beach
Paseo Marítimo Antonio BanderasThe beach is spectacular for strolling. You can stop for a drink in many places. The area is neat and clean. The beach has lots of sand and has very good views.
Arts & Culture
PICASSO MUSEUM: None of his famous works are here, but it gives an insight into his early life. PRICES Free Sundays between 6 PM and 8 PM. Normal entrances from € 5.50 to 10.00 €. They have reduce rates for people over 65s and accredited under 26 students.
1797 locals recommend
Picasso Museum Málaga
8 C. San AgustínPICASSO MUSEUM: None of his famous works are here, but it gives an insight into his early life. PRICES Free Sundays between 6 PM and 8 PM. Normal entrances from € 5.50 to 10.00 €. They have reduce rates for people over 65s and accredited under 26 students.
MUSEUM BIRTHPLACE OF PICASSO: insight into Picasso's early family life and obvious talent. PRICES: Free Sundays. Normal from 2 € with audio guide. Combined ticket: 3 € (Exhibition hall - Plaza de la Merced, 13).
340 locals recommend
Fundacion Picasso - Museo Natal
15 Pl. de la MercedMUSEUM BIRTHPLACE OF PICASSO: insight into Picasso's early family life and obvious talent. PRICES: Free Sundays. Normal from 2 € with audio guide. Combined ticket: 3 € (Exhibition hall - Plaza de la Merced, 13).
CENTRE POMPIDOU: It is a nice centre for contemporary art and it has a view of some of the Pompidou's vast collections next to the glistening port of Malaga. PRICES: Free Sundays from 16:00 h. General: 9 €. Reduced: € 5.50 (Over 65s and students up to 26). Unemployed and under 18: Free.
510 locals recommend
Centre Pompidou Malaga
s/n Pasaje Doctor Carrillo CasauxCENTRE POMPIDOU: It is a nice centre for contemporary art and it has a view of some of the Pompidou's vast collections next to the glistening port of Malaga. PRICES: Free Sundays from 16:00 h. General: 9 €. Reduced: € 5.50 (Over 65s and students up to 26). Unemployed and under 18: Free.
RUSSIAN MUSEUM IN MALAGA: Great collection and amazing tour of an art school little known in Spain. The building is magnificent and comfortable and spacious facilities. There is a coffee shop and a shop inside the building. It is also highly recommended to visit the automobile museum located in the same building.
PRICES: Free Sundays from 16:00 h. General: 8 €. Reduced: 4 € (Over 65s and students up to 26 years). Unemployed and under 18: Free.
255 locals recommend
Coleccion del Museo Ruso
15 Av de Sor Teresa PratRUSSIAN MUSEUM IN MALAGA: Great collection and amazing tour of an art school little known in Spain. The building is magnificent and comfortable and spacious facilities. There is a coffee shop and a shop inside the building. It is also highly recommended to visit the automobile museum located in the same building.
PRICES: Free Sundays from 16:00 h. General: 8 €. Reduced: 4 € (Over 65s and students up to 26 years). Unemployed and under 18: Free.
AUTOMOBILE AND FASHION MUSEUM: a very different museum to anything I have seen before. some fantastic cars as well as connections with fashion bring you to another world. Kids also enjoyed a lot and were amazed from beginning to the end. PRICES: General: 7.50 € Reduced: € 5.50
214 locals recommend
Museo Automovilistico y de la Moda
15 Av de Sor Teresa PratAUTOMOBILE AND FASHION MUSEUM: a very different museum to anything I have seen before. some fantastic cars as well as connections with fashion bring you to another world. Kids also enjoyed a lot and were amazed from beginning to the end. PRICES: General: 7.50 € Reduced: € 5.50
CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART: An excellent gallery in the trendy Soho district. Fascinating and thought provoking work from Spanish artists. PRICES: Free admission
333 locals recommend
Cac Malaga
S/N C. AlemaniaCENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART: An excellent gallery in the trendy Soho district. Fascinating and thought provoking work from Spanish artists. PRICES: Free admission
CARMEN THYSSEN MUSEUM: A fabulous collection of Spanish painters- classical and modern. PRICES: Free Sundays from 17:00 h. General: 6 €. Temporary: 4.50 €. Combined: 9 €
1006 locals recommend
Carmen Thyssen Museum Malaga
Calle CompañíaCARMEN THYSSEN MUSEUM: A fabulous collection of Spanish painters- classical and modern. PRICES: Free Sundays from 17:00 h. General: 6 €. Temporary: 4.50 €. Combined: 9 €
MALAGA MUSEUM: The museum contains a gallery of Malaga artists, many masters of their craft with magnificent paintings over a period of several hundred years. The plaques give incisive descriptions in Spanish and English, placing the pieces in their historical context, giving background of material conditions and tastes that gave rise to the paintings, and how they came to be at the museum. The archaeology floor was also very engaging, especially in its record of the prehistoric inhabitants of the area about Malaga. PRICE: The museum is free for EU citizens, another nationality 1,50.
P.D. From Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 - 15:00, Monday it is closed.
171 locals recommend
Malaga Museum
Plaza de la AduanaMALAGA MUSEUM: The museum contains a gallery of Malaga artists, many masters of their craft with magnificent paintings over a period of several hundred years. The plaques give incisive descriptions in Spanish and English, placing the pieces in their historical context, giving background of material conditions and tastes that gave rise to the paintings, and how they came to be at the museum. The archaeology floor was also very engaging, especially in its record of the prehistoric inhabitants of the area about Malaga. PRICE: The museum is free for EU citizens, another nationality 1,50.
P.D. From Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 - 15:00, Monday it is closed.
Sightseeing
ALCAZABA: ARABE PALACE, it is smaller and less "touristified" as Alhambra, but looks more soul-touchable. Small courtyards, a lot of shadow, narrow rows and impressive walls and gates - all those things create impression of home, cozy recreation place. PRICES: Free Sundays from 14:00 h, Normal: 2.20 €. Visit joint Alcazaba-Gibralfaro: 3.55 € (RECOMMENDABLE). Reduced price: 0.60 € (Residents in Malaga, children from 6 to 16 years, students with student card, retirees or pensioners, large families.)
604 locals recommend
Alcazaba
2 C/ AlcazabillaALCAZABA: ARABE PALACE, it is smaller and less "touristified" as Alhambra, but looks more soul-touchable. Small courtyards, a lot of shadow, narrow rows and impressive walls and gates - all those things create impression of home, cozy recreation place. PRICES: Free Sundays from 14:00 h, Normal: 2.20 €. Visit joint Alcazaba-Gibralfaro: 3.55 € (RECOMMENDABLE). Reduced price: 0.60 € (Residents in Malaga, children from 6 to 16 years, students with student card, retirees or pensioners, large families.)
GIBALFARO: CHRISTIAN CASTLE, It's a steep hike up there but well worth it for the brilliant views you get across the city in all directions. There's a good military museum and a cafe inside the walls and I would recommend doing the full circuit to enjoy the views. The path to get up there starts next to the entrance to the Alcazaba, it's a good path and it takes about 20 minutes to reach the top - but it's worth the effort with the stunning 360 degree views from the city. Don't forget your camera and water! PRICES: Free Sundays from 14:00 h, Normal: 2.20 €. Visit joint Alcazaba-Gibralfaro: 3.55 € (RECOMMENDABLE). Reduced price: 0.60 € (Residents in Malaga, children from 6 to 16 years, students with student card, retirees or pensioners, large families.)
183 locals recommend
Gibralfaro viewpoint
s/n C. Campos ElíseosGIBALFARO: CHRISTIAN CASTLE, It's a steep hike up there but well worth it for the brilliant views you get across the city in all directions. There's a good military museum and a cafe inside the walls and I would recommend doing the full circuit to enjoy the views. The path to get up there starts next to the entrance to the Alcazaba, it's a good path and it takes about 20 minutes to reach the top - but it's worth the effort with the stunning 360 degree views from the city. Don't forget your camera and water! PRICES: Free Sundays from 14:00 h, Normal: 2.20 €. Visit joint Alcazaba-Gibralfaro: 3.55 € (RECOMMENDABLE). Reduced price: 0.60 € (Residents in Malaga, children from 6 to 16 years, students with student card, retirees or pensioners, large families.)
MALAGA PORT: Lovely walk along the promenades of the port, admiring the boats and take some fantastic photos of the city. There is places to rest both in the sun and in the shade and a range of shopping and eating opportunities. It is recommended that you go in the and of the afternoon to see the sunset in one of the bars. Here you can see a landscape from the city with the principal buildings from the city: the cathedral, the alcazaba and the castle of Gibralfaro.
668 locals recommend
Muelle Uno
4 P.º del Muelle UnoMALAGA PORT: Lovely walk along the promenades of the port, admiring the boats and take some fantastic photos of the city. There is places to rest both in the sun and in the shade and a range of shopping and eating opportunities. It is recommended that you go in the and of the afternoon to see the sunset in one of the bars. Here you can see a landscape from the city with the principal buildings from the city: the cathedral, the alcazaba and the castle of Gibralfaro.
THE CATHEDRAL Many people know the nickname "The Manquita", since it lacks one of its towers. A remarkable historical site, the design, architecture,the atmosphere everything was just amazing, with an Entrance fee of 5€ you can read and see so much history within the walls of the cathedral, surrounded by a number of restaurants of different origins. PRICES: General: 5 € Reduced: 2 € Children: 0.60 €
683 locals recommend
Catedral de la Encarnación de Málaga
9 C. Molina LarioTHE CATHEDRAL Many people know the nickname "The Manquita", since it lacks one of its towers. A remarkable historical site, the design, architecture,the atmosphere everything was just amazing, with an Entrance fee of 5€ you can read and see so much history within the walls of the cathedral, surrounded by a number of restaurants of different origins. PRICES: General: 5 € Reduced: 2 € Children: 0.60 €
ROMAN TEATHER: This is a free attraction. It won't take you long to wander round but it's very beautiful and well preserved. It's strange to sit on the steps and think about what might have taken place here over the years.
445 locals recommend
Roman Theatre of Malaga
s/n C/ AlcazabillaROMAN TEATHER: This is a free attraction. It won't take you long to wander round but it's very beautiful and well preserved. It's strange to sit on the steps and think about what might have taken place here over the years.
PLAZA DE LA MERCED (SQUARE): very nice plaza, just next to Picasso birthplace. Safe and nice for kids with many terraces around. There are plenty of great restaurants and cafes at the top end of the square too, and it's right near the middle of town.
284 locals recommend
Plaza de la Merced
25 Pl. de la MercedPLAZA DE LA MERCED (SQUARE): very nice plaza, just next to Picasso birthplace. Safe and nice for kids with many terraces around. There are plenty of great restaurants and cafes at the top end of the square too, and it's right near the middle of town.
TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE in this square.
15 locals recommend
Plaza de la Marina y Oficina de Turismo (Central)
11 Pl. de la MarinaTOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE in this square.
Essentials
SuperSol supermercados
s/n Pl. Don Antonio EstradaSUPERMARKET
MASKOM
96 C. Cristo de la EpidemiaSUPERMARKET
Mercadona
6 C. Martínez MaldonadoSUPERMARKET
GYM
We have a special offer for our guests in this gym. For the economic price of 9,90 euros per day or 19,95 euros per week, you can use all fitness facilities including gym, swimming pools, spa and sauna. Besides the access to all group classes (over 200 classes per week). For this service the booking must be done with 24 hours in advance.
7 locals recommend
GO fit
s/n P.º de Antonio MachadoGYM
We have a special offer for our guests in this gym. For the economic price of 9,90 euros per day or 19,95 euros per week, you can use all fitness facilities including gym, swimming pools, spa and sauna. Besides the access to all group classes (over 200 classes per week). For this service the booking must be done with 24 hours in advance.
Centro Salud Huelín
s/n C. del Pintor de la Fuente GrimaMEDICAL CENTER
Huelin Market
37 C. la HozMARKET Authentic Spanish market with regional products.