Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Málaga, Spain
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11.8 km
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Experience Málaga in Spain in a whole new way with our 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 MálagaSight 1: Ermita de Zamarrilla
The Hermitage of Zamarrilla, sometimes called simply Zamarrilla hermitage, is a temple of small Catholic Christian dimensions located in the limits of the neighborhoods of El Perchel and La Trinidad, of the city of Malaga. It is based on the brotherhood of Zamarrilla. This is a work of the 18th century by the architects Felipe Pérez Conde and Felipe Pérez "the youngest".
Sight 2: Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares
The Museum of Popular Arts and Customs, also called the Unicaja Museum of Popular Arts, is an ethnographic museum located in the Historic Center of Malaga, Spain.
Wikipedia: Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares (Málaga) (ES)
Sight 3: Iglesia de San Juan
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.
Sight 4: Iglesia del Santo Cristo de la Salud
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
Sight 5: Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga
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.
Sight 6: Mesón de San Rafael
The old inn of San Rafael is a property in the city of Malaga (Spain), located on Calle Compañía. The complex is located in the vicinity of the old access gates to Malaga, in an area that was historically dedicated to the hotel industry, probably with its origin in the Muslim funduq, having maintained both the activity and the urban fabric until the Modern and Contemporary Age, contributing to configure, to a large extent, the landscape of this part of the city. It is very characteristic as a neoclassical style inn-type, whose forms refer to a classicist language, with small ornamental concessions, the building occupying the interior of the block.
Sight 7: Iglesia de Santa María Reina y Madre
The oratory of Santa María Reina y Madre is a Catholic Christian temple, located in the historic center of the city of Malaga, Spain. The temple was built in 2008 and was consecrated on November 1, 2008 as the headquarters of the Brotherhood of the Sorrows.
Sight 8: Museo de la Semana Santa
The Museum of the Holy Week of Malaga is located in the Historic Center of the city, in the property of the former San Julián Hospital. It is a religious museum, inaugurated in 2010. It is managed by the Association of Brotherhoods and exposes a collection of pieces of the history of the brotherhoods and the grouping, the processions, the music, the artisanal trades, the imagery, oils, Thrones and equipment related to Holy Week in Malaga.
Sight 9: Museo del Vidrio y Cristal
The Museum of Glass and Crystal is a museum of decorative arts in the city of Malaga, Spain. It is located at number 2 of the Plazuela del Santísimo Cristo de la Sangre, in the neighborhood of San Felipe Neri, in front of the church that gives the neighborhood its name. The visits are always guided.
Sight 10: Iglesia de San Felipe Neri
The church of San Felipe Neri, also known as the church of the Holy Cross and San Felipe Neri, is located in the neighborhood of San Felipe Neri, in the Centro district of Malaga (Spain).
Sight 11: Museo Interactivo de la Música
The Interactive Museum of Music Malaga (MIMMA) was created in 2003 and consists of more than 1000 instruments from different periods, countries and cultures; which makes it one of the most complete private collections in Spain, due to its variety as well as its size.
Wikipedia: Museo Interactivo de la Música de Málaga (ES), Website
Sight 12: Iglesia de Santiago
The Church of Santiago Apóstol is a Roman Catholic church located in the Andalusian city of Malaga (Spain). Its style is an exponent of two artistic moments of vital importance, the Gothic-Mudejar of the beginnings, with a clear symbiosis between the art of the Christian reconquerors and the Islamic population, and the emergence of the Baroque of the early eighteenth century, which produced in this building a strong building renovation corresponding to the new mentality. The artist Pablo Picasso was baptized in this church on November 10, 1881.
Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol (Málaga) (ES), Heritage Website
Sight 13: Teatro Echegaray
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.
Sight 14: Catedral de Málaga
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.
Sight 15: Marqués de Larios Street
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.
Sight 16: Iglesia de Santa María del Sagrario
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.
Sight 17: Abadía de Santa Ana
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.
Sight 18: Alcazaba de Málaga
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.
Sight 19: Museo de Málaga
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.
Sight 20: Jardines de Puerta Oscura
The Puerta Oscura Gardens are located in the city of Malaga, Spain.
Sight 21: Jardines de Pedro Luis Alonso
The Pedro Luis Alonso Gardens are located in the city of Malaga, Spain.
Sight 22: The English Cemetery in Málaga
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.
Sight 23: Monumento a Torrijos
The Torrijos Monument is an obelisk erected in honor of José María de Torrijos y Uriarte in the Plaza de la Merced in the city of Malaga, Spain. Designed by the municipal architect Rafael Mitjana y Ardison, it is considered to be the most important and characteristic urban civil monument of Malaga in the 19th century.
Sight 24: Monumento a Pablo Picasso
The Statue of Pablo Ruiz Picasso is a sculpture by Francisco López Hernández that is located in his hometown of Malaga, Spain. It depicts the artist sitting on a marble bench, with a notebook and pencil. It was inaugurated on December 5, 2008.
Sight 25: Fundación Picasso Museo Casa Natal
The Fundación Picasso, also known as the Pablo Ruiz Picasso Foundation, is a foundation based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain with the objective of promoting and promulgating the work of the artist Pablo Picasso. They are headquartered in the home on the Plaza de la Merced that was his birthplace, now the Museo Casa Natal, one of the world's many Picasso museums.
Sight 26: Castillo de Gibralfaro
Gibralfaro Castle or Gibralfaro Fortress is a fortification located in the Spanish city of Malaga.
Sight 27: Monte Gibralfaro
Mount Gibralfaro is a hill located in Málaga in southeast Spain. It is a 130 m high foothill of the Montes de Málaga, part of the Cordillera Penibética.
Sight 28: Monte Sancha
Monte Sancha, or Monte de Sancha, is a neighborhood belonging to the Centro district of the Andalusian city of Malaga, Spain. According to the official delimitation of the city council, it is bordered to the north by the neighborhoods of Advantage Alta and La Vaguada; to the east, by the neighborhood of El Limonar; to the south, by La Caleta; and to the west, by the Cañada de los Ingleses.
Sight 29: Parque Forestal Monte Victoria
Monte Victoria Park or Monte Victoria Forest Park is an urban forest park located in the district of Malaga City Centre, around Mount Victoria.
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