A trip to Malaga offers the chance to enjoy two genuine art treasures unavailable anywhere else in the world: the Foundation-Birthplace Museum dedicated to the universal painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso; and the Picasso Museum in Malaga, located in the beautiful Buenavista Palace, with over 150 works which will take you on a journey through the […]
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Malaga, the city of Picasso
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Foreign buyers bag bargains as Spanish property market offers best value in Europe
A popular winter sun destination, Spain is packed with delights to engage and entertain those looking to while away the days in a warmer clime than the UK affords. The temperate weather has appealed to holidaymakers for decades, with average temperatures remaining firmly above 10C/50F, even in the depths of winter. Even the sea remains […]
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Spain launches new UK marketing plan
Spain’s tourist board has a new 10-point marketing plan for the UK as it seeks to mature the market. Enrique Ruiz de Lera, north Europe area co-ordinator for the Spanish National Tourist Office (SNTO), said he will focus on the new trips as the board pushes the ideals of relaxation, discovery, enjoyment, learning and meetings. […]
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All aboard! World’s largest cruise liner set to visit Malaga amid soaring Andalucía tourist figures
The gateway to Spain’s Costa del Sol, the municipality of Malaga is steeped in culture and history, from its contemporary art centre to its two Moorish castles and museum dedicated to the city’s most famous son – Pablo Picasso. It is also home to some of Spain’s finest beaches, with wide expanses of sand at […]
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Malaga art boom draws ‘pop-up Pompidou’
The southern Spanish city of Malaga is set to be the home of the first ever Pompidou museum outside of France, a further boost to the city’s growing reputation as a hub for the arts. The custom ‘Cube’ construction, designed as the first-ever satellite museum of Paris’s famous Pompidou Centre, will open in March 2015. […]
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Keeping Malaga’s beaches clean.
A CAMPAIGN to keep Malaga’s beaches clean launched by the city council early in June has been gathering momentum. Entitled ‘Málaga, ¡cómo te quiero!'(Malaga, oh how I love you!), the movement has already reached more than 18,000 people with its message to keep Malaga’s beaches clean and free from litter. In particular, the council is […]
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Tourism on the rise in Malaga province
INTERNATIONAL tourism is on the rise in Malaga with an 8 per cent rise in the number of Europeans choosing the Costa del Sol as their favourite summer destination. So far this year 2.3 million Europeans have passed through the arrival gates of Malaga airport. There has been an even bigger increase in the number […]
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€500 million in six months
THE growth of the tourism industry in Malaga is leading the local economy and has generated more than €500 million in the last six months. Malaga council is hoping to reach the milestone of a million visitors this year. “Thanks to an increase in the number of tourists and the overnight stays in hotels the […]
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Carnivals, culture and cuisine in atmospheric Malaga…
With the Feria in full swing, Maggie Armstrong visits Malaga and is swept away by the party atmosphere, the culture and the cuisine of this Spanish city. I’ve seen these women before – in Madrid, Barcelona, San Sebastian, and in Pedro Almodovar films. They have the copper-blonde hair, the baked skin, the thick gold earrings […]
