Mid-range · 6-hour walk · Málaga
The port and Gibralfaro in six hours
The Moorish shipyard gate, the harbour front, the Pompidou cube, the city beach and the castle at sunset.
Málaga opened its port to the public in 2011 and now walks along the water instead of past it. This route goes from the market in the old shipyard to the harbour, along the city beach, and finishes with the climb to the castle on the hill, timed for the view over the bay at the end of the day.
The route, stop by stop
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Mercado de Atarazanas
The market behind a 14th-century Nasrid gateway that once opened onto the sea, when this was the Moorish shipyard. The stained-glass window inside tells the city's history.
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Muelle Uno
The old commercial quay, opened to the public in 2011, with a palm-lined pergola, shops and the port's restaurants.
30 min here Walk here → -
Centre Pompidou Málaga
The coloured glass cube on the quay is its skylight; the galleries are underground. The Paris Pompidou's first branch outside France, opened in 2015.
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Playa de la Malagueta
The city beach, minutes from the centre. The beach bars grill espetos, sardines on a stick over a fire built in an old boat.
40 min here Walk here → -
Plaza de toros de La Malagueta
The bullring of 1876, a hexagon from outside and a circle within, with a small museum.
15 min here Walk here → -
Castillo de Gibralfaro
The 14th-century castle on the hill, reached by a steep path from the bullring side. The walls run along the ridge, and the view at sunset takes in the bullring, the port and the whole bay.
50 min here Walk here →
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