Málaga, from beach to mountains
Picasso and sardine skewers, white villages and gorges, 160 km of coastline and festivals all year round. Everything worth seeing in the province of Málaga, area by area.
Photo: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Choose your Málaga
Top highlights-
CultureMálaga city
Picasso, the Alcazaba, Roman theatre, museums and tapas in the old town.
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Beach & styleWestern Costa del Sol
Marbella, Estepona, Fuengirola, Mijas and Benalmádena.
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Coves & cavesEastern Costa del Sol
Rincón de la Victoria, Torre del Mar and Nerja with its cave.
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White villagesAxarquía
Frigiliana, Cómpeta, Comares: whitewashed villages, raisins and wine.
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HeritageAntequera
UNESCO dolmens, El Torcal karst and flamingos at Fuente de Piedra.
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IconicRonda
The Puente Nuevo over the Tajo gorge and the Genal valley villages.
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NatureSierra de las Nieves
A national park of Spanish firs, peaks and quiet villages.
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AdventureCaminito del Rey
The famous walkway clinging to the walls of the Gaitanes gorge.
Málaga in numbers
One of the most visited provinces in Spain, with an international airport, high-speed trains and a cruise port.
- 26,8 Mairport passengers in 2025
- 45Blue Flag beaches (2026)
- 103municipalities, from coast to mountains
Sources: Aena and Blue Flag 2026.
The province at a glance
Full map and areas- Western Costa del Sol
- Málaga
- Eastern coast
- Axarquía
- Antequera
- Ronda mountains
- Sierra de las Nieves
- Guadalhorce and Guadalteba
Tap an area to open its guide. ★ Caminito del Rey and El Torcal. Boundaries: IGN/CNIG via es-atlas (CC BY 4.0).
A festival every month
Festival guide-
January
- Three Kings parade5 Jan · everywhere
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February
- Carnival and Burial of the AnchovyMálaga
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March
- Málaga Film FestivalMálaga
- Holy Week (2027: 21-28 Mar)Málaga, Antequera, Ronda…
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April
- Holy Week (some years)everywhere
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May
- May CrossesMálaga and many villages
- San Isidro pilgrimagesEstepona, Nerja, Vélez…
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June
- Midsummer Night (San Juan)23 Jun · beaches
- San Bernabé FairMarbella
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July
- Virgen del Carmen sea processions16 Jul · coastal towns
- Estepona FairEstepona
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August
- Málaga Fairmid-August
- Wine Night15 Aug · Cómpeta
- Frigiliana Three Cultures Festivallate August
- August Royal FairAntequera
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September
- Pedro Romero Fair and Goyesca bullfightearly Sept · Ronda
- Grape Harvest FestivalMoclinejo
- San Miguel FairTorremolinos
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October
- Rosario FairFuengirola
- Nerja Fairaround 12 Oct
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November
- Chestnut festival (tostón)1 Nov · Genal Valley
- Christmas lights switch-onlate Nov · Calle Larios
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December
- Migas DayTorrox
- Verdiales Festival28 Dec · Málaga
Approximate dates: they change every year (Holy Week follows Easter). Check each town hall before travelling.
Tourism news from Málaga
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La Opinión de Málaga Machine translation
The New Scándalo club will give way to a four-star hotel with 220 rooms on the Guadalhorce estate
A large tarp announces Málaga Internacional, five minutes from the airport, with immediate work starting and scheduled to open in 2028
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Diario Sur Machine translation
Gavira: "The deterioration of the international image and doubts about the safety of the train threaten tourism"
The vice president of the Board and councilor for Tourism advances: "I do not want more tourists to come. I want them to generate more income and more jobs.”
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Diario SUR (Málaga) Machine translation
Five years of 'Camino de la Gloria', the great procession of Malaga after the pandemic
On October 30, five years of that extraordinary departure of sixteen images on the occasion of the centenary of the Association of Brotherhoods
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Diario SUR (Málaga) Machine translation
From gyms to hotels: Marbella's industrial estates will no longer be just industrial
The City Council seeks to make the current restricted planning more flexible and modernize local productive spaces to attract investment
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La Opinión de Málaga Machine translation
The suspension of the AVE sets off alarms in Malaga tourism: they fear a strong impact until Christmas
Travel agencies warn that flights and buses cannot compensate for high-speed plazas and fear a new drop in tourist activity after the Toledo accident
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Diario Sur Machine translation
Overnight stays by foreigners grew by 11.64% in Malaga in September
The United States increases its hotel nights by 25.61% and there is also a positive evolution in different Asian markets
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