If you love flamenco but don't wanna spend 30-50 Euros at an expensive tablao, I recommend this…read morecool and inexpensive bar where you can enjoy watching decent live flamenco performance while munching on yummy montaditos. According to my Malagueña friend, this place used to be a dance club before it was recently renovated into a flamenco tablao/school. The show takes place upstairs on the 2nd floor at night, and there is a flamenco class held downstairs on the first floor during the day time. The flamenco performance starts at 8:30pm every night and on Monday night the cover charge was only 3 Euros per person(!) Depending on the day, you may just get a recorded music instead of the accompanying live flamenco music. When we saw the show on weekday night, 4 female dancers performed for about an hour and they kept changing their costume for almost every song. Although I enjoyed the show, I can't help but wish there was a male dancer too because it makes such a huge difference!! Also the venue has a weird stage set up(you'll know what I mean when you see it) with limited seatings so the reservation is a must.Considering the price, I can't really compare this to the really powerful and spectacular flamenco performance I've seen at Arenal in Sevilla years ago because that won't be fair. For a mere 3 euro cover, you get more than eyeful of flamencas dancing passionately, which is an amazing deal!! I'm not sure if the price on other days is the same. The food and drinks are cheap, I recommend their 6 Euros 4 montaditos combo in which you can choose from 4 different toppings. Their sliders (hamburguesas) are not bad, too. And for every drink, you get a small plate of jamon and aceitunas. 6 of us got 1-2 drinks each and shared a few plates of tapas and only paid about 10 euros each, including the cover charge. This is a fantastic deal guys, I bet this place is going to be even more popular! Warning!! - at the end of the show, the flamenco dancers will try to pick someone from the audience to dance with them. My naughty friends told them to pick me!!! My friends had a blast watching me making a fool out of myself, but oh well, whatever!!

It's an okay place to visit if you want to be indoors…read more Pluses 1. Some interesting Spanish art 2. Pretty courtyard 3. Clean restrooms Areas to improve 1. Online ticket purchase not possible today 2. Very slow in person ticket buying process with bag check Recommended if you need to see art, but I was less impressed.

I decided to see this museum since it was within walking…read moredistance from my hotel. i also looked up other reviews on TripAdvisor. This museum did not have any temporary exhibits , just their permanent collection of Spanish art.

The Picasso Museum in Málaga was totally worth the visit. I really enjoyed learning about Picasso's…read moreentire life, from his childhood and marriages to the inspirations behind his art. It was very interesting to see how his style evolved through different periods of his career. Buying tickets online is definitely the best option to avoid the long lines. The museum is quite popular, so even with tickets, you should expect a bit of a wait.

Solid collection of Picasso's sketches, paintings, sculptures, and studies (miniatures to prepare…read morefor larger pieces). Malaga was the place of Picasso's birth and childhood. His house museum is also a 5 minute walk from here. The collection is divided into 12 rooms that pretty much chronologically display his works. From his more realistic works to the more abstract and surreal works, the storytelling aspect of this museum was nice, especially in detailing how his work changed during the Spanish Civil War and World Wars. I scanned the QR code for the mobile audioguide which was nice to learn more about certain works. Took about 1.5 hours listening to almost all audio clips. I came during the winter holiday season, so booking in advance is definitely easier. The museum also features works from other artists like Dali.

When I read that Museo de Málaga had an archaeology collection, I was sold and made this museum my…read morefirst to visit. Because it was Sunday, there was no admission fee. Additionally, there was an orchestra playing in the courtyard, but you needed a ticket for a seat in the audience. At the time I arrived, there were no more tickets for seats. Included in the collection are findings from the Cave of Nerja which shows how Homo sapians-sapians lived during the last Ice Age, grave goods, and Phoenician tomb findings. At the time the Phoenicians settled in Málaga mining for silver, the people were under Assyrian rule, whose currency was based on silver. Exhibits are well curated and have both English and Spanish explanations.

Very nice museum. It's easy to forget that Malaga is rich in history going from the moors to the…read moreRomans back thousands of years. Here they have a display with millions of ruins. There are 3 floors with ruins and paintings. Give yourself a few hours to walk around and take in the history.

Interesting and quirky. Lots of very weird art…read more You should visit. €zero on Sunday afternoon

Originally, I wasn't going to visit Pompidou, but it was Sunday and the lesser known museums that…read moreI'd planned on visiting were closed and Pompidou was nearby as with most of the museums. At the time of my visit, there was a choice of the permanent exhibit (7€, seniors 65+ 4€) and for an added fee you could view the temporary exhibit; just the permanent please. With admission, you get an easy-to-use audio guide to explain many, but not all the works that have the theme of time. Otherwise, most of the exhibits have cards that explain the art. For example, one section was about leisure time, another was about the aged which was thought provoking (elderly are less productive, more isolated). In general, the exhibits had a message (ie. breaking gender boundaries or how leisure time provided rest or promoted creativity) that required me to slow down and think about how time applies to me. Thinking the Pompidou had paintings from Picasso and Miró, I was surprised to find only one sculpture from Picasso, two paintings by Miró, and one painting by Matisse. While there was an exhibit where ground spices were hanging from pantyhose-like material and the audio guide said it invites you to smell the spices, I discovered the "invite" was rhetorical when security told me I was too close to the exhibit.

I saw Antonio Bandares do "A chorus line" in this theatre and it was spectacular…read more oddly the seats were affordable considering a hollywood star was playing in the show. The theatre is smallish which I loved. You can see from any seat. Lovely theatre and brilliant show!

This is a nice fort to visit! If you have visited others across Andalusia, it is not nearly as…read moreintricate as the Alhambra, but is still beautiful and grand. The location also offers gorgeous views of the harbor, Mediterranean sea, and the bull ring. There is an accessible entrance for anyone visiting with kids in strollers or a relative in a wheelchair. Free on Sundays after 2p!

The Alcazaba (which comes from al-Qasba, meaning urban fortress) is located at the foot of the…read morehillside of Mount Gibralfaro, in the small bay that is home to the city of Malaga. Its strategic position led it to be inhabited by ancient civilisations such as the Phoenicians and the Romans where they built a theatre in the 1st century. During the Islamic period, the Alcazaba was initially built as a fortification, and later became a palace-fortress, and the seat of the city government. You can buy a ticket for the Alcazaba itself or a combo ticket for the Gibralfaro and the Alcazaba. Sundays are free from 2p-7pm