Tourist Attractions & Monuments Andalusia

This picturesque village with its small fishermen's houses was probably founded at the end of the 18th century by Catalan and Valencian emigrants such as the neighbouring Isla Cristina.

These gardens are located on each side of the avenida of Buhaira (behind the bus station of San Sebastián). Since XII^e century, they constitute at the same time an agricultural and entertaining space. More recently they were the object of archaeological and historic studies in order to be able to make a public park of it. At the time, the caliphs almohades made there build a palace which serves as residence of summer: Al-Buhayra (the lagoon). In 1892 the superb house néomudéjar of María of Los Angeles was built (what involved the demolition of the remains of the palace almohade). The unit is declared monument historico-artistic in 1972, and in 1981 are discovered remains of necropolis Muslim. Palm trees - date palms, orange trees, lemon trees, olive trees, sages of Granada, acacias, fig trees... are planted in these gardens; petrol of the Andalusian vegetation.

Opened in 2002, it offers several possibilities for sports activities (nautical, horse and adventure) or cultural (including the Maritime World Museum), all along the coast.

South-west of the center, near San Andrés Beach, in an old tobacco factory, the 6,000 m ² of thematic spaces of this automobile museum (inaugurated in fall 2010) expose more than 90 models, chronologically from the Belle Époque to a 2010 hydrogen prototype. 0, as well as fashion and art objects.

Between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, this privileged site for whale watching will allow you to see whales, dolphins, killer whales, sperm whales and even whales in their natural environment. The Foundation for Information and Research on Marine Mammals, a Swiss non-profit scientific platform and informant, has been fighting for more environmentally friendly behaviour towards the oceans since 1989. It guarantees the observation of 99% of cetaceans. Each sea trip is preceded by 45 minutes of informative explanations.

Built between the xie and the xivth century by the Maures, it served both as a military fortress and as a royal residence. A testimony of medieval times and of the Taifa malagueña, it consists of several concentric walls punctuated by towers. The site is splendid, especially since the Alcazaba was renovated at the beginning of the century. With bougainvillea and cypress scattered on both sides. An Archeological Museum displays the remains found in the Alcazaba (potteries, Roman statues…) and is housed in the palace; At his feet, we can observe the presence of the Roman theater dating back to the era of the Emperor Augustus.

By climbing the gardens of Puerta Oscura, the steep paths along the lighthouse of the Lighthouse provide a splendid view of Málaga and its bay to the interior of the bullring (also access by bus No. 35). The origins of the castle are discussed: The building could partly date from the Punic era, with the Phoenicians already using the mount as a watchtower. Remanié in the th century under the reign of Yusuf I, the building was united at the Alcazaba by fortifications.