Malaga museums and galleries are now open

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Following their closure to the public due to the coronavirus Malaga’s famous museums and galleries are now once more open to the public as Spain comes out of a state of emergency that was brought in to stop the spread of COVID-19. The Carmen Thyssen museum, the Russian Museum, the Centre Pompidou and Museo Picasso Málaga reopened on Tuesday as …

Malaga tourist hot spot to reopen in June

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Malaga has announced that one of its top attractions will be open to the public from June 12. The famous “Kings Path” the Caminito del Rey will initially only open from Friday to Sunday with a limit of 550 tickets available each day to avoid overcrowding and the possible spread of the coronavirus. The Diputacion of Malaga confirmed that it …

Ryanair to start flying to Malaga again from July 1

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  Irish low-cost airline Ryanair announced yesterday that it would return to the air with 40% of its pre-coronavirus flights starting from July 1. While Ryanair is eager to resume flights, the airline pointed out that while they want to return to Malaga ASAP a lot depends on the British and Spanish governments’ rules regarding flying within Europe saying: “These …

Free face masks when using public transport in Malaga

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As a small segment of the population returned to work on Tuesday after the government’s directive to allow factory and construction industry workers to exit the lockdown volunteers handed out free facemasks at public transport hubs. In Malaga volunteers from the Protección Civil organisation began giving out free masks to workers using the metro and at the main bus stops …

Visit the Malaga Automotive and Fashion Museum

Visit the Malaga Automotive and Fashion Museum

If you fancy trying something a little different to do while holidaying in Nerja, why not spend the day in Malaga visiting the Malaga Automotive and Fashion museum. Rated as being one of the top ten museums in Spain and the number one attraction of things to see and do in Malaga by travel website TripAdvisor, the Automotive and Fashion …

Mega summer music festival with sea views

Mega summer music festival with sea views

This year’s Brisa festival will take place in an unforgettable location by the sea. The Port of Malaga will be the stage of Brisa, a few metres from the historic Malaga centre and surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Get ready to live a unique experience that you will not be able to forget as you watch performers such as Derby …

High-rise tower block and hotel to be built on Malaga Bus Station site

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As a way of financing a new underground bus station on the other side of María Zambrano train station, Malaga will allow the building of a 29-floor office tower and a 19 story hotel. According to plans commissioned by city hall, Malaga is moving ahead with plans to build a new bus station which will be financed by money raised …

Hail storms bring chaos to Malaga roads

Early morning hail storms have caused massive traffic jams on Malaga roads. The traffic jams are mainly in the direction of Cadiz and on the Guadalhorce motorway. Heavy hail and rain that swept through the province this morning have caused traffic tailbacks on most major roads leading into Malaga. On the ring road and the A-357 traffic jams were at …

New planetarium to open on the Costa del Sol

New planetarium

The city of Malaga has put out a tender order for the building of a state-of-the-art planetarium on a large site within Campamento Benitez. Interested parties now have until February 8th, 2020 to submit their plans for the building of the planetarium, along with a concession period that will last for 37 years. Located near Malaga’s border with Torremolinos, Malaga …

Malaga Province just had its driest ever year

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It’s official, 2019 was the driest every year for rainfall in Malaga province since records began. Using the rain metre at Malaga Airport (APG) the Spanish weather agency Aemet had collected just 204.6 millimetres of rainfall for the entire year. This now sets a record for the least amount of rainfall in a single year since record taking began back …