El Torcal Natural Park is a beautiful, impressive landscape of limestone which has been weathered by wind and rain into unusual scenery with strange rock...

Rincon De La Victoria is a pleasant resort with an unspoilt beach which is popular with families. It is backed by a seafront promenade. Boats...

A stash of gold is reputed to have been buried in Las Cuevas del Tesoro in the 7th Century by Tasulin Ibn Al Hid and...

The Santuario de la Virgen de Gracia was once a nineth Century mosque. This area of the Sierra de Archidona became under Moorish rule in...

Velez Malaga is a village in the La Axaquia region a few miles from the coast. Remains of its 13th Century Moorish fortress are still...

The Santuario de la Victoria was founded by the Catholic Monarchs in 1487, and it was rebuilt two centuries later. One of the most interesting...

The Concepcion Botanical Gardens were created over one hundred years ago and consist of plants collected from all over the world. The estate covers about...

Gibralfaro Castle dates from the 8th Century when it was built by the Moors. It was rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries and used...

The English Cemetery is a peaceful spot that dates from the time when non-Catholics who died in Spain had no proper burial place as they...

Canillas de Albaida is a small village near Competa. There are two interesting churches including the Hermitage of San Anton in the lower part of...

The Casa Natal de Picasso is the birthplace of Pablo Picasso who was born in 1881 and became one of the most prolific and inventive...

Malaga Town Hall is a striking Modernistic building that dates from the early 20th Century. It is one of the most interesting of its period...

The Alcazaba is the remains of a Moorish fortress on a hill above Santa Maria Church. Hedged gardens rise up the hill to the remains...

The Alcazaba dates from the 8th Century when it was built on Roman foundations. A Roman theatre at its foot was discovered in 1951. Higher...

The Museo de Picasso is housed in a 16th Century mansion that was once the residence of the Counts of Buenavista. There is a permanent...

Alhama de Granada is a picturesque village perched on the edge of cliffs above a ravine. There is a 19th Century castle that has been...

The Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas houses a museum with interesting works of art. One of the best is of St Theresa of Avila, the...

The Fine Arts Museum is housed in a 16th Century building that was the former Palace of the Counts of Bellavista. It has a courtyard...

Below the gardens of the Alcazaba is the La Colegiata de la Santa Maria la Mayor, the finest church in Antequera. This splendid building dates...

The Iglesia del Carmen has a splendid Mudejar artesonado ceiling but the most outstanding feature of the church is the huge Baroque altarpiece. The wooden...