We start from the emblematic shopping street Larios of Malaga (1), where stores of large firms are located, until reaching the Constitution Plaza (3), considered the heart of the historic city center. From here we are going to head down Compañía Street towards the Villalón Palace (2) 16th century, Thyssen Museum Malaga headquarters, which will be the first stop on our tour. This museum was inaugurated in March 2011 and exposes more than 200 works by Spanish artists of the 19th century, as Valeriano Domínguez- Becquer, Eugenio Lucas Velázquez, Julio Romero de Torres or Joaquín Sorolla, among other. We return to the Plaza de La Constitución, recommended place to have a good breakfast. But pay attention, you have to know how to order a coffee in Malaga, because depending on the amount of coffee served it is called differently. For example, a "half coffee" is half coffee and half milk and a "shadow" is three quarters of milk and a quarter of coffee. Conversely, more coffee than milk, It would be a "long" and thus up to nine different ways of ordering a coffee.

After that, we will take Santa María street until Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation and its Cathedral Museum (4), renaissance style. In front of the Cathedral are Obispo Square and the Episcopal Palace (5), of baroque architecture.

Surrounding the Cathedral, down the last stretch of Santa María street, you can see the Elizabethan façade of the Sagrario (6), and we continue advancing along Císter street, ending in the Customs Palace of 1826, Malaga Museum headquarters (7). This museum collects the provincial collections of Archeology and Fine Arts. Next to the museum, and at the entrance of Alcazabilla street is the next stop: The Alcazaba (8), together with the Gibralfaro Castle and the Roman Theater, which form the most important archaeological site in the city. The enclosure houses an interesting exhibition hall, where ceramic materials from Muslim Malaga from the 11th to 15th centuries are displayed. This palace communicates with the Gibralfaro Castle by a steep mountain corridor. But to facilitate the climb to the fortress, we have public transport at our disposal. We will visit it later.

The Roman theatre (9), located at the foot of La Alcazaba is a must see, whose use is currently scenic.

We continue our route and follow Alcazabilla street to reach the Plaza de la Merced, where we fully enter the Picassian route of Malaga.

Aim: Picasso Foundation. (10)

Birthplace Museum. A 19th century building, where the artist was born and lived the first years of his life, and in which original works by Pablo Ruiz Picasso are exhibited, of its permanent collection and temporary assignments. Ceramics, prints and illustrated books, and personal belongings of the painter and his family.

For more information you can visit our section on the Picasso route with a guide dedicated exclusively to it.

From the Plaza de la Merced, we take Granada street where the Santiago church (11), where Picasso was baptized, Gothic Mudejar style, construction began in 1487 being, therefore, one of the oldest in the city. To some 200 meters from this church, and to the left, we reached the narrow street of San Agustín, Where is he Buenavista Palace, seat of Picasso Museum Malaga (12).

The next stop is the Gibralfaro Castle (13): for this we go down Larios street again to the Plaza de la Marina, where we will go to the entrance of the Paseo del Parque to get to the bus stop of the line 35, which takes us to the Gibralfaro Castle. Abderramán III converted the existing ruins on the top of this mountain into a fortress, among them those of a Phoenician lighthouse, for which the Arabs called him "Yabal Faruh" (mount of the lighthouse).

We go back to the city on the same bus and get off at the stop in front of the La Malagueta bullring (14), from here, we walked to the next destination: the Municipal Heritage Museum (15), where you can find the historical-artistic collections of the municipal heritage from the 15th century to the present day.

Just in front, we cross the park walk and enter the walk of the lamppost (16), that leads to the milestone that gives it its name: The Lamppost (1817), symbol par excellence of the city of Malaga. From the Lamppost we will also enjoy spectacular views of the Port of Malaga (17) and from the city, to whose historic center we will return crossing the Pier 1, which houses a shopping and leisure area, where we can take advantage to make purchases and regain strength in any of its bars and restaurants by the sea.

Between the docks 1 Y 2 we can visit The Center Pompidou Malaga (18) to experience modern and contemporary art. We will continue through the Pier 2, converted into a boulevard with the name of El Palmeral de las Sorpresas. A pleasant area for walking and relaxing where among other facilities, we will find the Alborania Museum (19). Classroom of the Sea, that offers us a unique interactive experience to discover the extraordinary marine fauna and flora of the Alboran Sea.