The document provides information on Malaga city's infrastructure and transportation networks that make it an ideal destination for city breaks, cruises, and language tourism. It highlights the airport, seaport, railway station, and motorways that provide efficient access. It also summarizes Malaga's accommodations and various cultural, leisure, and relaxation activities that appeal to different types of visitors. The document positions Malaga as a strategic port for cruise ships sailing between the Atlantic and Mediterranean, and as a top destination for learning Spanish with its internationally accredited language schools.

1. MALAGA CIUDAD
CITYBREAK, CRUISES AND LANGUAGE TOURISM

2. MALAGA CITY, THE MEETING POINT
INFRAESTRUCTURES & COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
A) PABLO RUIZ PICASSO, MALAGA INTERNATIONAL AIPORT
SITUATED ONLY 8 KILOMETRES AWAY FROM MALAGA CITY.
CONFORTABLE ACCESS BY TRAIN AND MOTORWAYS.
€ 1.775,19 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS WORKS (2004-2013).
T3 THE NEW PASSENGERS TERMINAL, INAUGURATED IN MARCH 2010,
CONNECTS DAILY MALAGA CITY WITH MORE THAN 100 INTERNATIONAL
DESTINATIONS. IT OFFERS NEW 385.000 SQUARE METRES.
92 CHECK-IN DESKS AT DEPARTURES.
9.000 PASSENGERS RECEIVED AND 7.000 BAGGAGES DELIVERED PER
HOUR.
30 MILLIONS OF PASSENGERS FORECAST IN 2011.
SECOND RUNWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
(*) Archivo Fotográfico AENA

3. T3 NEW PASSENGERS TERMINAL

4. B) SEAPORT OF MALAGA CITY
• MALAGA SEAPORT IS LOCATED ONLY A FEW
STEPS FROM THE OLD TOWN
• IT IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND LARGEST
DESTINATION IN THE SPANISH PENINSULA
FOR THE CRUISE TRAVEL INDUSTRY
• THE MUELLE DE LEVANTE (NEW DOCKLAND)
OFFERS 2.500 METRES DOCKLINE
• THE NEW PASSENGERS TERMINAL ENABLES
TO ATTEND 5.000 PASSENGERS AT THE
SAME TIME. IT OFFERS 3.700 NEW SQUARE
METRES
• IT’S ROYAL CARIBBEAN’S BASEPORT SINCE
2009. FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER 2010, THE CRUISE COMPANY WILL OPERATE WEEKLY 7 NIGHTS/5 NIGHTS
CRUISES THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND TO THE CANANRY ISLANDS WITH BEGIN AND END IN MALAGA
CITY.
(*) Archivo Fotográfico Malagport

5. PROYECTS COMING SOON....
• MUELLE 1. NEW LEISURE AREA PLANNED, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT WILL HOST 14.000 NEW SQUARE
METRES WITH RESTAURANTS, COMMERCIAL AREA, LUXURY YACTHS SPORT DOCKLAND AND UNDERGROUND
CAR PARKING. €36 MILLION INVESTED IN IMPROVEMENTS WORKS (2008-2011).
• MUELLE 2. IT’S PLANNED A SMALL TERMINAL FOR PASSENGERS ON TRANSITS, A GREAT PALM TREE
PROMENADE WITH REST AREAS AS WELL THE OPENING OF A MARINE CENTRE-MUSEUM TO DISSEMINATE
KNOWLEDGE ON THE WEALTH AND VARIETY OF MARINE LIFE IN THE ALBORAN SEA. €21MILLION INVESTED IN
IMPROVEMENTS WORKS (2009-2011).

7. C) RAILWAY SERVICES CENTRAL STATION – MARIA ZAMBRANO
• IT IS SITUATED AT THE HEART OF THE CITY, WELL CONNECTED WITH THE REST OF MUNICIPAL AND
REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
• THE NEW TEMINAL WAS INAUGURATED IN 2006.
• THE BUILDING IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST MODERN AND FUNCTIONAL TRAIN STATIONS EVER BUILT IN
SPAIN.
• PASSENGERS ENJOY THE NEW 5.600 SQUARE METRES OF TRAIN PLATFORMS, COMMERCIAL & LEISURE
AREAS, RESTAURANTS AND CAR PARKING.
• EASY, COMFORTABLE AND THE FATEST NATIONAL RAILWAY SERVICES TO MADRID, BARCELONA, SEVILLE,
CORDOBA, VALLADOLID AND ZARAGOZA THROUGH THE SPANISH HIGH SPEED LANE ‘’AVE’’.
•

9. D) MOTORWAYS & TOURIST TRANSPORTS SERVICES
• GETTING TO THE CAPITAL OF COSTA DEL SOL IS QUICK AND EASY.
• ACCESS FROM THE NORTH IS ALONG THE A-45 MOTORWAY, WHICK LINKS UP WITH THE A-92 MOTORWAY THAT
CROSSES THE ANDALUSIAN REGION.
• ON THE OTHER HAND, ACCESS FROM WEST TO EAST TAKING THE A-7 MOTORWAY WHICH RUNS ALONG THE
COASTLINE, TAKE YOU DIRECTLY INTO THE CITY OF MALAGA.
• MALAGA CITY BOASTS A WIDE RANGE OF CAR PARKINGS IN AND AROUND THE HEART OF THE CITY. ONCE YOU
HAVE PARKED IT, MOVE AROUND THE STREETS OR EXPLORE THE CITY RIDING ‘‘GREEN TRANSPORTS’’:
• TOURIST BUS, HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE, BIKE TOURS, SEGWAY AND BICITAXIS.

11. E) ACCOMODATION- MALAGA CITY HOTELS
• MALAGA CITY OFFERS TO VISITORS A WIDE RANGE OF NEW AND NICE HOTELS, EASILY ACCESIBLE FROM THE
MAIN COMMUNICATIONS LINKS, AND VERY CLOSE TO THE MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.
• MANY OF THESE HOTELS BOAST A PERFECT SITUATION INTO THE OLD TOWN AND VERY COMPETITIVE RATES,
FLEXIBLE TO EVERY NEEDINGS AND TASTES.
• THE HOTELS PROVIDE TO THE CLIENTS WITH OUTSTANDING SERVICES, A WIDE GASTRONOMY OFFER AND THE
MOST CONFORTABLE ROOMS IN ANDALUCIA EQUIPPED WITH ALL FACILITIES.
HOTELS/ BEDS/ CAPPACITIES:
• 1 FIVE-STARS HOTEL WITH 109 BEDROOMS / 206 PERSONS
• 21 FOUR-STARS HOTELS WITH 2.323 BEDROOMS / 4.704 PERSONS
• 19 THREE-STARS HOTELS WITH 1.921 BEDROOMS / 7.573 PERSONS

14. TOURIST PRODUCTS
CULTURAL CITYBREAKS, CRUISES AND STUDY LANGUAGE SECTOR
A) A GREAT CITYBREAK
 IN RECENT YEARS MALAGA CITY HAS RECEIVED A FACE LIFT, TRANSFORMING INTO A COSMPOLITAN HUB
ON SPAIN SOUTHERN COAST.
 IT IS A GREAT MEDITERRANEAN DESTINATION JUST 4 HOURS AWAY FROM STOCKHOM BY PLANE.
 A WORLD OF LEISURE OPTIONS FOR THE CITYBREAK LOVERS.
 A BETTER VALUE MONEY-RATIO THAN OTHERS SPANISH COMPETITORS CITIES.
CULTURE – PICASSO & HISTORY
 IT IS PICASSO’S BIRTHPLACE. IT MAKES THE CITY AN IDEAL HOLIDAY LOCATION FOR THOSE LOOKING TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST.
 A FULL DAY CAN EASILY BE SPENT EXPLORING THE CITY’S MOST HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS, DATED FROM
THE JEWISH, ROMANS, ARABS AND CATHOLICS TIMES.
 THE CITY HAS 23 THEMATIC MUSEUMS, HOWEVER THERE ARE A FEW THAT CANNOT BE MISSED: THE
MALAGA PICASSO MUSEUM, THE CONTEMPORANY ART CENTRE, MALAGA HOLY WEEK MUSEUM, WINE
MUSEUM AS WELL AS THE GLASS & DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM, THE VINTAGE CAR MUSEUM AND THE
THYSSEN BORNEMISZA MUSEUM.

15. sala. © Museo Picasso Málaga

19. GASTRONOMY & CUISINE – SUIT ALL TASTES
 THE CITY IS SPLIT INTO THREE DEFINITE CULINARY AREAS, MEANING THE CHOICES ARE ENDLESS.
 ENJOY GREAT TAPAS DISHES IN MALAGA’S OLD TOWN ; LA MALAGUETA NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES
ELECTRIC MIX OF RESTAURANTS OFFERING TRADITIONAL MENUS THAT SERVE A RANGE OF
MEDITERRANEAN DISHES; AT THE MARINE AREA OF PEDREGALEJO, VISITORS CAN INDULGE AT ONE OF
THE MANY RESTAURANTS WITH GREAT TERRACES OVERLOOKING THE SANDY BEACHES AND BAY. HERE
VISITORS FIND THE FAMOUS MALAGA DISH ‘‘PESCAITO FRITO’’ – FRESH FRIED FISH.

20. SHOPPING – BAGS OF FUN
 MALAGA CITY IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO SPEND THE DAY SHOPPING. VISITORS SHOULD HEAD TO LARIOS
STREET AND THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AT THE OLD TOWN, WHERE CUTTING EDGE DESIGNER
BOUTIQUES SIT NEXT TO LOCAL RETAIL SHOPS.

21. MOUNTAINS, GARDENS AND BEACHES – RELAXING VACATIONS
 PERFECTLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE BEACH AND THE MOUNTAINS, MALAGA OFFERS VISITORS THE BEST
OF BOTH WORLDS WITH LONG SANDY BEACHES, BOTANICAL GARDENS AND TOWERING MOUNTAINS.
 TO THE NORTH, HOLIDAYMAKERS SHOULD HEAD TO EL JARDIN BOTANICO DE LA CONCEPCION,
MALAGA’S STUNNING BOTANICAL GARDEN, AND TO THE MALAGA MOUNTAINS NATURAL PARK THAT
SPANS 4.762 HECTARES AND AND RISE 1.031 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

22.  29 KMS OF SANDY BEACHES MAKE UP THE MALAGA COASTLINE INCLUDING THE URBAN, LIVELY BEACHES OF
LA MALAGUETA, PEDREGALEJO AND HUELIN THOSE LOOKING FOR A MORE RELAXING EXPERIENCE SHOULD
VISIT ONE OF THE MORE SECLUDED BEACHES OF GUADALMAR, THE CHARMING LITTLE BAYS OF BAÑOS DEL
CARMEN OR PEÑÓN DEL CUERVO BEACH.
B) CRUISES SECTOR
 MALAGA CITY IS AN STRATEGY DESTINATION FOR THOSE CRUISES THAT COMBINATE THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON THEIR ROUTES.
 SEAPORT OF MALAGA IS UNDERGOING IN GREAT AND DEEP RENOVATION WITH DOESN’T AVOID THE
CRUISES COMPANIES TO BE IN MALAGA.
 MALAGA SEAPORT HAS NO INCRESEMENT LIMIT: IN 2008 THE SEAPORT HOSTED 271 CRUISES AND
352.993 PASSENGERS; IN 2009 HOSTED 302 CRUISES AND 493.015 PASSENGERS; FORECASTS FOR 2010
PREDICT 320 CRUISES AND 635.000 PASSENGERS IN MALAGA CITY.
 IN 2009, THE 40% OF THE TOTAL PASSENGERS BOARDED ON THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN’S CRUISES FROM
MALAGA WERE BRITISH, WHO ALSO SPENT ACCOMODATIONS AT THE CITY BEFORE OR AFTER THE
CRUISE.

23. WHY STAY IN MALAGA?
 A WORLD OF LEISURE OPTIONS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AWAIT TO THE PASSENGERS TO BE DONE IN
MALAGA CITY, ONLY A FEW STEPS FROM THE SHIP.
 MAJOR COMPANIES AS MSC, CARNIVAL, COSTA, FRED OLSEN CRUISES OR CELEBRITY CRUISES
INCLUDED MALAGA AS A STOP ON THEIR ROUTES IN RECENT PAST YEARS.
 IT’S ROYAL CARIBBEAN’S BASEPORT SINCE 2009 FOR THE 7 NIGHTS & 5 NIGHTS CRUISES ON BOARD OF
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SEAS, OPERATED WEEKLY FROM JUNE TO NOVEMBER 2010, WITH BEGIN AND
END IN MALAGA CITY. ROYAL CARIBBEAN’S ROUTES FROM MALAGA VISIT NICE, CORCICA, SARDINIA, AND
CIVITAVECCIA IN ROME, AND ALSO VISIT THE CANARY ISLANDS AND THE AFRICAN NORTHERN COAST.
 THIS BASEPORT ALSO ENABLES TO THE CLIENTS TO SPEND IN MALAGA CITY ONE-TWO NIGHTS BEFORE
OR AFTER THE CRUISE, EXTENDING THEIR VACATIONS WHILE EXPLORING THE CITY AND ENJOYING THE
LEISURE AND CULTURAL OPTIONS.
 DEPARTURES FROM MALAGA AVAILABLE TO BE BOOKED NOW AT: http://www.royalcaribbean.co.uk/

24. C) STUDY AND LANGUAGE SECTOR
 MALAGA CITY HOMES ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
INFRAESTRUCTURES. IN FACT, IT IS ACTUALLY THE SPANISH SECOND LARGEST DESTINATION FOR THIS KIND
OF TOURISM.
 WITH OVER 13 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS THAT BELONGS TO ACEM, THE SPANISH SCHOOLS LOCAL
ASSOCIATION IN MALAGA, THE CITY IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO GET GRIPS WITH THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, AS IT IS
CRADDLE OF MIXTURES THAT HOMES GREAT ARQUITECTURE, HISTORY, MUSEUMS, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS
AND NIGHTLIFE, MEANING THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING FUN TO SEE AND DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN LESSONS.
 MALAGA’S 13 INSTITUTIONS OFER THE VERY BEST QUALITY EDUCATION AND ALL HAVE THE CERTIFICADO DE
CALIDAD EN LA ENSEÑANZA DE ESPAÑOL COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA (C.E.E.L.E.). THE SCHOOLS ALSO OFFER
STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY TOWARDS DIPLOMAS DE ESPAÑOL COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA
(D.E.L.E.). THE EXAMS CAN BE TAKEN ON A TWICE YEARLY BASIS (MAY AND SEPTEMBER), AND ARE OFFICIALLY
ACCREDITED QUALIFICATIONS ISSUED BY THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.

25.  SOME OF SCHOOLS ARE ALSO ACCREDITED BY THE PRESTIGIOUS CERVANTES INSTITUT BRAND ALSO ON
BEHALF OF THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. ALL OF THESE CERTIFICATES ARE RECOGNISED ACROSS
THE WORLD.
 EACH INSTITUTION OFFERS A VARIETY OF COURSES, RANGING FROM ONE WEEK TO 11 MONTHS. STUDENTS
CAN OPT FOR ONE-ON-ONE TUITION OR JOIN A MORE SOCIAL GROUP LESSON. COURSES ON SPANISH FOR
BUSINESS, FINANCE AND LAW ARE AVAILABLE AT SOME INSTITUTIONS, AS ARE INTENSIVE COURSES AND
SUMMER SCHOOLS FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND CHILDREN.
 WITH FANSTATIC LANGUAGE SCHOLLS AND BRILLIANT ATTRACTIONS, MALAGA CITY IS DEFINITELY THE IDEAL
PLACE TO LEARN THE SPANISH LANGAUE.
 THE OFFICIAL SPANISH CENTRES ARE AS THE FOLLOWS:
• Alhambra Instituto (www.alhambra-instituto.org)
• Cervantes Escuela Internacional (www.escuelacervantes.org)
• Cile. Centro Internacional de Lengua Espanola (www.academia-cile.com)
• Debla Cursos de Espanol (www.debla.com)
• Escuela Internacional (www.escuelai.com)

26. • La Brisa (www.labrisa.com)
• Lexis (www.lexis-es.com)
• Malaca Instituto (www.malacainstituto.com)
• Malaga Plus Academia (www.malagaplus.com)
• Malaga Si Escuela de Espanol (www.malaga-si.com)
• Mediterraneo Escuela de Espanol (www.escuela-mediterraneo.com)
• Instituto De Espanol (www.instituto-picasso.com)
• University of Malaga (www.uma.es/estudios/extranj/extranjeros.htm)

27. Tourist Promotion Department
Malaga City Tourism Board