Museo Picasso Málaga
The collection, in the Buenavista palace — a different visit from the birthplace on the Merced. Free in the last two hours on Sunday, which is also when the queue is worst.
Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga
Nineteenth-century Andalusian painting, and the best single hour in Málaga for understanding what the city looked like before the port was rebuilt.
Castillo de Gibralfaro
Connected to the Alcazaba by the walled corridor we pointed at. Take bus 35 up and walk down — the climb is the part nobody enjoys and it changes nothing at the top.
Centre Pompidou Málaga
Down at Muelle Uno, under the coloured cube. Modern and contemporary work on loan from Paris — the counterweight to a morning spent in the fifteenth century.
Muelle Uno
The port the city turned back towards in 2011, after a century with its back to it. Good walk, and the reason the Cathedral now has a sea view again.
La Farola de Málaga
1817, and the only lighthouse in Spain with a feminine name. The walk out to it is fifteen minutes from the end of the tour and best at dusk.
Playa de La Malagueta
The city beach, right past the lighthouse. If you want the espetos — sardines on a cane over an open fire — take the bus east to El Palo instead, where they are the point rather than a garnish.
Jardín Botánico-Histórico La Concepción
Nineteenth-century private gardens on the north edge of the city, bus 2. A half-day, and the only place in Málaga that is genuinely cool in August.