Museo de Málaga, Palacio de la Aduana

I am only staying 2 nights in Malaga, and my only full day would be spent in Ronda, a small rural town, a couple hours outside of town. As such, upon my arrival, I had to do as much as I could in the town to ensure I got to experience all that was offered. I arrived at my hostel at about 1 and headed straight into town. Malaga is known for its many museums and also being the birth place of Picasso. Given this, there was obviously a museum dedicated to the man himself, but my limited capacity for art meant that I would focus moreso on the museums as opposed to the art gallery. Not to mention, the main museum of malaga had an art section, as well as an archaeological part, that I could admire anyway.

Firstly, however, I headed to the markets of Malaga to see if there may be something for me to snack on to keep me going through to dinner. It wasn't a particularly large marketplace and sold kind of basic stuff, nothing too exciting. I think coming from the enourmas markets of Valencia, it was quite lacking in comparison. I did find a really nice, cheap pasta place just outside for lunch, however, so that worked out well. My first stop was the cathedral of Malaga. Something I really like about southern Spain, that might sound kind of minor, is the free audio tours that come with the ticket price, rather than having to pay more. The cathedrals are much cheaper than France and Italy, and basically half the price when you consider the free audio guide. This was a beautiful cathedral built over many centuries with small stylistic changes that reflect this in the three chambers. Although not as impressive as the Granada Cathedral, it was still very interesting with a really cool choir area right in the middle with hundreds of sculptures.

After this, I headed to the museum of Malaga. I was surprised to learn that it was free for that day too (although only costing 1.5 euro normally, it was still a good surprise). It was really cool, actually. There was no free audioguide, but the information pieces did a really good job of explaining the story of Malaga from cavemen to the modern day. You walked through time before heading downstairs to the art gallery. This was also quite cool as it was less contemporary art and more historical pieces from moments in time. This was really interesting to me as it's easy to understand and more focused on history, which I like.

After this, I simply wandered around town and admired the architecture of the city before heading back to the hostel to sleep.Read more