Malaga's Best Beaches

The major port location of Malaga is located along the southern coast of Spain, on the Costa del Sol and given its location you are guaranteed plenty of sunshine, warm sands and a taste of Spain! With over 300 days of sunshine almost guaranteed all year round, the hardest thing you, the tourist, will have to do is take your pick from the many beaches of the city!

The Costa del Sol has some of the very best beaches in the whole of Spain – and many of these can be found in Malaga! If you are with the family, travelling alone or as part of a couple, then what could be better than spending your Malaga vacation sunning yourself whilst enjoying an ice cream on an exotic beach, relaxing in the warm waters of the Mediterranean or indulging in the plentiful watersports on offer.

Check out our guide to the very best beaches of Malaga…

Playa de la Malagueta
The most well known and most popular beach in Malaga – part of the Malagueta beaches – this beach is 1200 metres long! The beach is located to the east of the Morro de Levante Pier. There is a wonderful promenade located close by called the Pablo Ruiz Picasso which has plenty of café bars, restaurants and ice cream parlours! The restaurants along the coast here are renowned for their wonderful fish dishes.

Playa de le Malagueta is where the closing ceremony of Malaga’s most famous festival La Féria de Malaga (Malaga’s Annual Fair) takes place – annually in the first two weeks of August. This is one of the biggest festivals in the whole Andalucian province – and attracts thousands upon thousands of visitors, to a festival that is both enchanting and noisy at the same time!

Playa Palo
East of Malaga city, this beach is located right next to the marina at El Candado. It offers excellent opportunities for watersports, diving, and sailing at the wonderful little coves that pepper the coastline. El Palo itself is a wonderful traditional fishing village where will get the most freshest catch from along the Costa del Sol. The area forms part of the Feast of the Virgin del Carmen each summer on July 16th, whereby the local fishermen take a statue of the Virgin Mary out to sea in a boat, and tailed by the colourful local fishing vessels.

Playa Las Acacias
One of the most popular beaches in Malaga. The beach has grey sands and affords excellent facilities for tourists, and is 1200 km long.

Playa Huellin
This is a town beach, and is located in the promenade that is named after Malaga native and Hollywood star Antonio Banderas. The promenade has plenty of beach bars and facilities.

Other beaches in the Malaga area include Guadalmar, Pedregalejo, El Chanquete, El Candado, Peñon del Cuervo and Baños del Carmen.

Beaches outside Malaga
If you venture outside Malaga in your hired car, you will be spoilt for choice in terms of what beaches to laze your day away on! Take the road north to Playa Torrox for 30 miles, or head to Benajarafe in Velez. This beach is over 4km long.

If you venture outside Malaga to the nearby resort of Benalmadena you will come across a white sand beach that lasts for three miles. Here there is also an aqua park and the wonderful Tivoli amusement park. Fuengirola offers great beaches and nightlife also.
 
So there you have it – your guide to the best beaches of Malaga! Bag yourself a great value for money vehicle hire by visiting our Car Hire Malaga Airport page.

Have you been on a Malaga vacation? If you have any tourist information tips please let us know. Your comments are most appreciated!

 

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