Professional

Several decades at the forefront of the tourist sector, achieved through the creation of tourism studies at the university level and hotel management schools, guarantees world-class service provided by Professional Conference Organizers and specialized Agencies. Professionalism backed by the University of Malaga, a strong and dynamic university that has pledged its firm commitment to quality in teaching and research, offering the broadest and most complete selection of studies and degree programs in Spain.

Innovation

The most modern infrastructure at your disposal. Four Conference Centers, 25 convention centers and the greatest concentration of luxury hotels in all of Spain. In addition, Malaga is home to the Andalusia Techology Park, where leaders in world-class state-of-the-art technology have made a firm commitment to the development of their products.

Light and color

Its luminosity and color, Mediterranean and sub-tropical climate, average temperature of 18 degrees centigrade and more than 325 days of sun a year make Malaga-Costa del Sol one of the highest quality tourist destinations in Europe.

Dependability

Malaga-Costa del Sol is a safe, clean and modern destination, offering the highest levels of attention and service.

Cosmopolitan

Malaga, a Mediterranean port with more than two thousand years of history and the most dynamic commercial enclave since the 19th century, defines itself as a cosmopolitan and open society, where great civilizations in history existed side by side and where people from five continents live and visit us daily.

Enthusiastic and hospitable

The Latin and Mediterranean character of Malaga-Costa del Sol is the essence of a vital and hospitable society with an extraordinary sense of the livability of public spaces.

Flavor

Healthy Mediterranean cooking prepared from natural products of the highest quality used to prepare dishes ranging from the most traditional to the most sophisticated and delicious.

Culture

Malaga-Costa del Sol possesses a cultural wealth founded in its Phoenician, Roman and Arabic past and today offers an attractive blending of cultures and traditions.

Another testimony to the cultural importance of the area is the Picasso Museum of Malaga, leading symbol of the 21st century in an historic enclave, crucible of all Mediterranean cultures.Located in the Palace of the Counts of Buenavista, it houses more than 200 works from the artist’s private collection and is considered to be the second most important museum in the world of all those dedicated to the painter, after the museum in Paris.

Since March 2011, in Malaga there is located the Carmen Thyssen Museum, with a collection of 358 masterpieces from the XIX Spanish Century.

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Location Map

Malaga is the capital of the Costa del Sol and is located in the south of the Peninsula Iberica. Belonging to the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, bathed by the Sea Mediterranean. Located in the heart of Andalusia, between the provinces of Granada and Cadiz. Easy access by land, sea and air.

Malaga-Costa del Sol is located in the heart of Andalusia and is easily accessible from any point in Spain and Europe, whether by air, train or highway.

Air

The Malaga Pablo Ruiz Picasso International Airport is the fourth largest airport in Spain and is currently undergoing an expansion with a series of improvements which include the new passenger terminal and a second runway that will give the airport the capacity to handle more than 20 million passengers a year, which without a doubt highlights the importance of Malaga-Costa del Sol as a tourist destination.

The airport is situated 8 km from the centre of the city of Malaga and only 46 km from Marbella and has direct flights to all the principal European capitals, which makes it easily accessible from any part of Spain, Europe and the rest of the world.

Train

The new Malaga Viala: María Zambrano train station, inaugurated in November of 2006 with the opening of a novel shopping and leisure centre has the capacity to handle up to 24 million travellers a year, eight times more than the old station, since it is equipped with five platforms and eight tracks, five of them for the high speed Madrid-Malaga line that connects both cities in less than three hours.

Automobile/Bus

The province of Malaga is connected by a large network of expressways and divided highways, linked with the rest of the provinces. A wide network of buses connects Malaga-Costa del Sol with the rest of the Andalusian, Spanish and European cities.

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The city of Malaga, bathed by the waters of the Mediterranean, lies in the south of Spain. Its long history dates back to the times of the earliest sailors and merchants who came to these shores from theEastern Mediterranean some three thousand years ago. Ever since,Malaga has been an open, hospitable city with a clear vocation for commerce and travel.

With 554,000 inhabitants, Malaga is the capital of the Costa delSol and the fifth most-populous cityin Spain. Within Andalusia itself, it has consolidated its position as the economic capital of the region, while its strategic geographicallocation, in the south of Europe and close to North Africa, means that the city also enjoys the wealth of opportunities for economic and socio-cultural development generated by Spain’s international ties.

In addition, its privileged natural setting between the sea and the surrounding mountains ensures that Malaga boasts one of the mostbenevolent climates in all of Europe, with an average annual temperature ranging between a maximum of 22.8 °C and a minimum of 13 °C. As a result, Malaga and the Costa del Sol have become one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, attracting over eight million visitors each year. Malaga is currently enjoying a significant boom which has seen it become one of the fastest growing cities in Spain in recent years.

One of the mainstays of economic development in Malaga is the AndalusianTechnology Park, which specialises in innovative processes in the fields business and industry, as well as enjoying close links with Malaga University.

Malaga also boasts a wealth of areas of great natural beauty, notably its coast, parks and gardens, not to mention a vast cultural heritage accumulated over 3,000 years of history that makes this provincial capital a unique location.

Malaga is also the ideal city in which to host all manner of major events thanks to its excellent facilities.

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