Castizo Spain

Heritage towns in Málaga

8 towns in this province.

Ronda heritage town, Málaga
Málaga
Ronda

Ronda stands on a dramatic gorge in Málaga, its Moorish old quarter, Arab baths, ancient bullring, and an 18th-century bridge spanning a 100-metre drop to the river below making it one of Andalucía's most historically layered towns.

Antequera heritage town, Málaga
Málaga
Antequera

A crossroads city in Málaga province, Antequera holds Spain's finest collection of megalithic tombs, a Moorish alcazaba, and more than fifty historic religious and civic buildings spread across a skyline shaped by 4,000 years of continuous occupation.

Frigiliana heritage town, Málaga
Málaga
Frigiliana

A Moorish-rooted hilltop village in Málaga province, where an Arab castle once dominated the surrounding valleys and the legacy of three cultures — Muslim, Jewish, and Christian — is still written into the walls.

Archidona heritage town, Málaga
Málaga
Archidona

A Málaga hill town where Moorish castle walls, a perfectly preserved octagonal Baroque plaza, and centuries of layered history make it one of inland Andalucía's most architecturally distinctive stops.

Carratraca heritage town, Málaga
Málaga
Carratraca

A small Málaga hill town built around sulphurous springs with legendary healing powers, its neoclassical spa, rock-cut bullring, and Moorish-revival town hall drawing curious visitors to the hills of Andalucía.

Casares heritage town, Málaga
Málaga
Casares

A hilltop town of whitewashed lanes and Moorish castle ruins in Málaga province, birthplace of Blas Infante, the man the Andalusian parliament named father of Andalucía.

Mijas heritage town, Málaga
Málaga
Mijas

A hilltop town above the Málaga coast where a Phoenician sanctuary, a cave hermitage carved by hand, and Roman trade roads all converge in the same small stretch of whitewashed streets.

Vélez-Málaga heritage town, Málaga
Málaga
Vélez-Málaga

A Moorish hilltop fortress, Gothic-mudéjar churches rising from converted mosques, and a whitewashed old town spreading across two facing hills above the Axarquía coast of Málaga.