8 Museum Visits in Malaga Worth Booking Ahead

1.Picasso Museum Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 485 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $41Our pick

Spend 1.5 hours at Málaga’s Picasso Museum in the elegant Buenavista Palace, with admission and a live guide included. Your guide connects Picasso’s life, family, influences, and changing styles to selected works. English and Spanish tours are offered, so choose your language carefully. After the guided visit, you can stay and look around on your own.

“Tour was excellent, guide was very passionate. I think it run a little over the time because she starts the tour after you have gone through the bag check etc. So unfortunately I had to leave early as I had something else booked. As a painter myself I wanted to look up close at each painting so I did break away from the group because you mainly stand in one area so she can explain in each room. The museum had sold out so I felt the tour was was well worth it to get in. You also have to queue a short time even with a ticket so you…”

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2.Skip the Line: Malaga Automobile and Fashion Museum Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 379 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $14

Visit Malaga’s Automobile and Fashion Museum with a mobile admission ticket. Explore nearly 100 restored cars, from early models to the 1950s, alongside more than 200 haute couture pieces, hats, and art installations. You set the pace through seven fashion exhibitions. Plan about one to two hours; hotel pickup is not included.

“Exposition parfaite, acceuil sympa ! Très très beau et a recommander +++++. Informations de bonnes qualités et ambiance super”

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3.Tour of Malagueta Bullring & Immersive Exhibition

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 271 reviews · 1 day · from $16

Visit Malaga’s Monumental Bullring at your own pace with an audio guide in Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, or Russian. See the ring, chapel, infirmary, and Gate of Triumph, then explore historic objects, sensory displays, and virtual reality activities. No guide’s name is provided; the audio guide leads you through the visit.

“Couldn’t be better! How can I leave 7 stars? 5 does not even come close!!”

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4.Carmen Thyssen Museum Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 245 reviews · from $14

Visit Málaga’s Carmen Thyssen Museum in the 16th-century Palacio de Villalón. Explore its permanent collection of Spanish and Andalusian art, add a temporary exhibition if you choose, and use the included audio guide in Spanish, English, French, German, or Italian. The visit is self-paced, with guided touring also available.

“Having known only the works of Zurbaran, Velázquez, Goya and Picasso, we were blown away by this collection, especially the Precieuz style, Naturalist and Romantic examples. They have whetted our appetite to learn more about Spanish artists. The small guide to the collection is informative and well worth purchasing as a useful memento. The lost star for the overall rating is due to the mistake of many galleries making the explanatory captions far too small, necessitating bending over the security line to read them, then having to reverse carefully to reach the appropriate focal length for each painting. Please enlarge them. The bonus to our visit was the special exhibition…”

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5.Picasso Birthplace Museum Ticket & City Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 158 reviews · 1 day · from $11

Visit the building where Picasso was born in 1881 and lived until 1884, with entry to the Picasso Birthplace Museum included. See personal belongings, family portraits and sketchbooks, then use a separate app-based audio tour to explore Málaga landmarks such as the restored Church of Santiago. Museum audio is not included.

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6.Visit Oil Mill Museum and Olive Oil Tasting in Ronda

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 105 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $30

At LA Organic, near Ronda, a short film introduces olive oil before you tour the mill and walk among olive groves and organic vines, with art by Philippe Starck along the way. The visit ends with a tasting of oils from different olive varieties. English is offered, though some tours are bilingual. Lunch is available for an extra €20.

“The tour at LA Organic was really nice. The views from the farm are amazing and our guide was very knowledgeable. The olive oil tasting was a lot of fun”

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7.Old Tour Walking Tour w/Cathedral & Picasso Museum

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 49 reviews · 3 hours · from $65

Start in Constitution Square with an English-speaking history guide, then visit Larios Street, Bishop’s Square and Málaga Cathedral. A second guide leads the Picasso Museum visit, where you’ll look at key works and Picasso’s artistic periods. Skip-the-line tickets and a group limited to six are included. Allow extra time: the full visit can run beyond three hours.

“One of the best tours I’ve ever had! Esther has a huge knowledge of Picasso. She explained the cubism better than any one before. You noticed how passionately she is about the artist and it was a lot of fun listening to her! We enjoyed the tour through the museum as much as the city tour before. Highly recommend!”

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8.Picasso’s Birthplace Museum Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 47 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $4Best value

Explore the building where Pablo Picasso was born in 1881, along with exhibition space on Plaza de la Merced. Your ticket includes permanent and temporary displays, priority entry and an audio guide in six languages. Plan about 30 minutes to 90 minutes, depending on how closely you study the exhibits.

“It was lovely to see so many different photos. The rooms told a different story which were very interesting. I loved the actual photos of the family. It was lovely to see the books & papers which were in a concealed book case.”

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