Malaga Museum of Wine (Museo del Vino)

The basics

The museum illustrates Malaga’s winemaking beginning with the Phoenicians, covering 3,000 years of history through the Greeks, Romans, and Moors via exhibits on the upper floor. The ground floor is devoted to the area’s modern winemaking history, with a vast collection of labels and advertising posters from the 19th and 20th centuries. Here you’ll also learn about Malaga’s five districts and three wine-growing regions, as well as the types of grapes grown in each; admire antique wine presses while gaining insights about aging techniques today; and complete your trip by tasting a sweet AO Malaga and a dry AO Sierra de Malaga. The museum can be visited as part of a hop-on, hop-off bus tour of the city.

Things to know before you go

• This small but excellent museum is a must for wine lovers who want to take a deep dive into Malaga’s winemaking history and traditions.

• The information inside the museum is all in Spanish, but you can download the museum app for free for English translations.

• Multilingual guided tours are offered every 30 minutes, but must be reserved a few days in advance via the museum website.

• Samples of two wines in the museum shop are included in the admission price for visitors 18 years and older; additional tastings can be purchased on-site.

• The museum has wheelchair and stroller access, a gift shop, and restrooms.

How to get there

The Museum of Wine is located in the center of Malaga, an easy walk from many of the city sights. You can also reach the museum via hop-on,-hop-off bus, Metro Line 2, or a number of local bus routes.

When to get there

The museum is open from morning to the end of the business day on weekdays, and morning to afternoon on Saturdays; it’s closed Sunday. The cool interiors offer a welcome respite for the midday heat in the scorching summer months, so stop by to break up your sightseeing when the temperatures soar.

Malaga’s Picasso Museum

Malaga is the birthplace of muscatel wine and of the 20th-century artist, Pablo Picasso. The city pays homage to its most famous citizen at the Malaga Picasso Museum (Museo Picasso Malaga), which houses more than 200 original works by Picasso in its permanent collection, and another 160 on loan. Learn about the artist’s evolution through a number of periods and styles over eight decades of work, displayed inside the 16th-century Buenavista Palace and adjacent townhouses that now make up this award-winning museum.