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The Alameda, a promenade, cuts through the heart of the city, and its park has one of the best botanical collections in Europe and open air concerts in summer.
Leading off the Alameda is Calle Larios, with high street shops and boutiques where you can buy anything and everything excepted of a large city. Just as in the UK you will find stores selling holiday souvenirs to luxury clothing stores for your suits, to music stores, furniture outlets etc. etc. and all surrounded by picturesque alleys and squares.
This is the hometown of Pablo Picasso, and the 16th century Museum of Fine Arts houses a selection of his paintings while his home in Plaza Merced contains an archive of his life and works.
If golf is more your taste than art, however, the nearest course is at the Parador de Golf near to Malaga airport. So if you have your golf shirts packed near to the top of your suitcase, you can go directly from the airport!
Malaga is also the main commercial and business centre for this stretch of the coast. It is an incredibly busy city and if you plan on establishing a business on the Costa del Sol, Malaga city is probably a good place for it as there is increased availability of commercial real estate, easier access to IT and comms companies such as online backup specialists to help you on your way.
Malaga is also the perfect base from which to explore the magnificent Andalucian countryside. Malaga boasts it's very own "Lake District" in the form of the El Chorro lakes, located around an hour from Malaga. If you are a fan of Lake District Cottages then the scenery Malaga has to offer is not all that different!
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