11 Things to Do in Malaga at Night

One of the best things about Malaga's nightlife is the wide variety of things to do at night. Unlike other cities that suddenly give you only bar options, Malaga offers a wider range of nightlife options.

Obviously, going out at night is one of those things you can't miss in Malaga, no matter how long you're staying in the city. From flamenco soirées to pub crawls, you're sure to love a night out in this historic but cosmopolitan city.

One of the things you can't miss at night in Malaga is, without a doubt, the flamenco night show. The tablaos become the most sought after alternative in the city and I recommend you to book your tickets for a flamenco show at the Tablao Alegria in Malaga, located on Paseo del Muelle Uno, a cultural and gastronomic place where you can enjoy unforgettable flamenco performances with rhythms such as soleás, bulerías and fandangos, with singing, guitar and traditional dances.

You can also enjoy a typical Malaga dish with your favourite drink. However, I do not recommend that you take your children to this type of show.

Details of Interest

• Location: C. Vélez Málaga, 6, Málaga.
• Price: Approximately 25 euros per person.
• Timetable: The show usually starts at 6pm.

This is undoubtedly one of the best evening plans, a guided tour by experts in the area of wine. On this tour you will visit the best wine and tapas places in the city of Malaga.

This is considered one of the best gastronomic tours in Malaga, because in addition to knowing the nightlife of the place, you can taste the most exotic tapas that this city located very close to the Mediterranean Sea offers you. During 3 hours and a half you will enjoy the cultural and musical atmosphere of the nightlife of Malaga, plus the whole tour is done on foot, so you can enjoy the food and drink without remorse, because after you can release those calories walking through the most popular areas of Malaga.

One of the best things that this night and gastronomic tour offers you is that you will be able to taste the best flavours of the traditional Spanish cuisine, as well as different types of Iberian cured meats that will leave you wanting more. The sweet wines are on another level.

Details of Interest

• Location: From Marqués de Larios Street to Plaza de La Merced.
• Price: This tour can cost approximately 74 euros per person.
• Timetable: The tour can last approximately 3 and a half hours and takes place in the evening, with a mutually agreed timetable.

If you want to enjoy the best bars in town, then this is the tour for you. During this tour you will have the chance to get to know the most incredible places in Malaga. A guided tour with an expert in the area who, as well as showing you the best places to have cocktails, will tell you some history of the city and let you taste exotic flavours of Malaga's cocktail bar.

This is definitely one of the best tours in Malaga and is for you if you are travelling with friends or if you want to meet new people. The entrance to the different clubs is included, as well as the amount of drinks you want to have. It is a 3 to 5 hours tour of complete fun.

Details of Interest

• Location: The tour goes from Plaza La Merced to Plaza de La Constitución, where some of the best bars in the area are located.
• Price: This experience can be had for approximately 17 euros per person.
• Time: It lasts approximately 3 to 5 hours, and usually starts at the time chosen by the tour guide.

What better plan than pampering yourself with a spa session in the Hammam Al Ándalus Arab baths. A relaxing session, lasting approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, in which you will enjoy a treatment aimed at revitalising your body and mind with therapeutic Jacuzzis and three pools with water at different temperatures, hot, warm and cold.

In addition, to make your experience as top notch as possible, you will receive a traditional Kessa massage with grape oil and taste a tea that will awaken all your senses. Recharge your energy levels with this relaxing experience in the Hammam Al Ándalus Arab baths!

Plaza Mitjana and Uncibay are two of the busiest squares in the centre of Malaga and are, without a doubt, those nightclubs you won't want to miss on your tour of the city. In the first of them you can find the best pubs in Malaga, so it is a good area to live the nightlife to the fullest.

Also in Mitjana you will be able to find incredible offers in the different pubs, especially if you visit the place in the early evening and late afternoon, so it is a good place to start your nightlife tour in Malaga.

Once you leave Mitjana, going to Uncibay square is an excellent option to continue the night and that's because you'll be able to see different emblematic places of the city with the unique air that the night brings. Pubs are scarce in the place, although you can find several proposals that will make you stay in some of them. What you can see in Plaza Uncibay is the Cathedral of Malaga.

Details of Interest

• Location: Both are located very close to each other. They are located in the centre of Malaga.
• Price: This walk is free, although you have to pay for the entrance to each of the pubs.
• Timetable: You can do this activity from afternoon to evening.

If what you are looking for is a much quieter plan that allows you to see the skyline of the city of Malaga while you have a few drinks and enjoy a tapa or two, then I recommend you to visit the best terraces of the city. These places are specially designed to offer the tourist a much more comfortable, wide and quiet view of a city so hectic at night.

If you visit the city in the summer season, it's a great idea to get some fresh air. If you're passing through in winter, I recommend you bring jackets and coats so that the cold of the night doesn't spoil your evening; but don't forget to count it as one of the 10 best things to do in Malaga in winter.

There are viewpoints that are located right in the centre of Malaga and give you a very nice view of the city. There are others further away that allow you to see it from the outside, more like a spectator than a protagonist of the Malaga night. One of the places I like the most to enjoy the view, without a doubt, is the viewpoint of the Gibralfaro Castle, because it gives you a complete view of the city and is one of the most emblematic places to visit.

Details of Interest

• Location: Some viewpoints are in the centre and others are further away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
• Price: Some of the best viewpoints in the centre are paid and the price depends on the entrance fee charged by each commercial establishment. The Gibralfaro viewpoint has an entrance fee ranging from 2.5 to 5 euros per person.
• Opening hours: The viewpoints are open all day and night, so it won't be a problem to enjoy them.

La Malagueta is perhaps the most emblematic neighbourhood of Malaga, so it is a must visit especially at night. In this place you can enjoy an atomic nightlife that will take you to experience flavours, smells and popular routines of the night in Malaga.

Visiting this place is a good plan, whether you go with friends or with your family, and it is even a good idea to do this walk if you are going to meet people. This is the trendiest place, where young people meet and where going out to have fun is not very difficult.

You can find a lot of pubs, but you will also find very exclusive bars and, above all, very good food. In La Malagueta you can find excellent quality restaurants that offer traditional Spanish food as well as a varied international and Mediterranean menu.

Interesting Details

• Location: It is located right next to the pier, so it won't be too difficult to find this place.
• Price: The prices in the different pubs can vary according to the type of food and cocktails they sell and also according to the day of the calendar. Each pub has its own entrance fee and in each of them the menu usually varies in price.
• Opening hours: La Malagueta is alive at night, so you can stay as late and as late as you like.

One of the walks that I definitely love and recommend is to walk around the areas of El Palo and Pedregalejo. Nowadays they have become reference points for cosmopolitan life in Malaga. In these places you can find the most exquisite Spanish and Mediterranean food. You will also have the opportunity to enjoy multiple pubs and bars dedicated to the enjoyment of tourists and locals. Generally these places serve the best of European cocktails.

If you don't want to go into any bars or pubs, but are rather looking for a quiet family stroll, then the coast is a good place to do so. There are plenty of outdoor experiences even at night that you can get to do in Pedregalejo or El Palo, and you can easily consider them as part of the top 10 best activities in Malaga.

One of the best things about this pair of towns is that there is always a celebration or something good to do on every corner, so if you are looking for fun, this is the right plan for you.

Details of Interest

• Location: Located very close to La Malagueta, also in the coastal area.
• Price: Ticket prices in the nightclubs of both towns can vary. The prices on the menu may also vary from town to town.
• Time: You can start this activity in the early afternoon, so you can see the sunset on the coast.

One of the most incredible places to visit at night is the Botanical Gardens. If on your list of things to see and do in Malaga you are looking for a place that is quiet, away from the hustle and bustle of the bars and party plans, then you must try a visit to the Botanical Garden which offers a spectacular night tour.

An expert guide will take you around the garden, showing you each of the plants that are preserved in this place, which include prehistoric species as well as other types of strange plants. You will also have the opportunity to see the light show that is constantly on in the garden.

This visit can be done during most of the year, although there is a season when this kind of night tours are not done and that is in the winter season. In any case, this is a good place to visit with anyone. You can even include this activity in your list of things to do in Malaga with children.

Details of Interest

• Location: It is a 15 minute walk from line 2 of the public transport. It is located on the way to the Botanical Garden.
• Price: The entrance fee per person is between 3 and 5 euros. While the entrance fee for groups of 20 to 30 people can cost between 2 to 4 euros each. During the winter, free admission is offered on Sundays.
• Opening hours: From April to September it is open from 9.30 am to 8.30 pm. From October to March from 9.30am to 5.30pm. The night tours take place between 5:30 and 8:00 and last one hour.

Baños del Carmen is one of the most emblematic and historic places in Malaga. They opened to the public in the first decade of the 20th century and since then have become a meeting point par excellence for locals and visitors alike. They are terraces on the seafront that offer privileged views of the city and the sea.

Inside this place you can not only enjoy great views, but also taste traditional Spanish and Mediterranean food and sample some of the best tasting wines in the city.

It's a good plan for the evening. In fact, you can get there as early as the evening hours so you can enjoy the sunset and the city's sunset. Besides the beach atmosphere, the pleasant climate and the breeze that you can feel in these terraces are part of the advantages of choosing this plan to spend the first hours of the night away from the bustle of the city, above all it is ideal to include among the 10 best things to do in Malaga in summer.

Details of Interest

• Location: It is located on the beach of Pedregalejo, right on the coast.
• Price: It is completely free to enter the baths, although there are some restaurants in the area that do charge an entrance fee to enjoy the view and the menu.
• Opening hours: You can get to this place from late afternoon until late at night.

Here you can experience some of the best wines in Spain. If there is one thing you can taste in this city, it is its great variety of sweet wines. That is why this place is one of the must-visits on your tour of Malaga.

One of the best features of the Antigua Casa de Guardia is that its history goes back more than 175 years. The wines on offer here are aged using processes that have been tried and tested over the years. This is an experience to be enjoyed as a couple, with friends or with the family.

If you visit this place you will have the opportunity to taste at least five types of wines of different years of ageing, but all of the same quality. The attention inside the place is something you can't overlook, and from the moment you arrive you feel like you're in the family and, besides, the people in charge of the place will show you and give you a taste of the best wine creations they have inside the place.

Details of Interest

• Location: Located at Alameda Principal 18 in Malaga.
• Price: Admission is free, but you have to pay for your drinks inside the restaurant.
• Opening hours: Open Monday to Thursday from 10:00 to 22:00 and Friday to Saturday from 10:00 to 22:45. On Sundays it is open from 11:00 to 15:00.