Your day, step by step
08:30
Walk from the Levante terminal along Muelle Uno and the Palmeral to Plaza de la Marina (25–30 minutes), or take the port bus.
09:00
Alcazaba at opening, before the heat and the groups; buy the €10 combined ticket with Gibralfaro.
10:15
Climb to Gibralfaro Castle (about 20 minutes, steep) or take EMT line 35. Walk the walls for the view over the port.
11:30
Back down past the Roman theatre to the Picasso Museum on Calle San Agustín.
13:00
Lunch: tapas around Calle Granada or the Atarazanas market.
14:15
Cathedral with audioguide (about 1 hour).
15:30
Calle Larios and Plaza de la Constitución, then walk back via the Palmeral and Muelle Uno.
16:15
Back on board, 75 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Old town (cathedral area)16:15
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Old town (cathedral area)Walk via Muelle Uno 25–30 min, or port bus16:15
- Gibralfaro CastleWalk down 20 min, then 30 min to Levante15:40
- Old town (Palmeral berth)Walk, about 5 min16:25
- Granada (Alhambra)Avant train 1h25 or Alsa bus up to 2h13:30
Where people get Málaga wrong
Planning Granada on an 8-hour call when travel alone takes 3–4 hours.
Built from our Málaga guide, checked against 15 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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