Malaga cruise port

Malaga port The port of Málaga has an antiquity of 3000 years and was already used by the Phoenicians as trading port. It is a passenger port with a regular line to Melilla and the second most important cruise terminal for cruise ships in Spain. Other operations include import, export and fishing port.

The port of Malaga is protected by a natural bay and its main entrance is situated in a privileged area, close to the historic centre of the city and opposite the Park.

At the end of the port can be found a promenade with good views of the harbor and the cathedral. This walkway leads to the beach of la Malagueta, an animated area with cafés, pubs and restaurants. Inside the port there are organized from time to time concerts or Music festivals and during the August the pyrotechnic spectacle from the port is very pretty.

Accessing the port, opposite the Plaza de la Marina, can be found close by the Museum Aula del Mar (Classroom of the Sea). Special mention deserves the traffic of cruise ships, as the port is the second most important in Spain and since a few years continuously registers growing numbers of landings.

Currently the port is being remodeled and in the near future there will be excellent cultural offers and entertainment next to the docks, for tourists and locals, in the heart of Malaga city.

Malaga cruise terminal

Malaga provides not only sun, beaches and a soft climate, but its joy, gastronomy and a rich cultural and architectonical patrimony and hence is an ideal location for a cruise and also a starting point for a great journey to other parts of the world.

Many companies have chosen Malaga as one of the favorite destinations for starting a cruise. The ships generally are routing along the Mediterranean Sea, Balearic Islands, the African coast and as well the Italian or French coasts and due to the landscape and the climate convert the cruise into a dream trip.

Nowadays cruise ships are not so expensive or at least not too much for what they are: A pleasure trip. Moreover there are many eligible options which might vary a lot the cost, as for instance the moment of making the reserve. The same as with flights, reserving the cruise well in advance, you can save money.

The cruise tours offer the best panoramic views of the bay of Malaga. Around the area you can enjoy trips into the vast geography of the province, from the sites of Nerja, until the ports of Benalmádena, Fuengirola and Marbella.

During the year 2009, the most important shipping lines in the sector have positioned their cruise ships in the Port of Malaga. Thus the vessels ‘Navigator of the Seas’, ‘Grand Voyager’ and ‘Zenith’ initiated and terminated their journeys at the port this autumn. At the same time, the cruise ships ‘MSC Lirica’ and ‘MSC Orchestra’, among others, are carrying out partial turnarounds in Malaga.

By end of the year Malaga will have received a total of 137 vessels, which corresponds to the landing of approximately 76.000 passengers in the city in 2009.

Among the most important cruise ships which come to the port for the first time are the "Costa Luminosa", "Vision of the Seas", “Seabourn Odissey” and “Carnival Dreams”, from companies such as Royal Caribbean and Iberocruceros. The vessel “Adventure of the Seas” will make 21 stopovers during 2010 in the recently improved port.

You might be as well interested to know that the companies of Royal Caribbean and the Spanish railway RENFE have agreed in creating a service denominated "Puerto de Atocha" (Port of Atocha), transporting cruise ships customers from Madrid to Malaga in the high speed train AVE. The cruise ship company will be directly in charge for the transaction of customer tickets who have acquired a cruise which begins and concludes in Malaga. The idea behind is that the client arriving in Madrid-Atocha will be "embarking in the capital", getting delivered his luggage directly to his cabin on the ship.

The access road to the Malaga cruise terminal is currently a link road joining the Malaga ring roads denominated "Nuevo Acceso al Puerto de Málaga por Ronda Intermedia-San Andrés".

Recently, the port of Malaga has opened the "Palmeral de las Sorpresas" (palm garden of surprises), a new space located in the pier 2 and in a privileged location, being situated next to the historic old town and the Botanic Park.

This new space features a total of 420 palm trees and thousands of shrubs and plants, and a ferry terminal for passengers in transit, two kiosk-bars for recreation and dining and two buildings of cultural and recreational use. With this initiative will not only increase tourism and leisure facilities in Malaga, but are also created spaces for citizenship without having to travel far.

How to get to Malaga port

The international Malaga airport is only 15 minutes away from the port and has a direct access via the motorway. Both the Malaga railway station Maria Zambrano and the main Malaga bus station are situated 1,5 kilometres from the port.

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