Málaga Entertainment

  1. Albéniz Multicines

    The home of the large Cinemateca Municipal (Municipal Cinema), showing international films with Spanish subtitles most nights. Posters and the Sur newspaper list the current movies at Málaga's cinemas.

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  2. Ánfora

    Ánfora, primarily a girls' bar with local clientele and loud pop music.

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  3. Bodegas El Pimpi

    A Málaga institution with a warren of rooms and mini-patios, El Pimpi attracts a fun-loving crowd with its sweet wine and thumping music.

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  4. Bullfights

    The main season at Málaga's bullring takes place during the Feria de Málaga in August. The festival has an 11-day programme of fights, the longest of its kind in the province. Tickets vary, depending on where you sit.

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  5. Calle de Bruselas

    This is a retro Belgian bar that woos a bohemian crowd. During the day it caters to the coffee scene with pavement tables, then at night the dark little bar comes to life.

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  6. El Gato Lounge

    If it's a louder ambience you're looking for, you'll find the pink party at the mega clubs and gay bars in Torremolinos. That's right, the 'in crowd' goes to Torremolinos for fun!! What had turned into a decayed symbol of a better past is now making a comeback. New bars, restaurants and clubs are opening and the area is becoming one of the major gay holiday destinations in Spain.

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  7. Flor de Lis

    Flor de Lis is ideal for tapas, afternoon coffee or the first drink of the evening for a gay and gay-friendly crowd.

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  8. La Botellita

    Just off Plaza de la Merced, Botellita is chock-a-block with miniature bottles of spirits. Spanish music attracts a young and invariably tipsy crowd.

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  9. Liceo

    A grand old mansion turned young music bar, which buzzes with a student crowd after midnight. Go up the winding staircase and discover more rooms.

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  10. Mondo Tiki

    Unwind to the soothing sounds of lounge in gay and gay-friendly Mondo Tiki .

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  12. O'Neill's

    A spit-and-sawdust bar that plays a lot of U2.

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  13. Onda Pasadena

    With jazz on Tuesday and flamenco on Thursday, has regular live music, mostly rock, but not always.

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  14. Palladium

    Palladium is one of the areas most popular gay venues with multiple floors, international DJs and live performances. It's one of the hottest around.

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  15. Passion

    The weekend is for partying at Passion, one of Torremolinos' hottest clubs, which boasts two floors, three different atmospheres (depending on your mood), international DJs, live performances, swimming pool, go-go dancers and singers…

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  16. Puerto Oscura

    An elegant and intimate cocktail lounge with plush velvet seats and secret alcoves - a great way to start the evening. It stays open until the early hours on busy summer nights and sometimes puts on live music acts. Relatively smart clothes are the order of the day. Nonsmokers beware!

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  17. Sala Tantra Buddha Bar

    This place is worth taking a peep at even if you don't hang about. It's decorated with all the little details associated with Buddha - statues, silk screens etc. This type of décor replicates the Parisian prototype and is a fad in Spain at present - an odd theme for a drinking den! There's a small dance floor too.

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  18. Teatro Cervantes

    The palatial Cervantes has a fine programme of music, theatre and dance.

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  19. Tetería El Harén

    A large teahouse that rambles over several floors with lots of private nooks. Live music Thursday to Saturday evenings.

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  20. Warhol

    A stylish haunt for gay clubbers who want an upmarket atmosphere in which to enjoy the funky house beats mixed by dreadlocked DJs.

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  21. White

    A favourite dance haunt (hip-hop, funky) of northern European language students.

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  23. ZZ-Pub

    ZZ-Pub With rock on Thursdays, this place is central and has regular live music, mainly rock, but not exclusively.

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