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Want to see the best of Malaga? We got you covered. But as you can expect from a Withlocals experience, the real excitement is its hidden gems. Join your favorite local and get a feeling of the city's real vibe on a tour that has it all, so you can say: I experienced the real Malaga!

Destination

Malaga, Spain

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

3 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Español, Italiano, Français, Nederlands, Português, Magyar, Русский

Included

• Private Guide
• 1 Local Snack or Drink
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 6 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at At the fountain on Plaza de la Marina - Malaga to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. City Highlights

   See from Paseo del Parque, Malaga Cathedral, Alcazaba, and other landmarks and must-sees of the city. Your local host will take you to the main spots in town so you can get the perfect overview of what makes Malaga so unique

4. Hidden Gems

   Along the way, your local host will show you treasures hidden in plain sight that only the locals know about. Get to know the city through a different perspective, the local way, and discover places and stories that not many tourists experience

5. Magical Storytelling

   Behind every landmark and every stop, there’s a story, and your local host is ready to tell it all. Get ready to listen to incredible stories, one-of-a-kind insights, and fun facts only a knowledgeable local would know!

6. Special Treat

   Follow your host to one of their favorite eateries for a snack or a drink beloved by the locals. Take a break and catch up with your new local friend and get the answers to all your travel questions

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Caroline

(About local Miriam)

3 March 2025

Miriam was a wonderful guide. The three hours flashed by, we had fun walking through the old town to Picasso square, then to the Roman theatre, Alcazaba and the Cathedral. We loved the tasting, the fish market and the beach. Miriam gave us great restaurant and other sight-seeing tips. Highly recommend this tour with Miriam. A joyful tour

luke.smith🇮🇪 Ireland

(About local Isabel)

3 March 2025

Isabel kindly agreed to a late reschedule due to torrential rain. Isabel is a proud boqueron -- a Malaga native with deep knowledge of the history and culture of her home town. He tour was informative and fun. She showed us lots of hidden gems that we would never have found ourselves. We particularly enjoyed the floats from the annual Easter parade. We also tasted some amazing custard tarts and learnt about Picasso's childhood in the city. Isabel has fluent English and is great company. Book her now!Great tour with Isabel

Orla🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Nadia)

8 February 2025

Nadia was just the perfect guide in Malaga! She took the time to understand us and our interests and she designed the tour accordingly. She totally delivered what we wanted but we also just really enjoyed walking around the city and chatting to her. We finished our tour in a really perfect wine bar, where we sat and chatted some more - just what my 18year old son wanted as he was super keen to chat in Spanish about all manner of things - and Nadia was just brilliant at engaging with him. We really enjoyed our tour and I would have no hesitation in recommending Nadia to anyone wanting to find out a bit more about Malaga!The lovely Nadia

Robert🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Elmira)

26 October 2024

C’est sur qu’à cause de son accent on devait porter attention à ce qu’elle disait, mais c’était très intéressant et pas bombarder de date et d’information qu’on ne retiendrais pas de toute façon Tres gentille

sydneymccarter

(About local Maru)

15 October 2024

I wanted to find a tour guide who I could practice my Spanish with while showing me notable places in Málaga, and Maru was the perfect fit. She is so kind, creative, knowledgeable, and patient. I’m very grateful for the hours that we spent together! High quality tour, Maru is the best!

Nerissa🇺🇸 United States

(About local Renáta)

9 October 2024

Our 3-hr walking tour with Renáta was wonderful and informative, filled with history and fun facts. We were in contact even before we arrived in Málaga, and she was quick to respond to all my questions. Walking around and Renáta showing us the highlights earlier, helped us decide what to do with the rest of the day on our own since our time was limited. I highly recommend hanging out with Renáta. Walking tour - a must!

Philip🇺🇸 United States

(About local Isabel)

15 July 2024

Isabel is an excellent and knowledgeable guide. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with her. Highly recommend!Excellent!

Jean

(About local Renáta)

22 June 2024

Wonderful afternoon exploring Centro and SoHo with Renata! We learned so many interesting facts and fun stories about the key landmarks and small local spots! She even sent us a list of places to explore further on our own. We would highly recommend you take a walking tour with Renata when you visit Malaga! Excellent tour of Malaga!

Ryan🇺🇸 United States

(About local Isabel)

19 June 2024

We hired Isabel to take us on a tour of the Picasso museum. She speaks perfect English and is as so knowledgeable. Great guide!Excellent guide for Picasso Museum tour

Bill🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Isabel)

16 June 2024

Isabel was a great guide around Malaga, and we really appreciated her local insights and especially loved touring the fresh food markets and sampling the local delights.Excellent walking tour of Malaga

Oskar

(About local Nadia)

9 June 2024

Nadia was a very nice guide :) she took care of us and implemented our interests and preferences into the very nice tour. Thank you so much! Best guide

Alicia

(About local Renáta)

3 June 2024

Renate was a top guide. Not only was she knowledgeable but her friendly demeanor and flexibility to adjust to what we wanted to see or experience was very welcomed. She took us to more off-the-beaten-path places and gave us directions for doing more sightseeing later. We thoroughly enjoyed our morning guided tour!Felt like old friends meeting again!

Lazaro 🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maru)

2 June 2024

Can’t imagine anyone better to spend a day with. Maru is amazing A day with Maru

Alison🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Renáta)

30 May 2024

Renata took our booking same day after we had been let down by another guide late the night before our pre-booked tour. We’re so glad we got Renata! She was so friendly, knowledgable and enthusiastic about Malaga and showed us many interesting places and neighbourhoods we would never have found on our own. Fantastic tour with Renata

Ana🇵🇹 Portugal

(About local Isabel)

30 April 2024

Discovering Malaga with Isabel is a real complete experience. You dive in in the history (and the stories) of the city and you learn so much that it feels you almost live there. We really recommend it! It was a stormy and rainy afternoon but we have enjoyed each bit of it! An amazing visit in a stormy day

Patrick🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Isabel)

30 April 2024

We (group of 4) really enjoyed our visit to Malaga. Perfect weather and, most important, Isabel our gide who did lead us through the most important ‘must sees’. Great mix of main info and anecdotes ! Thx IsabelPerfect day

Francisco🇦🇹 Austria

(About local Isabel)

16 February 2024

Estamos encantados. Isabel respondió a todas nuestras preguntas y el tiempo pasó rapidísimo. Es muy educada, divertida e informativa. También nos recomendó un restaurante estupendo en el barrio del Soho, justo al lado del teatro de Antonio Banderas. Gracias, el menú de mediodía fue super bueno y muy bien de precio para la gran calidad. También nos hizo varias recomendaciones devtiendas y museos. Aprendimos muchísimo y la recomendamos con mucho gusto. Isabel es una buenísima guía!

Michaela

(About local Elmira)

15 January 2024

Mit viel Wissen über die Stadt hat uns Elmira historische Fakten gepaart mit netten Geschichten auf eine sehr erfrischende und sympathische Art vermittelt. Auch die kleinen Köstlichkeiten, lokales Essen und Tips haben wir gerne angenommen. Eine wirklich gelungene Tour durch Málaga, sehr zu empfehlen. Abwechslungsreicher Stadtbummel

talii🇫🇷 France

(About local Elmira)

18 December 2023

Elmira est La joie incarnée. Nous avons passé un excellent moment avec elle, pleins d’histoires d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, nous avons pu échanger très facilement. Nous la recommandons chaleureusement Super visite avec Elmira

carol🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Isabel)

8 November 2023

Isabel us a native if Malaga. We spent a little over three hours just strolling through old Malaga . She told us the history of Malaga from the Phoneticians to the present. . She stopped at small local shops to explain their significance to local people. The store selling flamenco dresses was one if these and how she studied flamenco from time she was a tiny girl. At the end she recommended a small local resturant to have a bite to eat where we. Could sample several local foods like delicious iberian ham and fried aubergine with “Malaga honey”. We highly reccomend a stroll with IsabellWinderful guide to Malaga

Andi🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Isabel)

4 November 2023

Isabel was absolutely lovely. What a nice person. Her knowledge of the area was extensive and we very much enjoyed her company. I would highly recommend her as a guide. Thanks Isabel. It was our pleasure to meet you.Great Experience in Malaga

Joh🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Miriam)

8 October 2023

Miriam was vriendelijk en flexibel. Ze heeft gedurende de tour voldoende informatie van malaga gegeven en heeft erg goed ingespeeld op de behoeften van de groep. Op tijd werd er gepauzeerd.flexibel en vriendelijk

Michele🇺🇸 United States

(About local Isabel)

27 June 2023

My private tour with Isabel was wonderful. She is a longtime resident of Malaga and knew plenty of its history. She made it a personable experience and had plenty of recommendations. I ran into her two days later on another tour, and she greeted me like a long lost friend.Spending an afternoon with a friend

Samantha🇺🇸 United States

(About local Miriam)

19 June 2023

Had a great city tour with Miriam. She knew so much about the city. As we walked around she told us so much about what we saw and knowing that we ran late from the Picasso Museum, she made sure to stop for two snacks (highly recommend the horchata drink and the empanada, not what I thought it was going to be but absolutely delicious) and showed us some other yummy stops for later. Took us all around from the city center through the beautiful park and down to the beach....plenty of Instagram worthy pics along the wayGreat city tour

shana🇺🇸 United States

(About local Isabel)

2 June 2023

Our tour guide, Isabel was not able to meet us and we met with Antonio instead. He was waiting for us when we arrived at the meeting place. He is a seasoned and experienced guide who really knows the town well. He took time to explain the history of the town and all the major landmarks. We especially loved the Alcazaba and adjacent amphitheater. He explained the chronology of occupants from the first group to settle there through all of the 20th century renovations. He also explained the etiology of the towns name : the Phoenicians may have derived the name from their goddess called Malack (sp?) or it could be named after their word for ocean port, Malaka. In either case it is a beautiful city. We also got to go to the Atarazanes market where he knew many vendors and we got to sample olives and pickles garlic. We also sampled salted olive oil almonds from a friendly street vendor. I would highly recommend this tour and would not hesitate to take a different tour With Locals again. Antonio was an excellent tour guide!

Mags🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Miriam)

6 March 2023

We had the very lovely and knowledgeable Miriam as our guide and she was fabulous. Would recommend to anyone to do a tour early in their stay as Miriam was able to give us insider knowledge about best places to eat, see etc. tours are private so we were able to adapt to what we liked. Thanks Miriam for showing us your beautiful city. A must do

Sherman

(About local Renáta)

25 February 2025

If you’re looking for a story teller with a diverse background, Renata is your guide! Her ability to weave the more than thousand years of Malaga history along with her personal journey provides for interesting and lively conversation. She has a very warm personality that makes you feel welcome.Malaga meets Budapest

Jacqueline🇺🇸 United States

(About local Renáta)

21 January 2025

Hands down, this tour was one of the best ones my husband and I have done in our many travels. The guide was so informed in her knowledge of the Malaga wine history and the owner’s background and how the vineyard was started. It is an organic vineyard and what is called a micro winery where only 70,000 bottles are produced per year. We were a small group of 5, a guide. It was very personalized with conversation with the owner. He answered any and all questions about himself and the thought behind the wines we tasted. The pairings and tapas were wonderful as well.The best Wine tour.

Lanny🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Renáta)

10 December 2024

Awesome tour and the tapas tasting was delicious. We had a great time exploring Malaga with our guide. We loved our time there and would highly recommend the tour. Great tour of Malaga

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(About local Renáta)

24 November 2024

Paula took our tour, she was friendly, informative and gave us an insight to the centre of Malaga. We thoroughly enjoyed our experience with her. Great tour

Sally🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Renáta)

19 November 2024

Paola was a lovely tour guide and showed us a couple of lovely tapas bars and the oldest winery in Malaga. The lady who organized it Renáta sent us a list of recommended places which was great. Lovely food and wine

Oconer🇺🇸 United States

(About local Renáta)

29 October 2024

Renata is really friendly and sweet and we jad an enjoyable evening with her sampling various tapas and wines. She also showed us around Malaga and gave us some recommendations as to where we can go to explore on our own. Although it started to rain pretty heavily halfway thru our tour, she still completed the entire tour with us. In fact, she took us to the wine tasting (not on the itinerary) where we got a chance to try delicious wines and had so much fun !! I will recommend that you book a tour with Renata when you visit Malaga.Fun evening with Renata :))

Christian🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Renáta)

28 October 2024

Renata was a brilliant host and made the tour fun and accessible for everyone - even our 8 year old. You get lots of food on the tour and Renata takes you to really authentic places away from the tourists!Fabulous and fun food tour with our kids

Heidi🇺🇸 United States

(About local Renáta)

9 October 2024

Renáta took us for an amazing tapas and wine tour through Malaga. She was full of fascinating historical knowledge, took us to her favorite places and also gave a list of other places to try while we are in the city. Renáta is very friendly, laughs a lot and speaks perfect English. I would highly recommend her as your guide. She is fantastic!Incredible evening with Renata

Nicola

(About local Renáta)

2 October 2024

We had a fab few hours with Renata, best tour of our trip!! She was good fun, chatty, informative about Malaga and the local areas, full of hints and tips. Great food and a very enjoyable few hours! Would highly recommend!!Fabulous and fun food tour!!

Wim🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Renáta)

24 September 2024

After meeting up with Renáta, we were pleasantly surprised it was a private tour! She took us to some very nice spots in the city and showed us around and gave us very useful tips. What stood out is that Renáta does not just play a tape and communicates a rehearsed story, but instead really engaged in her audience and took an interest in each and everyone. Highly recommended!Awesome private tour

Janet

(About local Renáta)

16 September 2024

We had a 3 hour walking tour ending with Tapas with Renata. She was both informative and extremely friendly. I would highly recommend her for any tour you're considering in Malaga. Walking Tour of Malaga

Megan🇺🇸 United States

(About local Renáta)

3 August 2024

Renata was the BEST Tour guide for our family in Malaga. She took her time to engage each of us, make sure we saw everything we wanted. Shares her culture and story with us but also wanted to know all about ours. She truly engaged each one of us which can be hard in a group of 6. We would highly recommend her! Renata is just Right!!!!

Mark

(About local Renáta)

19 June 2024

Renáta was the perfect guide for me. She listened and created an excellent itinerary. Renáta really gave me a wonderful understanding of the history, culture and people of Malaga. Plus she is a very nice, interesting person. Loved Malaga

Greg

(About local Renáta)

17 June 2024

Our family of six from the US had a fabulous time with Renata! We did the 10 tastings and, not only enjoyed the food and drink and variety of places, but also the history. Renata was extremely friendly, knowledgeable and engaging. Highly recommend her and the tour!An awesome time with Renata!

Yves

(About local Elmira)

17 June 2024

Guide très intéressante et agréable Tres belle visite

Diony🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Renáta)

26 May 2024

We loved our Wine & Tapas tour with Renata. We had so much fun!!Very nice tour

Jack🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Renáta)

22 May 2024

Renata and a friend of her welcomed our group (9 guys from NL) to Malaga. They easily adapted to our requirements and showed us the both the city and its culture and food. It was the best start of our weekend trip, because we had so much fun and had a very nice impression of the city! I would recommend anyone to ask Renata for a customized tour, because she understands what is needed to let you feel welcome in the beautiful city of Malaga!Malaga & Renáta; the perfect match!

Silvina

(About local Renáta)

22 May 2024

Our experience with Renáta was amazing. She is professional, kind and charming. She was very patient adapting to our rhythm and we learned a lot about Malaga.. Many places she showed us and interesting tips that were very helpful to us. Great conversation and polite attitude. It was like to go out with an old friend. We highly recommend you to explore this beautiful city with Renáta.Fantastic day

Matt🇺🇸 United States

(About local Isabel)

24 April 2024

Isabel was so great and knowledgable. Taking us to local spots and providing a real locals point of view. Would book with her again. Isabel The Amazing!

Marcel🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Renáta)

22 March 2024

Malagueña since only a couple of years, but she knows a lot of interesting and local places. From churros, to tapas, local fish restaurants and bars, Renáta can show you all. Next to that she has seen a lot of the world, which also makes her an interesting interlocutor. I would recommend her as a (food)guide.Interesting experience

Ann🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Isabel)

14 November 2023

We were disappointed with the tour as it was not what we expected. Isabel was very nice and very knowledgable but we expected the tour to be more of a food experience than a guided tour of the city. We understood from the description of the tour that we would have 10 tastings of Malaga which we understood to be 10 samples of food of the area. We had four places where we had a tasting and two which were packets of nuts. One of them was a pack of chestnuts which you can have anywhere in the world including our own country the Uk. We were particularly disappointed as this was a birthday gift for our friend who was celebrating his 70th birthday Disappointing

Jessica🇺🇸 United States

(About local Miriam)

9 November 2023

My husband and I are interested in moving to Malaga. I reached out to Miriam requesting a custom tour focusing on relocation. Miriam took the time to show us areas of the city that meet our needs. She shared her insight on school, local customs and what life is like living in Malaga. Miriam went above and beyond. It was the perfect tour!One of The Best Guides I’ve ever had

Francine🇺🇸 United States

(About local Isabel)

26 October 2023

Our afternoon with Isabel was wonderful. She adjusted our tour, as one of our friends had some mobility issues. She was incredibly informative and knowledgeable about the history of Malaga. Spending the day with Isabel, was like spending the day with a friend. I would highly recomend this tour

Stefanie

(About local Miriam)

23 October 2023