Two towns in Malaga, chosen among the most beautiful in all of Spain by 'Traveler' magazine:

To choose just one village in Malaga as the most beautiful seems unfair to us, as each one has its own charm in details as diverse as they are magical. That is why we always seek advice from travel experts such as those at Traveler magazine, who have selected the 80 most beautiful villages in Spain, including two in the province of Malaga. Specifically, they have chosen two municipalities in the Serranía de Ronda, one of the most beautiful areas in our entire territory due to its rugged terrain, two unique locations: Ronda and Genalguacil.

"It is impossible to compile a definitive list of the most beautiful villages in Spain. Here, among stone houses, castles and walls, time has stood still. And, although they are certainly not all that there are, nor are they all that there are, these little paradises for disconnecting from the world are simply perfect," says Traveler, which adds villages from all over Spain such as Peñíscola (Castellón), Cudillero (Asturias), Albarracín (Teruel) and Comillas (Cantabria), among others.

Specifically about Ronda, one of the villages chosen by Traveler, they state that even ‘Michelle Obama herself visited the Malaga town to admire the engineering work that spans the great gorge that the plateau on which it stands presents’. ‘Romantic myths of bandits and bullfighters combine with its monuments, a real attraction that brings civilised hordes of Japanese tourists to these parts to enjoy the unique vertigo of its architecture,’ they explain about the choice of one of the most romantic villages in Spain.

‘This municipality, known as the “Gardens of the Vizier”, has grown along a terraced terrain, a legacy of its Arab founders, and shows off all its splendour among chestnut, holm oak and cork oak trees in the Genal Valley, one of the most unspoilt areas of Andalusia,’ they say of Genalguacil, the other village in Malaga that appears on this extensive list of the most beautiful villages in Spain. They say that its whitewashed houses give shape to the “village-museum”, as its “streets are contemporary art galleries, displaying works of art in the open air throughout the year”. Finally, they highlight that ‘craftsmanship using cork and olive branches is also particularly important in Genalguacil’.

The most beautiful villages in Spain according to Traveler

• Arcos de la Frontera (Cadiz)
• Llanes (Asturias)
• Villanueva de los Infantes (Ciudad Real)
• Zahara de la Sierra (Cadiz)
• Uga (Lanzarote)
• Peñíscola (Castellón)
• Ronda (Málaga)
• Ansó (Huesca)
• Guadalest (Alicante)
• Cadaqués (Girona)
• Agüero (Huesca)
• Pampaneira (Granada)
• Pedraza (Segovia)
• Cudillero (Asturias)
• Graus (Huesca)
• Altea (Alicante)
• Combarro (Pontevedra)
• Carmona (Seville)
• Tanarrio (Cantabria)
• Caleta del Sebo (La Graciosa)
• Albarracín (Teruel)
• Castrillo de los Polvazares (León)
• Fornalutx (Mallorca)
• Cazorla (Jaén)
• O Cebreiro (Lugo)
• Getaria (Guipúzcoa)
• La Alberca (Salamanca)
• Calella de Palafrugell (Girona)
• Trevejo (Cáceres)
• Pollensa (Mallorca)
• Estella (Navarra)
• Tossa de Mar (Girona)
• Úbeda (Jaén)
• Baeza (Jaén)
• Trujillo (Cáceres)
• Bermeo (Bizkaia)
• Alcalá del Júcar (Albacete)
• Allariz (Ourense)
• Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)
• San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid)
• Laguardia (Rioja Alavesa)
• Montefrío (Granada)
• Molinaseca (León)
• Medinaceli (Soria)
• Mójacar (Almería)
• Olvera (Cádiz)
• Haría (Lanzarote)
• Ondárroa (Bizkaia)
• La Orotava (Tenerife)
• Puentedey (Burgos)
• Valldemossa (Mallorca)
• Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia)
• Valverde (El Hierro)
• Aranjuez (Madrid)
• Sos del Rey Católico (Zaragoza)
• Morella (Castellón)
• Sant Francesc Xavier (Formentera)
• Sigüenza (Guadalajara)
• Illa de Arousa (Pontevedra)
• Bulnes (Asturias)
• Beget (Girona)
• Genalguacil (Málaga)
• Agulo (La Gomera)
• Comillas (Cantabria)
• El Roncal (Navarra)
• Sant Carles de Peralta (Ibiza)
• Garachico (Tenerife)
• Puebla de Sanabria (Zamora)
• Aínsa (Huesca)
• Olivenza (Badajoz)
• Vinuesa (Soria)
• Betancuria (Fuerteventura)
• Covarrubias (Burgos)
• Capileira (Granada)
• Chinchón (Madrid)
• Fregenal de la Sierra (Badajoz)
• Bocairent (Valencia)
• Ampudia (Palencia)
• Teror (Gran Canaria)
• Binibeca Vell (Menorca)

The towns in Málaga are in bold.