The Palacio de la Tinta opens this Friday as the sixth five-star hotel in Málaga city.

Pilar Martínez

Málaga

This Friday, Málaga adds a new five-star hotel, bringing the total to six maximum category accommodations in the city. The Palacio de la Tinta, a historic building that once housed the Andalusian Railway Confederation, will open its doors to a new life as a hotel. This marks the debut of Eurostars Hotel Company, part of the Hotusa Group, on the Costa del Sol with its most exclusive brand, Áurea, reserved for accommodations located in emblematic buildings.

It will feature 141 rooms, including seven suites and nine junior suites; a pool; a restaurant specializing in grill cooking and Málaga cuisine made with local products, named Asador Contrapunto; a terrace with panoramic views; and a meeting room with a total area of 241.70 square meters. All this in a building of 10,500 square meters located on Paseo de Reding. The chain highlights that with the rehabilitation of this emblematic space, "Eurostars Hotel Company contributes to the recovery and enhancement of Málaga's architectural legacy, incorporating into the city a new hotel, gastronomic and experiential space deeply linked to its cultural and historical identity."

Amancio López, president of Grupo Hotusa, states that this hotel "represents our commitment to hotel projects capable of engaging with the history and heritage of each destination. Málaga is experiencing one of the most significant cultural and tourist moments in its history, and this building perfectly symbolizes that combination of identity, art, and international projection that also defines the philosophy of Áurea Hotels."

Architect Daniel Isern was responsible for restoring this property and transforming it into a top-tier hotel, facing the main challenge of recovering all the historical elements that had deteriorated over time and its usual use as offices. It is important to remember that this is a building dating from 1908, and many of its elements were hidden behind layers of paint or partitions that had been added over the years. The project has also focused on enhancing the uniqueness of the fourth floor, conceived as the grand experiential space of the hotel thanks to its brightness, wooden trusses, and privileged views of the sea and Gibralfaro Castle. Here, the restaurant, common areas, and a large terrace designed for both guests and local public are located.

They advance that the interior design finds its conceptual inspiration "in the creative universe of Pablo Picasso, especially in his Cubist period. Through geometries, chromatic plays, and noble materials, the project reinterprets the artistic sensitivity of the painter from Málaga with geometric marble floors, stained glass inspired by Cubism, and decorative pieces specifically conceived for the establishment."

Regarding the rooms, they announce that each one is different due to the original configuration of the building: "they have been designed under a warm and timeless aesthetic, with natural materials, studied lighting, and functional solutions oriented towards comfort."

The hotel has 141 rooms, including seven suites and nine junior suites.

The former Palacio de la Tinta was designed by engineer Julio Aublin Cala in an eclectic style with a marked French flavor to house the central offices of the Andalusian Railway Confederation. Over the years, it has also been the headquarters of various services of the provincial delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development in Málaga or the Southern Hydrographic Confederation, its last use. The building had been closed since 2019, when the Andalusian Regional Government auctioned it off, and Hotusa paid 21 million for it. Specifically, they recall that the origin of its name, Palacio de la Tinta, dates back to its time as a railway administration, when large amounts of ink had to be transported daily for the manual issuance of tickets.

This chain has six hotels in the province, four of them located in the capital. In Málaga city, they operate Exe Málaga Museos, Eurostars Astoria, Tandem Soho Suites, and Eurostars Málaga. In the province, they have Eurostars Oasis Marbella and Exe Estepona. Eurostars Hotel Company has more than three hundred establishments in 24 countries.

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