European Heritage Days 2025 in Malaga: Free Activities and How to Register

‘Heritage and architecture: a window to the past, a door to the future’ is the slogan for the 2025 European Heritage Days, promoted by the Regional Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Andalusian Regional Government, which will feature a number of free activities organised in the province of Malaga this October: take note of each of them in the municipalities of Malaga.

Álora

Guided tour of the rock shelters of Laja Prieta and Ermijo in Álora.

Description: Guided tour of the rock shelters of Laja Prieta and Ermijo in Álora, where numerous Neolithic rock art sites in the schematic style are preserved.

Date, time and place: 11/10/2025; from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Departure from the Plaza del Teatro Municipal Miguel de Cervantes. Meeting point at the roundabout of the Municipal Theatre.

Comments: General public. Limited capacity / 20 places. Outdoor footwear or mountain sports shoes must be worn. In collaboration with Álora Town Council.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information tel. 620 84 03 02 / museo@alora.es

Ardales

Guided architectural tour of the Mozarabic cave church of Bobastro.

Description: Guided architectural tour of the Mozarabic cave church of Bobastro. One of the few early medieval Christian buildings in the lands of Al-Andalus. Located outside the walls of what was once the Mozarabic city of Bobastro (9th and 10th centuries).

Date, time and place: 17/10/2025; 10:00 a.m. Meeting point at the Ardales Prehistory Centre. Avenida de Málaga no 1, Ardales.

Comments: General public aged 10 and over. Limited capacity / 20 places. Sports footwear must be worn. In collaboration with Ardales Town Council.

Information and registration: Reservation required: telephone 620 84 03 02 patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Guided cultural tour of the Ardales Prehistory Interpretation Centre and the archaeological and rock art site.

Description: Guided cultural tour of the Ardales Prehistory Interpretation Centre and the archaeological and rock art site preserved in the Ardales cave, 4 km from the historic centre, showing the archaeological excavations and archaic rock art recently dated to more than 45,000 years ago, as well as figurative art dating back 24,000 years. Tour guide: Gerardo Anaya.

Date, time and place: 17/10/2025; 4 p.m. Meeting point: Prehistory Interpretation Centre. Avda. de Málaga, 1 (Ardales). Own vehicle required for the journey between the Interpretation Centre and Ardales Cave.

Comments: General public aged 8 and over. Limited capacity / 15 places. Good mobility required. Outdoor or mountain sports footwear must be worn. In collaboration with Ardales Town Council.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Malaga city

Conferences to celebrate International Rock Art Day

Description: Informative activity presenting the results of some of the latest discoveries and research on rock art in the province and its surrounding areas, which have yielded surprising results and rewritten the prehistory of southern Spain.

Programme: 6:00 p.m. Presentation and opening. 6:15 p.m. Prehistoric human groups with rock art expressions in the province of Malaga. Luis-Efrén Fernández, José Ramos and Pedro Cantalejo. 7:30 p.m. Laja Alta (Jimena de la Frontera, Cadiz): the first evidence of sailing between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Antonio Morgado and Eduardo García Alfonso. 8:30 p.m. Closing of the conferences.

Date, time and place: 9/10/2025; 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Auditorium of the Museum of Malaga. Plaza Aduana s/n Comments: General public. Until full capacity is reached.

Information and registration: Information telephone number 620 84 03 02

Guided tour of the Provincial Historical Archive building in Málaga.

Description: Guided tour of the Provincial Historical Archive of Malaga building, which last year celebrated its 25th anniversary and which in its day served as a benchmark for other institutions that house documentary heritage. There will be two guided tours of the different rooms of the Provincial Historical Archive of Malaga, a building related to and adjacent to the former Convent of La Trinidad.

Date, time and place: 04/10/2025; 11:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Meeting point at the entrance to the Provincial Historical Archive building at Calle Martínez de la Rosa, no. 8.

Comments: General public. Limited capacity / 20 places per pass. Present your ID card at the entrance.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Guided architectural tour of the former Convent of San Andrés.

Description: Guided architectural tour of the former Convent of San Andrés, which received recognition at the 2022 Andalusia Architecture Awards for its restoration of historical heritage. The building currently has a multipurpose cultural use and includes the Torrijos Association, where the liberal general José María Torrijos and his companions spent their last night before being shot in 1831. The complex also houses the Jorge Guillén Municipal Public Library, among other cultural and social uses.

Date, time and place: 05/10/2025; 10:00 a.m. Meeting point in the outdoor courtyard of the architectural complex located at Calle Eslava, no. 8.

Comments: Families with children. Limited capacity / 20 places. In collaboration with Malaga City Council.

Information and registration: Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Guided tour and talk at the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions of Malaga: Los Verdiales and the Mesón de la Victoria.

Description: To celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the inscription of flamenco on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which includes the festival of verdiales, there will be a guided tour and talk at the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions in Malaga, formerly the Mesón Victoria, from where the verdiales groups used to set off for the city centre.

Date, time and place: 3 October 2025; 4.30 p.m. Meeting point at the entrance to the museum, Plaza Enrique García-Herrera, no. 1, Malaga.

Comments: Open to the general public aged 10 and over. Limited capacity / 15 places. In collaboration with the Unicaja Foundation.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Guided architectural tour of the building that houses the Delegation of the Government of Andalusia in Malaga.

Description: The building is an example of an 18th-century private mansion, remodelled in the 19th century and recently restored by the Delegation of the Government of Andalusia in Malaga, which has opened it to visits by different groups. The guided tour will be coordinated by Ms María Isabel Vera Franco, author of the book on the history of this building in Malaga's Alameda.

Date, time and place: 17/10/2025; 4 p.m. Meeting point at the entrance to the building at Alameda Principal no. 18.

Comments: General public aged 10 and over. Limited capacity / 15 places.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number: 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Guided architectural tour of the Ciudad Jardín neighbourhood.

Description: To mark the upcoming centenary of the first home being awarded in the historic Ciudad Jardín neighbourhood, a guided architectural tour is being offered of the neighbourhood, which was developed in the 1920s and 1930s in accordance with the garden city principles developed in the late 19th century for healthy living.

Date, time and place: 19/10/2025; 10:00 a.m. Meeting point at the entrance to the Red Cross building. Avda. Jorge Silvela, 2 in Malaga.

Comments: General public aged 10 and over. Limited capacity / 20 places.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Guided architectural tour of several century-old buildings in Málaga.

Description: To mark the centenary of the opening of the Salamanca Market, there will be a guided tour explaining the architectural features of three unique buildings in the centre of Málaga, next to the Atarazanas Market and the building at Calle Sagasta, 5, which revolutionised the layout of the historic centre at the time.

Date, time and place: 26/10/2025; 10:00 a.m. Meeting point at the entrance to the Salamanca Market.

Comments: Open to the general public aged 10 and over. Limited capacity / 20 places.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number: 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Guided architectural tour of the Crypt of the Counts of Buenavista.

Description: Guided tour of the restored Crypt of the Counts of Buenavista located inside the Basilica and Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria, a notable example of late 17th-century Andalusian Baroque architecture, which was built after the sanctuary was destroyed by fire.

Date, time and place: 24/10/2025; 11:00 a.m. Meeting point at the entrance to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Victory.

Comments: General public aged 10 and over. Limited capacity /15 places. In collaboration with the Bishopric of Malaga.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Nerja

Guided tours of the latest developments in archaeological research and conservation at Nerja Cave.

Description: Guided tour of the main chambers of the Lower Galleries of Nerja Cave, including archaeological areas (not open to tourists), with information on the latest scientific research. In addition to the excavations, Palaeolithic rock art will be on display. Tour guides: Cristina Liñán and Yolanda del Rosal.

Date, time and place: 09/10/2024; 5:00 p.m. Carretera de Maro s/n.

Comments: General public aged 8 and over. Limited capacity / 20 places per tour. Wearing of hiking boots or mountain sports shoes is compulsory. In collaboration with the Nerja Cave Foundation.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Rincón de la Victoria

Guided architectural tour of the Villa Antiopa museum.

Description: Guided architectural tour of the museumisation of the archaeological remains of the Roman villa, an example of the integration of historical heritage into a residential building, nominated for several awards as the best conservation project.

Date, time and place: 18/10/2025; 10:00 a.m.

Comments: General public aged 10 and over. Limited capacity / 15 places. In collaboration with Rincón de la Victoria Town Council.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / villaantiopa@rincondelavictoria.es

Cueva de la Victoria and Cueva del Higuerón/Tesoro.

Description: Scientific outreach visit to the non-tourist galleries that make up the Cantal cave complex, explaining the research being carried out in the two large caves in Rincón de la Victoria. The archaeological sequences and prehistoric rock art that have been studied since 2022 will be examined.

Date, time and place: 12/10/2025; 10:00 a.m. (duration approx. 3 hours). Meeting point at the Cueva del Tesoro building. Urbanización del Cantal. Avda. de Picasso, 21

Comments: General public aged 10 to 70 in good physical condition. Limited capacity / 10 places per pass. Outdoor or mountain sports footwear must be worn. In collaboration with Rincón de la Victoria Town Council.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number 620 84 03 02 / patrimoniovivomalaga@gmail.com

Vélez-Málaga

Guided architectural tour of the Church of Santa María la Mayor.

Description: Guided architectural tour of the church also known as Santa María de la Encarnación, built on the remains of the old Aljama mosque in the 15th century.

Date, time and place: 26/10/2025; 10:00 a.m. Meeting point at the entrance to the Church of Santa María.

Comments: Open to the general public. Limited capacity / 20 places. In collaboration with Vélez-Málaga Town Council.

Information and registration: Advance booking required. Information telephone number: 620 84 03 02 / mvvel@velezmalaga.es