Malaga is Spain’s fifth largest city and the capital of the Costa del Sol as well as a major Mediterranean port. Malaga for centuries has been a popular destination for foreigners, as the names of many of the city’s districts and streets testify.

Malaga is the main city of the Costa del Sol, but is in many respects a world apart from the thriving tourist resorts on the rest of the coast. Its less cosmopolitan and very traditional.

Malaga has few foreign residents, the Guadalhorce Valley, north of the city is already a popular destination for foreign buyers, mainly residents, attracted to the area’s impressive natural beauty and relative tranquillity. This part of the Costa del Sol remains very andalusian and there isn’t a large environment.