Christmas in Malaga - Christmas in Malaga
Area News November 26, 2021
     

Christmas in Malaga

2021, the date for the Malaga Christmas lights switch-on will be Friday 26 November at 6.30pm. We’re still waiting for confirmation about the light and sound show, but even if this doesn’t go ahead, the lights will be as pretty and there’ll be a great Christmas atmosphere! 

The Alameda Principal also takes centre stage again this year with leaf-themed hanging lights in the ficus trees (lovely in the day too) and six brightly-lit almond trees. 

Apart from Calle Larios, almost 2 million LED bulbs light up Malaga this Christmas – Calle Granada has some lovely arches and fCalle San Juan (parallel to Calle Nueva) and Calle Cárcer (the street that leads up to the Cervantes Theatre) have a display of Christmas lights. Look out for 5 giant trees:

  • Plaza de la Marina.
  • Plaza de la Constitución – you can go “inside” the tree.
  • Plaza del Obispo – this tree looks magical at night next to the illuminated Cathedral façade.
  • Plaza de Enrique García Herrera – on the square to the west of Calle San Juan. 
  • And in Huelin Park, lighting up the lake.

And as usual, the Paseo de Parque has a long stretch of lights, best seen on foot.

The lights are switched on every evening over the Christmas period between 6.30pm and midnight. They’re turned off on 6 January 2021 at midnight usually after the Three Kings parade

Christmas lights in the Botanical Gardens 

The lovely Concepción Botanical Gardens will twinkle with millions of little lights this Christmas from 6.30 to 11pm, 27 November to 9 January. The light trail runs for 2.2km around the gardens where you’ll also find Christmas bells and a “laser garden”.

What is there for children to do in Malaga at Christmas?

Children will love the lights and there are Christmas attractions set up on Muelle Uno (including Santa’s grotto with reindeer) and outside the Corte Inglés department store (toboggan ride, ice rink and log-walk).

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