Picasso Museum - Malaga - TravBuddy

A new tourist magnet for Malaga is its Picasso Museum, opened in 2003. Pablo Ruiz Picasso, possibly one of the world's most famous artists, was born in Malaga in 1881. A few years ago Picasso's daughter offered the city 180 paintings and drawings at a knock-down price. Personally I really enjoyed the Museum. The main part is housed in a large sixteenth century courtyard building, with a distinctive tower. There is a modern cafe/bar too which opens out onto a cobbled courtyard with fountains and flowers. Outside the museum are some of Malaga's prettiest old streets. For those of you who get tired of looking at paintings, there are some well preserved remains of Roman and Phoenician Malaga in the basement. Not many of Picasso's well-known paintings are here. But there is a good mixture, from small drawings to big oil paintings.