Where to find Malaga Christmas Market
Highlights of Malaga Christmas Market
- Around 90 stalls in 2019 along the botanical garden on the Paseo del Parque
- Nativity figures, decorations, toys, turrón and polvorones
- One of the city’s oldest Christmas markets, with the feel of a year-end fair
- A short walk from the Calle Larios light and sound show
- Municipal Belén at the town hall and 73 nativity scenes to visit in 2025
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Malaga Christmas Market in pictures
The Malaga Christmas market sets up on the Paseo del Parque, the avenue running along the botanical garden between the port and the old town, a short walk from Calle Larios and its lights. It has a reputation as one of the oldest in the city and feels like a year-end fair: nativity figures, decorations, toys and turrón. The 2026 dates were not yet known as of 27 October 2026.
Malaga Christmas market 2026 dates and opening hours
Neither dates nor opening hours for 2026 were known as of 27 October 2026. The Paseo del Parque market was not part of the city council’s Christmas programme in 2025: the opening date is best checked with the Malaga tourist office or on the spot. We will update this page once the 2026 season is settled.
More a year-end fair than a craft market
In 2019 the city council counted around 90 stalls on the Paseo del Parque. The stalls sell crafts, nativity figures, decorations and toys, and for a sweet break turrón and polvorones. The atmosphere is closer to a year-end fair than to a German-style craft market.
The Calle Larios lights and Malaga’s nativity scenes
The market goes together with the Calle Larios lights, the pedestrian street in the centre where a light and sound show is staged. In 2024, for the first time, the trees on the Paseo del Parque were lit up as well. The town hall displays the municipal Belén, and the city council’s nativity guide listed 73 belenes to visit in 2025.
How to get to the Malaga Christmas market
The Paseo del Parque runs along the port, at the edge of the old town, and is an easy walk from Calle Larios. From abroad, Malaga is reached by air: compare winter flights with the airlines before booking. For a stay in Andalusia, the Granada Christmas market, devoted to nativity scenes, completes the trip.
The other markets in the country are listed on our page of Christmas markets in Spain.
- The Seville Christmas market, the Feria del Belén, is also a nativity fair, between the cathedral and the Archivo de Indias.
- The Madrid Christmas market fills the Plaza Mayor from late November to 31 December 2026.
Specialities to try
The flavours that make this market what it is
Crafts
nativity figures
Christmas decorations and toys
On the sweet side: turrón and polvorones
in the atmosphere of a year-end fair rather than a craft market
Our tip
Come at the end of the day to combine the market with the Calle Larios light show, a few minutes’ walk away. The 2026 dates and opening hours are still to be announced: check them with the tourist office before booking, as the market was not part of the city council’s Christmas programme.
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