In the port city of Malaga, Spain

 (in Spain) Malaga, on Spain's Costa del Sol, lies at the feet of the Montes de Malaga, about 100 km (or 63 mi.) east of the Strait of Gibraltar. Loaded with history and brimming with a youthful vigor that gladly acknowledges its multi-layered past, the city that gave the world Picasso has transformed itself in spectacular fashion in recent years, with several new art galleries, a redesigned port area and a nascent art district called Soho. The most important places to visit here include: Malaga's Cathedral (established on the former Great Mosque, after the reconquest in 1528), The Picasso Museum, the Roman Theater (located close to the Alcazaba Fortress), La Alcazaba of Málaga (one of most popular tourist attractions in Malaga), which witnessed the passage of Arab civilization in Andalusia), and many more.

Come here for tapas washed down with sweet local wine, and stay in a boutique hotel sandwiched in between a Roman amphitheater, a Moorish fortress, and the polychromatic Pompidou Center, while you begin to appreciate how eloquently Málaga has reinvented itself for this 21st century.