JARDIN BOTÁNICO LA CONCEPCION
Address	Road to the Pedrizas (C.N. 331 Km 166)
Transportation	Bus #2 will get you close by during the week, then you have a 15 minute walk. Saturdays, sundays and holidays bus #61
Phone	952 252148.
Prices	445 ptas (EUR 2.67); 345 ptas (EUR 2.07) for groups of 20+; children 155 ptas (EUR 0.93).

La Concepcion is the most beautiful and important tropical garden in Spain and one of the best in all Europe. Created 150 years ago by the Marquess of Loring, this garden is home to 5000 different plants, labelled with their scientific Latin names. In 1943 "La Concepción" Garden was declared a historical and artistic garden and is now owned and managed by the local authority under the auspices of the City of Málaga Municipal Botanical Society. Almost five thousand plants grow in two hundred and fifty thousand square kilometres inside the city. La Concepción, which is located on the Carretera de las Pedrizas at km 166, is considered to be one of the best displays of tropical flora in all of Europe.

EL RETIRO
Address	Carretera de Coín, Churriana, Málaga, 29140
Transportation	Bus: Portillo de Alhaurín de la Torre
Phone	+34 952 62 1600
Hours	Summer: 9.00a.m.-8.00p.m. (access to the last visit 5.00p.m.)
Prices	1250 ptas (EUR 7.51); senior citizens: 750 (EUR 4.50); children: 600 (EUR 3.60). Discounts for groups of 20+.
Website	www.sendaelretiro.com

Newly re-opened in September 2005, this beautiful garden is home to a vast selection of flora and fauna, in an exquisite setting. A visit gives you the opportunity to wander around these beautiful subtropical gardens belonging to a 17th-century private estate as well as seeing all the 150 different species of tropical birds. You'll find "El Retiro" in what's now a suburb of the city called Churriana, just 20 minutes from the centre. It's open all day and has a cafe-bar where you can have lunch. El retiro is located just a few minutes from the coast and Málaga airport. It is really a wonderful natural spectacle, with lakes, cascades and hundreds of species of plants and trees.

Alcazaba and Gibralfaro

Cathedral, Museo Picasso and other museums

Jardines Botánicos La Concepción and El Retiro

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