Urban route

From the Palmeral de las Sorpresas to the Farola del Puerto (Port Streetlamp)

Meeting point:Tourist information office at Plaza de la Marina.

Sunday, May 12:10:00*

Person in charge of guiding the visit: *Special tour guided by architect Carlos Lanzat.

ROUTE WITH REGISTRATION, LIMITED CAPACITY

In this route it is NOT necessary to present your ID card.

Route duration approx. 1:30 h.

Last Minute. In this route it IS ALLOWED to enter another person if all the places are not covered.

We recommend arriving in advance, our volunteers will be waiting for you at the meeting point. Access on a first-come, first-served basis, until full capacity is reached.

We recommend that you bring comfortable clothes and shoes, and water.

"The Port of Malaga, the new façade of an ancient Mediterranean city".

We will start the route in the parking lot of the Plaza de la Marina, where we will recognize the project of integration of the old Nasrid walls, the old limit of the port until the end of the 18th century. the end of the 18th century, where we will make a brief historical introduction of the evolution and integration of the port in the last two centuries. port integration in the last two centuries.

We will continue the tour crossing the Palmeral de las Sorpresas (pier 2 of the port) describing the singularity of the design of this space for collective use conceived by the architect Jerónimo Junquera, who defined this public space of the XXI century with a layout Jerónimo Junquera, who defined this public space of the 21st century with a layout that responds to the model of Elche's the model of Elche's agricultural palm grove, transformed into a Mediterranean park where a series of events converge a series of events converge along a promenade that is conceived as just another street in the city and where the city and where the 19th century park and the port dock merge.

We will move towards Pier 1, a commercial and leisure space designed by L35 architects, that meets the needs of the citizens (walking, stay, leisure, contemplation, shopping, restaurants, etc. ) and its link with the port area, taking advantage of the unevenness of the slope, restoration, etc.....) and its link with the port area, taking advantage of the unevenness generated by the old eastern dyke to create a platform-garden on the roofs of the commercial premises, which a garden-platform that, as a continuous viewpoint, contemplates on the same horizon the monumental same horizon the monumental space Alcazaba-Gibralfaro, the park and the historical city, image that is subtly reflected in the night mirror of the port dock.

We will finish the visit in the Farola square, a meeting point where the waters of the port and the sea converge. where the waters of the port and the sea converge, and where we will be able to finish by analyzing the new citizen uses projected on port land, such as the cruise terminal, the new marina of the Mediterranean Club, the rehabilitation of the old boathouse as the Trocadero restaurant and, if time permits, a the new marina of the Mediterranean club, the rehabilitation of the old boathouse as the Trocadero restaurant and, if time permits, a brief reflection on the hotel project in the port located on the east dock..

Buildings

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