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MÁLAGA
seems at first an uninviting place. It's the second city of the south (after
Sevilla), with a population of half a million, and is also one of the
poorest: official unemployment figures for the area estimate the jobless
at one in four of the workforce. Yet though many people get no further
than the train or bus stations, and though the clusters of high-rises
look pretty grim as you approach, it has its attractions. The elegant
central zone has a number of interesting churches and museums, not to
mention the birthplace of Picasso and the new Picasso Museum , housing
an important collection of works by Málaga's most famous son. Around the
old fishing villages of El Palo and Pedregalejo , now absorbed into the
suburbs, are a series of small beaches and a paseo lined with some of
the best fish and seafood cafés in the province. And overlooking the
town and port are the formidable Moorish citadels of the Alcazaba and
Gibralfaro - excellent introductions to the architecture before pressing
on to the main sites at Córdoba and Granada.