{"id":77113,"date":"2024-07-05T07:38:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T05:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitanddo_1790.test\/?p=77113"},"modified":"2026-10-01T05:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T03:13:11","slug":"soho-malaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitanddo.com\/en\/soho-malaga\/","title":{"rendered":"What to see in Soho, M\u00e1laga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soho, M\u00e1laga<\/strong> is the arts district: a triangle measuring about 20 hectares<\/strong> between the Alameda Principal, the River Guadalmedina and the port, featuring murals by internationally renowned street artists.<\/p>\n

You can walk around it in a couple of hours. Here you go The mural trail, street by street<\/strong>, which is what you really need to make sure you don\u2019t miss them.<\/p>\n\n

From a run-down neighbourhood to an arts district<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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El Soho, an open-air gallery between the Alameda and the harbour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was called the Ensanche Heredia<\/strong> and it was one of the most run-down neighbourhoods in M\u00e1laga: dilapidated 19th-century buildings, prostitution and drugs on the streets near the harbour.<\/p>\n

The initiative came from the local residents and shopkeepers themselves<\/strong>, not from above. In 2013<\/strong> the City Council launched the project MAUS<\/strong> \u2014M\u00e1laga Urban Art Soho\u2014 with a budget of 120,000 euros<\/strong>, and brought in top-class artists to paint the party walls.<\/p>\n

The name \u00abSoho\u00bb came later, inspired by the artistic districts of New York and London. And it worked: today it is one of the liveliest places in the city.<\/p>\n\n

The mural trail, street by street<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It starts at the CAC<\/strong>, on the banks of the Guadalmedina, and walk towards the port. This is the order that works:<\/p>\n\n

Comandante Ben\u00edtez Street: the two big ones<\/h3>\n

Here they are the two most important murals<\/strong>, both on a massive scale:<\/p>\n