Muelle Uno
Revamped harbor promenade lined with yacht berths, palm trees, and a colorful glass museum cube.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Muelle Uno in Málaga follows an annual ritual among the fishermen of El Perchel: an unspoken rule that no boat leaves the harbor in July without first asking the sea's patroness. You'll hear about the statue of the Virgen del Carmen carried down to a traditional jábega fishing boat, the flotilla of yachts and skiffs that follows her out past the harbor mouth, and La Farola, the 1817 lighthouse at the promenade's far end that's one of only two in Spain named for a woman. Stand among the yacht masts and the Pompidou's glass cube on an ordinary afternoon, and none of this history shows.
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