Palmeral de Las Sorpresas
Palm-lined harbor promenade with rippling pergolas and hidden fountains, reclaiming a former industrial pier.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Palmeral de Las Sorpresas in Malaga counts the roughly four hundred mature palms trucked in so the promenade would not have to wait decades to grow. It traces pier two's history as a walled-off industrial yard of grain silos and cranes that kept the waterfront out of reach for most of the twentieth century, and follows architect Jeronimo Junquera's years-long project to open it back up. You'll hear about the hidden fountains and the pergola built to ripple like a frozen wave when the park finally opened. Look toward the water as you walk, at ground that was closed to the city for a century.
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