Palm trees line the seafront here, beside a brick bullring and a city beach that a Netflix series has shot.
What La Malagueta looks like
The bullring stands beside , where palm trees line the road in front of it. Apartment towers rise behind the beach, with balconies stepping up their faces.
sits between the port and Playa de la Caleta. , the palm-lined pier promenade beside it, has gardens and shops along the water. At the far end of the pier stands , the lighthouse.
The is a brick building in the neo-Mudéjar style, with a sixteen-sided plan. It opened in June 1876. The brick facade and the decorative elements on the outside are original.
The National Geographic series Genius Picasso shot at the bullring in 2017 and recreated a typical 19th century bullfight inside it. The Málaga Film Office lists the Plaza de Toros among the series' locations.
The Netflix series La chica de nieve, which premiered in January 2023, shows the beach several times in its second episode. Guía Repsol says episodes 2 and 4 also include a run along the pergola-covered promenade. The Málaga shoot lasted six weeks, from February to March 2022.
Most of the towers are white, cream or beige, with curved balconies on some faces. Palm trees stand in front of several of them along the seafront.
Shot in La Malagueta
Two series have shot at the real places here. Genius Picasso filmed in the bullring. La chica de nieve shows the beach in its second episode.
Genius Picasso, TV series, 2017
La Malagueta bullring
The series recreated a typical 19th century bullfight inside the ring. The 1876 building is the period setting for that scene. Street View
Die Another Day shot Cádiz's La Caleta beach as Havana in 2002, so an Andalusian city beach has already stood in for Havana. The Malecón is a seawall boulevard eight kilometres long, begun in 1901. A sea-facing road like Paseo de Reding fits that setting. Keep the towers and palms out of wide shots. Frame on the seawall and its roadway instead. Try searching seawall boulevard now.
Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France
Genius Picasso filmed on Málaga's La Misericordia beach, which Formula TV reported would stand in for the French Riviera. The Promenade des Anglais is a beach boulevard in Nice, so the seafront promenade here can carry the same setting. The bullring is the giveaway in any wide frame, so keep it and the towers out of shot. Try searching beach boulevard now.
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