{"id":24687,"date":"2023-11-22T21:43:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T21:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volare.volotea.com\/?post_type=inspiracion&p=24687"},"modified":"2023-11-22T22:00:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T22:00:27","slug":"malaga-botanical-garden","status":"publish","type":"inspiracion","link":"https:\/\/volare.volotea.com\/en\/cities\/malaga\/malaga-botanical-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e1laga botanical garden, the best TROPICAL GARDEN IN SPAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"
Whilst the Costa del Sol has established itself as a leading sun and sand tourist destination, the province of M\u00e1laga also has numerous natural spaces for its visitors to explore.<\/h5>\n

Of all of these, the best known are undoubtedly the Caminito del Rey<\/a> (the King\u2019s Path) and the Torcal de Antequera nature reserve, but you can also enjoy nature in the city of M\u00e1laga itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do you want to immerse yourself completely in nature without having to travel far? Well, read on, because this guide will tell you all you need to know for your visit to the M\u00e1laga Botanical Garden<\/strong>: where it is, how to get there, ticket prices and opening times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The history of the Garden<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A romantic love story lies behind the origins of the M\u00e1laga Botanical Garden<\/a>. In the mid-19th century, two well-known members of M\u00e1laga\u2019s high society (Jorge Loring Oyarz\u00e1bal and Amalia Heredia Livermore, Marquises of Casa Loring<\/em>) got married and embarked on their honeymoon around Europe. <\/p>\n

The honeymoon, lasting six months, gave them the chance to get to know each other better and also to indulge in one of their passions: botany. And so it was that, on their return to M\u00e1laga, they came laden with dozens of specimens of different plants and trees which they had been collecting as they travelled through Europe. <\/p>\n

Once settled on their farm in the city of M\u00e1laga, the couple decided to employ the French gardener Jacint Chamousset, who would gradually turn their farmland into a beautiful English-style botanical garden.<\/p>\n

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The garden began to increase in size and in the number of herbaceous specimens, until (due to financial problems) the Marquises Loring-Heredia were forced to sell the farm to the Echevarr\u00eda family. <\/p>\n

This family, originating from Bilbao, enchanted by the diversity of the plants in the garden, decided to continue extending it (creating new areas such as the Arroyo de la Ninfa<\/em>, the Avenida de Palmeras<\/em> and El Mirador<\/em>) until the La Concepci\u00f3n Botanical Garden was eventually purchased in 1990 by M\u00e1laga City Council and opened to the public in 1994.<\/p>\n

How to plan your visit to the M\u00e1laga Botanical Garden<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The M\u00e1laga Botanical Garden (known locally as the Finca de la Concepci\u00f3n<\/em>) is not only one of the best places to see in the city of M\u00e1laga<\/a>, but it\u2019s also one of the prettiest tropical gardens in Spain. It\u2019s no wonder, as the garden boasts more than 25,000 plants consisting of 2,000 different species<\/strong>, as well as archaeological remains, statues, ponds, waterfalls and greenhouses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Basically, there are two ways of visiting the M\u00e1laga Botanical Garden: independently or on a guided tour. You can book a guided tour in advance or at the ticket office at the entrance to the garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Visiting the M\u00e1laga Botanical Garden independently<\/em><\/p>\n

Given the layout of the plants and trees in the M\u00e1laga Botanical Garden, visitors can choose to take different routes or paths when visiting independently.
That way, you can explore the garden by following a scientific<\/em> criterion, whereby the plants are grouped according to type:<\/p>\n