Gran Hotel Miramar Malaga

Living history

A building with much to tell

Palace of Miramar

We present an interesting historical stay where you will discover the past, present and future of the building that hosts Gran Hotel Miramar.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1926

Hotel Príncipe de Asturias

It was the masterpiece of the architect Fernando Guerrero Strachan and it was inaugurated after five years of construction in 1926 by King Alfonso XIII under the name “Hotel Príncipe de Asturias”.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1926

Hotel Príncipe de Asturias

Opening of Hotel Príncipe de Asturias in 1926.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1926

Hotel Príncipe de Asturias

Inauguration of Hotel Príncipe de Asturias in 1926 by HM King Alfonso XIII.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1926

Hotel Príncipe de Asturias

Visit of King Alfonso XIII to Málaga in 1926 to inaugurate Hotel Príncipe de Asturias. To his left, the hotel architect Fernando Guerrero Strachan.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1926

Hotel Príncipe de Asturias

Interior image of the Neo-Arabic portico which leads to the interior courtyard of Hotel Príncipe de Asturias.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1926

Hotel Príncipe de Asturias

Inauguration of Hotel Príncipe de Asturias by King Alfonso XIII alongside Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1926

Hotel Príncipe de Asturias

Local press clipping of the hotel’s inauguration in 1926 next to different members of Spanish and international bourgeoisie.

1936

Field hospital

Its facilities were used as a field hospital during the Spanish Civil War to tend to the injured.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1936

Field hospital

Nurses posing for the photo on the south stairway of the newly-named Hospital de Sangre Miramar during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga
Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1939

Miramar Hotel

At the end of the Spanish Civil War, the palace reopened its doors and regained some of its old functions under the name “Hotel Miramar” until 1967, which is when it closed its doors.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1939

Miramar Hotel

A young Carmen Sevilla enjoys a dance in the halls of Hotel Miramar

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1939

Miramar Hotel

Image of the glamorous People magazine of different 1950s celebrities in the interior courtyard of Hotel Miramar.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1939

Miramar Hotel

Montage of the dinner service. Main hall of Hotel Miramar

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1939

Miramar Hotel

Restored facade of Hotel Miramar, 1940s.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

1939

Miramar Hotel

The queens Elisabeth of Belgium and Marie José of Italy visited Hotel Miramar in 1947.

1987

Palace of Justice

The building was Malaga’s Palace of Justice until 2007, completely transforming its activity and spaces to adapt to its new role.

Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga

2016

The rebirth of a classic

Hoteles Santos bought the property of Palacio de Miramar and brought it back to its previous historical splendour as a hotel.

Discover the new Gran Hotel Miramar
Gran Hotel Miramar Málaga