Malaga Christmas Lights 2025: Switch-on Date And Time Confirmed

The hold is over! He’s checking his list. He’s checking it twice! It seems summertime has hardly finished, and galore are still yet to switch complete their wardrobes to nan wintertime postulation of jumpers and scarves, but Christmas is coming, and nan first charismatic motion successful nan Costa del Sol is nan switching connected of nan Christmas lights successful Malaga.

Traditionally, nan metropolis centre fills to capacity pinch group and families eager to spot nan latest lighting extravaganza, moving ray shows to festive music, and drone displays complete nan port. And this twelvemonth looks to beryllium moreover bigger than ever. Every year, it is 1 of nan astir important Christmas events successful nan country, and draws group from acold and wide to nan metropolis done a consciousness of tradition, and Christmas spirit.

When nan ray extravaganza begins

Malaga Council has officially announced that its world-famous Christmas lights will beryllium switched connected Friday, November 28, astatine 7pm successful Calle Larios, perfectly timed pinch Black Friday shopping. This year’s show of lights promises to beryllium bigger than ever, pinch 2.7 cardinal energy-efficient LED lights illuminating complete 500 streets, a caller grounds for nan Costa del Sol capital. The iconic Calle Larios will toggle shape into a “celestial passageway of angels”, while Alameda Principal becomes an enchanted forest.

Daily ray & sound shows will tally 3 times each evening astatine 6.30pm, 8pm and 10pm (except December 24 & 31), synchronised to festive euphony that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The illuminations will radiance until January 6, pinch extended hours until 2am astatine weekends.

Malaga botanical plot ray show – item of Christmas successful Costa del Sol

New for 2025: nan magical ‘Alice Christmas’ experience astatine La Concepción Botanical Garden, which opens nan aforesaid night, featuring elephantine illuminated characters and free candy floss for children.

Pro extremity from locals and knowledgeable visitors to nan park: skip nan 7pm switch-on crush and drawback nan 10pm show alternatively – aforesaid magic, half nan crowd.

The immersive Christmas show is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice successful Wonderland, transforming nan historical gardens into 9 worlds of light, music, and fantasy. Visitors tin embark connected a nighttime journey, encountering characters for illustration Alice and nan Mad Hatter crossed stunning spaces, from nan Ice Lake to nan Golden Heart Dome.

Fusing art, technology, and nature, nan ray show offers a unsocial sensory experience. It celebrates nan tone of Christmas while highlighting nan taste worth and botanical richness of La Concepción and will nary uncertainty beryllium 1 of Malaga’s astir magical festive events.