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Hotels with parking near the station in Malaga

Luca Ferreira

Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal

Updated 1 September 2026 · 47 Malaga hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Malaga, out of the 47 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.5.

Hotel Miramar is the one I would book myself.

Hotel Miramar

Highest rated of the five

Hotel Miramar

★★★★★4.7 from 5,668 reviews

Hotel Miramar comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 5,668 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is a 5 star property, found under the beach and around $288 a night on the dates we checked.

47 hotels in Malaga qualified for this list and five made it. Hotel Vincci Selección Posada del Patio is the one I would book if the first is full.

Why it works for this trip

  • Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
  • Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
  • Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
  • Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
  • Bara drink without going back out

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All five, ranked

  1. Hotel Miramar1

    Hotel Miramar

    ★★★★★4.7 from 5,668 reviews

    • Pool
    • Spa
    • Gym
    • Restaurant
    • Bar
    • Parking

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  2. Hotel Vincci Selección Posada del Patio2

    Hotel Vincci Selección Posada del Patio

    ★★★★★4.7 from 2,313 reviews

    • Pool
    • Spa
    • Gym
    • Restaurant
    • Bar
    • Parking

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  3. H10 Croma Málaga3

    H10 Croma Málaga

    ★★★★★4.7 from 1,576 reviews

    • Pool
    • Gym
    • Bar
    • Parking
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  4. Mariposa Hotel4

    Mariposa Hotel

    ★★★★★4.6 from 1,074 reviews

    • Spa
    • Gym
    • Bar
    • Parking
    • Kitchen
    • Kid friendly

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  5. Hotel ILUNION Málaga5

    Hotel ILUNION Málaga

    ★★★★★4.5 from 4,421 reviews

    • Pool
    • Spa
    • Gym
    • Restaurant
    • Bar
    • Parking

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How this list was put together

47 Malaga hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

Luca Ferreira

Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal

Shuts the workshop two weeks every summer and rides. The Pyrenees, the Danube route and most of Portugal on frames he built himself, camping most nights.

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