Tattoo shops in Málaga
Málaga, Andalucía has 24 tattoo shops on the map. All 24 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. Walk-ins are worth asking about, but the good custom work everywhere books weeks out.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Málaga (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Tarántula Tattoo and Cruel Addiction, plus Infinity. If a studio's missing from Málaga's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Málaga tattoo lineup
24 mapped within about 40 km:
Tarántula Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Tarántula Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 35 Calle Ollerías. Also worth knowing about Tarántula Tattoo: it has a website with more detail.
35 Calle Ollerías, 29012
Cruel Addiction
Tattoo studio
Cruel Addiction is Tattoo studio.
Infinity
Tattoo studio
Infinity — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Infinity: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-14:00,17:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-14:00,17:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +34 672 447 710
Sylvia Malcom
Tattoo studio
Sylvia Malcom — Tattoo studio.
Tattoo Pasión
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Pasión — Tattoo studio.
Tattoo Daniel Fernández
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Daniel Fernández — Tattoo studio.
Martín Tatto Shop
Tattoo studio
Martín Tatto Shop — Tattoo studio on 33 Calle San Juan.
33 Calle San Juan, 29005
Jacks Tattoos
Tattoo studio
Jacks Tattoos is Tattoo studio on Calle España.
Calle España
Jacks
Tattoo studio
Jacks — Tattoo studio on 54 Calle del Bulto.
54 Calle del Bulto
Black Kraken
Tattoo studio
Black Kraken is Tattoo studio.
Maldito Kharma
Tattoo studio
Maldito Kharma — Tattoo studio on 23 Camino Colmenar.
23 Camino Colmenar
Paula Lupiañez Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Paula Lupiañez Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 15 Calle Victoria. Paula Lupiañez Tattoo also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
15 Calle Victoria, 29012
My Cat Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio
My Cat Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio on 2 Calle Manrique.
2 Calle Manrique, 29013
Rufner Tatto
Tattoo studio
Rufner Tatto is Tattoo studio on 40 Avenida Paloma.
40 Avenida Paloma, 29003
Templo
Tattoo studio
Templo is Tattoo studio on 12 Calle Frailes.
12 Calle Frailes
Black Rituals Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Black Rituals Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Remove Málaga
Tattoo studioRun by Remove Málaga
Run by Remove Málaga, Remove Málaga is Tattoo studio, found on 2 Bulevar Louis Pasteur in Málaga. Also worth knowing about Remove Málaga: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2 Bulevar Louis Pasteur, Málaga, 29010
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:00
Phone: +34699741994
Caos Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Caos Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 76 Paseo Antonio Machado.
76 Paseo Antonio Machado
Tattoo Stone Málaga
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Stone Málaga — Tattoo studio on 15 Avenida Carlos de Haya. Also worth knowing about Tattoo Stone Málaga: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:30-14:00,17:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
15 Avenida Carlos de Haya, 29010
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:30-14:00,17:00-21:00
Phone: +34 646715851
Javi Oscuro
Tattoo studio
Javi Oscuro — Tattoo studio on 66 Alameda Capuchinos.
66 Alameda Capuchinos
Actitud
Tattoo studio
Actitud — Tattoo studio on 2 Calle Reding.
2 Calle Reding
Málaga Beach
Tattoo studio
Málaga Beach is Tattoo studio on 23 Paseo Marítimo Ciudad de Melilla.
23 Paseo Marítimo Ciudad de Melilla
The Club
Tattoo studio
The Club is Tattoo studio on 5 Alameda Capuchinos.
5 Alameda Capuchinos
Alhaurink Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Alhaurink Tattoo is Tattoo studio on Calle Jovellanos. Alhaurink Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-13:30, 16:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Calle Jovellanos, 29130
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-13:30, 16:00-20:00
Phone: +34 639 18 33 25
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Málaga
4 of the 24 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
5 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
The Málaga tattoo shop tour
The efficient Málaga tattoo shop tour strings these together: Tarántula Tattoo on 35 Calle Ollerías, Cruel Addiction, Infinity, Sylvia Malcom, Tattoo Pasión, Tattoo Daniel Fernández, Martín Tatto Shop on 33 Calle San Juan, and Jacks Tattoos on Calle España — 24 stops, one logical order. 16 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Málaga
A few things worth knowing before you work through Málaga's tattoo shops:
- Wear the right clothes at Tarántula Tattoo. Easy access to the spot being tattooed, and nothing you love — ink stains don't wash out.
- Don't haggle on price at Cruel Addiction. You're paying for hours of someone's skilled labour on your skin forever. Bargain hunting has no place in a tattoo shop.
- Eat before your session. A real meal, not a granola bar. Long sessions on an empty stomach are how people faint.
- Don't pick the scabs. Healing tattoos itch and flake. Picking pulls ink out with the scab and leaves patchy spots.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Málaga — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Málaga can take a while to appear. The 24 above are only as current as the community map. A tattoo shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 24 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Málaga: 24 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.