Macharaviaya, el "pequeño Madrid" Curiosity · Macharaviaya, La Axarquía, Málaga Image of Macharaviaya, not of the place itself. Thanks to the Royal Playing-Card Factory, which held a monopoly on sales in the Americas, and the splendour of the Gálvez family, Macharaviaya was known in the 18th century as "little Madrid". Photo: Juan Pablo Olmo (CC BY 2.0) What to see and do in Macharaviaya