Andalusia advice - Is Malaga worth it?

We're going to spend 5 days in mid-February in southern Spain. We fly into Malaga and the plan was to spend the night, head to Cordoba the next morning, spend a couple of days there, then return to Malaga for the remainder of the trip.

However, we just watched a Rick Steves episode in which he called Malaga "soulless" and only worthy of a pass through.

What do you think? Is it worth more than a day, or should we work in Granada or Seville. I didn't want to rent a car, so was going to stick with the train, so if you suggest another city, which is easiest via train from Cordoba?

Cheers!

Submitted January 26, 2023 at 06:12AM by pachemoochka https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/10lpgh6/andalusia_advice_is_malaga_worth_it/?utm_source=ifttt