In Marbella, the beach club is a way of life: a long lunch on a daybed that turns into sunset cocktails and a DJ set. But the clubs are very different from each other. Some are all-day champagne parties, some…
Puerto Banús is where Marbella turns the glamour up: superyachts moored in front of designer boutiques, supercars on the quay and beach clubs that party until late, all beneath La Concha mountain. Staying here puts you within walking distance of…
Marbella is more than yachts and beach clubs. The same town has a Moorish old quarter with orange-tree squares, a mountain you can hike to the top of, Salvador Dalí sculptures on the seafront and some of the best food…
Marbella has 24 beaches along 27 km of coast, and they could hardly be more different: wild pine-backed dunes, calm coves for toddlers, busy town beaches lined with tapas bars, and beach clubs where a daybed costs more than a…
Give Marbella’s beaches a day off. Within 25 to 90 minutes of town you can stand on a bridge above a 120-metre gorge, wander a whitewashed mountain village, walk a cliff-hanging boardwalk or cross the border into Gibraltar, which makes…
You’ve landed at Málaga Airport and Marbella is about 50 km down the coast, but there’s no train. So what’s the easiest way to get there? It depends on your budget, your luggage and what time your flight lands, and…
Sleeping inside Marbella’s Old Town means waking up to church bells and orange trees rather than sea views, and it comes with quirks resort hotels don’t have. The boutique hotels in Marbella Old Town are converted mansions, townhouses and family…
There is a reason this stretch of coast is nicknamed the “Costa del Golf”. Dozens of courses sit within half an hour of Marbella, most of them playable all year thanks to more than 320 sunny days, and the best…
With children in tow, the questions change. Forget the VIP beach clubs: what matters is a calm, shallow beach, a kids’ club worth the name, a suite where everyone can sleep, and not having to push a buggy over cobblestones…
Marbella has more five-star hotels than almost anywhere else on the Spanish coast, and on paper they look alike: sea views, spas, lavish breakfasts. The real difference is where each one sits and what kind of stay it is built…