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Marbella’s microclimate is without doubt one of
the charms of a city that is permanently bathed in sunlight,
and underlies an internationalist tourism culture of great
variety and full of possibilities. Marbella offers 26 kilometres
of sandy beach, nearby mountains, 17
golf courses, numerous
luxury hotels, beautiful countryside, four major marinas – among
them the world-famous Puerto Banús – commercial
and shopping centres and a vibrant nightlife.
Ever since tourists began visiting the Costa del Sol,
Marbella has been a byword for an elite form of tourism:
from its beginnings as a tourism enclave in the mid-1960s
and thanks to, among others, a visionary named José Luque
Manzano, the empresario who built the first Fuerte
hotel, in Marbella, in 1957, it has attracted actors,
artists
and personalities from all walks of life who have imbued
it with a certain elegance, while themselves being drawn
by its celebrations, fiestas and social life, many returning
to spend more and more time here and not a few chosing
to live in Marbella.
To outline all that makes Marbella special, we have broken
down this information into sections:
Getting around, where
to eat, what to do, Marbella
for golfers, health and
beauty, entertainment and shopping,
and an extensive diary of
events, church
hours and pharmacies.
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About
Marbella
In
its special setting protected by La Concha, the nickname given to the
surrounding mountain range by its citizens, Marbella has become a byword
for global tourism without losing any of its typical Andalucían
flavour or its historic essence. Sea and mountain, tradition and modernity,
a melting pot of cultures, all these unite in this Mediterranean city
to offer the visitor an atmosphere rich in variety, one both multicultural
and cosmopolitan, open to progress and a lifestyle rooted in the congeniality
and welcoming nature of its people. 
