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Sunbeds from · the Sunbed Index
The Shortlist · today's ten
The ten places most worth your time right now: Google rating weighted by review count, from our 222-venue index.
Places · four ways in
Priced · what it actually costs
- Sunbed prices in Marbellaevery beach club, one table
- Ocean Club Marbella pricesPuerto Banús, bed and VIP
- Nikki Beach Marbella pricesElviria, sunbed and daybed
- Chiringuito prices on the coastthe census, menu by menu
- Restaurants in Elviriathe golf-and-pines belt
- Best restaurants in Marbellarated, photographed, sourced
The Atlas · know your neighbourhood
All 77 zones →Every neighbourhood profiled: what it is, what it costs, who it suits.
€9,442/m² median asking
Nueva Andalucía
Nueva Andalucía was developed as a Centro de Interés Turístico Nacional under the 1963 tourism law, promoted by José Banús.
€11,141/m² median asking
Golden Mile
The Marbella Club Hotel, built 1954 by Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, is credited with starting the resort era.
€8,220/m² median asking
Marbella East
Finds at the Río Real site include plates, carinated bowls, oil lamps and Phoenician-type pottery alongside indigenous and Greek ceramics.
€7,572/m² median asking
San Pedro de Alcántara
In 1860 the 1st Marquess of Duero founded an agricultural colony for unemployed iron workers, now the heart of San Pedro de Alcántara.
€9,589/m² median asking
La Quinta
La Quinta's 27 holes, three nine-hole loops, were designed by Ryder Cup winner Manuel Piñero and inaugurated in 1989.
€12,855/m² median asking
Puerto Banús
Puerto Banús was built by the developer José Banús and opened in May 1970, designed by Noldi Schreck and Marcos Sainz as an Andalusian village around a marina.
Figures from our €3M+ listings pool, methodology disclosed on every zone page.
The Wire · what changed
All dispatches →Local news translated into briefs before anyone else covers it. Every dispatch links its source.
townMarbella nursing home: 26 of 72 beds to be private21 augtownAcosol to spend over EUR 12m on sewer repairs20 augmarketCoto Zagaleta ranks third most expensive street in Spain20 augmarketBarcelona firm invests €60m in Estepona luxury homes19 augmarketCosta del Sol buyers need 57% of income to buy19 aug
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The week's maddest listing, the wire in one paragraph, and one number worth quoting. Every Friday.
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