The most cosmopolitan of the Costa del Sol’s cities, Marbella, is a must-see tourist destination, especially for golfers. Not in vain, it is the municipality in Spain with the largest number of golf courses: fifteen (seventeen, if we add two pitch and put clubs). To these must be added the numerous golf academies or schools that have their own practice facilities.
In the bustling Puerto Banús, where lavish yachts worth tens of millions of euros call, or in some of the trendiest restaurants or terraces, you can run into any of those celebrities who populate the gossip magazines and television programs dedicated to gossip. Multimillionaires from all corners of the world live in huge villas that in many cases exceed ten million euros, and Ferraris, Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis and Bentleys are more than common on the streets and roads of Marbella.
The Golf Valley, a superb area located behind Puerto Banús, in the Nueva Andalucía macro-urbanization, includes the courses of Las Brisas, Los Naranjos (both designed by Robert Trent Jones), La Quinta, Aloha (designed by Javier Arana) and La Dama de Noche, where you can play when the sun goes down thanks to its artificial lighting system. Very close to this area, about three kilometers away, is the Real Club de Golf Guadalmina, which has two 18-hole courses (the South, by Javier Arana) and one of 9 short par 3.
Less than a kilometer from the urban center of Marbella, is Monte Paraíso, and after passing the city towards Malaga we find the Rio Real club, whose beautiful course designed by Javier Arana, descends gently down to the beach itself. A little further on, near the Costa del Sol Hospital, is Santa Clara Golf, followed by Marbella Golf (designed by Robert Trent Jones), Greenlife Golf, Santa María Golf and Cabopino Golf, a club located at the eastern end of the municipality.
Marbella has earned its reputation as a quality tourist destination worldwide. Apart from its hotel infrastructure, which has an unparalleled concentration of four and five-star establishments, the town has a privileged natural environment and, above all, a unique microclimate. Thanks to the shelter of the Sierra Blanca, the city enjoys sunshine and fantastic temperatures practically all year round. This microclimate, which tempers the winters and softens the summers, favors the development of a rich and attractive vegetation, which is evident in the thousands of private gardens that dot the colorful landscape of Marbella, where public green areas are also being cared for with great care by the small army of gardeners working for the City Council.
The 27 kilometers of Marbella’s coastline is punctuated by three marinas (Cabopino, Marbella and Banús) and a charming fishing port (La Bajadilla), which also houses pleasure boats. In addition, the gastronomic, nightlife, cultural and leisure offer in general is exceptional in this privileged enclave of the Costa del Sol.
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