Easter came this year as well with a lot of sunshine and many tourists visited Marbella.
Daytime temperatures are around 20 degrees and climbing. We have several new properties we want to show you and a new feature is that at the end of each newsletter we will include an article on different aspects of Marbella and surrounding areas.  

Ref 1003. Cancelada Playa. Beautiful beachside estate with 10.000m2 gardens including guest cottage to accommodate additional guests or house staff. Located in a very quiet and private area west of Marbella.
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Ref 1019. La Paloma.Charming older, front line beach villa with huge garden of 2000 m2 and villa of 1200 m2. Seven bedrooms make this an ideal villa for a large family or a group of friends travelling together. Newly refurbished.
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Ref 1025 El Paraiso Golf. Four bedroom villa with swimming pool is surrounded by a large well established garden, with sunny terraces off the living areas and master bedroom, with south west orientation and views to the sea.
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Ref 1040. El Penescal. Beautiful, charming villa, perched on a hill overlooking the sea, mountains and golf courses. This property is in a private urbanization, very peaceful, quiet and secure. It has unobstructed views over Marbella, the coast, Gibraltar, N. Africa and the mountains
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Ref 1046 Bellavista. Beautiful, luxury villa with views of La Concha mountain and the Aloha Golf Course. For rent in July and August.
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Ref 1048 Breakers Lodge.This 6 bedroom, private secluded villa is set in a residential location within 5 minutes walking distance of the beach, the shops, bars & restaurants.
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Ref 2002 Marbella Mar. Large, four bedroom, three bathroom townhouse just 100 meters from the beach and walking distance to Marbella Town.
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Ref 4001 Monte Resina. Newly built high quality, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses, furnished or unfurnsihed, for holiday rentals or long term rentals. South facing with Indoor and outdoor swimming pools. Very competative introduction prices.
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Ref 4019 La Trinidad. Very large and luxurious two bedroom, three bathroom apartment in one of the best locations in Marbella.
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Ref 4025 La Rada. Brand new, very well furnished, two bedroom, two bathroom apartment just 200 meters from the beach
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Bienvenidos a Marbella

Tina

Our newsletters are all written by Andrea Szabo who is editor of www.costadelsol.st which is the best information site on the Costa del Sol. Anyone who wants to know what  is going on in this corner of the world should visit her site.

Puerto Banus.
For those wishing to rub shoulders with the rich and famous we have Puerto Banus, this is the place you want to be if you are looking for an exciting and extravagant destination. A haven for shopaholics, sun seekers and party lovers, Puerto Banus is a favourite hot spot on the Costa del Sol.

Although it is not very big it does have a lot on offer. There is a very glamorous feel down at Puerto Banus Marina. Here you will find giant luxury yachts, dozens of designer boutiques, great restaurants, bars and discos not to mention countless Ferraris and Porsches parked outside the glitzy bars and restaurants. It may sound all a bit too posh, but the town is popular with all kinds of tourists. It is a fun place to be even if you are not the owner of a private boat!

This was the first marina-style yacht harbour to be built on the Costa del Sol. Some of the newer yacht  harbours  may be more intimate or more architecturally attractive, but none has been able to match Puerto Ban?s's unique atmosphere and trendy aura, thanks to which Puerto Ban?s has been a household name internationally since it first opened nearly thirty years ago.

In 1963 Jos? Ban?s Masdeu, who had accumulated a fortune as a real estate developer in Madrid, started building a new residential complex west of Marbella, called Nueva Andaluc?a. At that time Marbella was a fashionable and exclusive retreat for the rich and titled old families of Europe. The crowning achievement was, of course, Puerto Ban?s, a yacht harbour on a scale never seen before, with a Mediterranean-style village attached. It was officially opened in May 1970, and in August that year Ban?s organised a party to introduce the world to his baby. The event was an indication of the scale on which Don Jos? operated. The 1,700 guests included the Aga Khan, film director Roman Polanski, Playboy owner Hugh Heffner, Doctor Christian Barnard (pioneer of the heart transplant), and Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco. Julio Iglesias was contracted to sing for the guests for the enormous (at the time) sum of 125,000 pesetas. In all the bash cost Ban?s eight million pesetas, which included hiring an army of 300 waiters from Seville and flying in 50 pounds of Beluga caviar.

Ever since, Puerto Ban?s has been an obligatory stop for visiting celebrities and aristocrats. The Saudi royal family and the Arab zillionaire Adnan Khassogi have been among those who regularly berthed their super-yachts here. The port has nine berths for the big yachts of over 150 feet, which pay up to 2000 euros a day during high season in berthing fees.

According to the port's own estimates, some 36,000 people visit Puerto Ban?s daily during the August high season, with a total of 5 million visitors a year, and not all of them are yacht owners or film stars. Most are day trippers admiring the floating palaces berthed next to the port's control tower or hoping to glimpse Bruce Willis, Antonio Banderas or Sting. Some even pretend to be millionaires for the day by renting a sports car, chartering a boat for a day's tuna fishing, or spending some serious money in one of the port's 95 fashion boutiques. 

After a morning's shopping they can eat at some of the coast's best restaurants, which include such well known names as Antonio, Taberna del Alabardero and La Dorada. In the evening the tradition is to head for Sinatra's or Salduba, two bars strategically-located next to the port entrance, to meet friends, make new ones, and decide where to go to next. There's plenty to choose from: in all, Puerto Ban?s keeps its visitors well fed, well fuelled and well entertained.