The Golden Mile
Ninety maritime minutes to Banús past the front's palaces.
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Marbella's promenade is the holiday's daily artery: a palm walk tracking the beaches for kilometres from the town marina westward — chiringuito after chiringuito (beach restaurants with their grilled fish), sand playgrounds, and holidaymakers of all Europe and the Gulf in an unresting parade of walking, running and strollers. Its secret is continuity: with long breath the walk (or bike) runs west to Puerto Banús itself — the famous Golden Mile stroll, a purely maritime ninety minutes past the front's palaces and beaches. It is Marbella without tickets or programmes: sport at morning, beach at noon, ice cream at dusk, parade at sunset — the sea binding all of it.
Ninety maritime minutes to Banús past the front's palaces.
The continents' holidaymakers walking, running, wheeling.
Paseo Marítimo, 29602 Marbella
Marbella MarinaA yacht marina west of central Marbella — the town's own harbour rather than the8 minutes walk4.3
Plaza de los NaranjosThe main square of Marbella's old town, laid out in the late fifteenth century a12 minutes walk4.7
Chapel of San Juan de DiosA small chapel in Marbella's old town, among the oldest religious buildings in t12 minutes walk4.7
Marbella Old TownBehind the yacht front hides real Marbella: a complete white Andalusian town — n12 minutes walk
Marbella's Arab CastleMarbella's castle is Marbal-la's first witness: a tenth-century Umayyad qasba — 13 minutes walk4.2On foot a breezy pleasant ninety minutes — by bike half that with double fun (rentals abound). One mode out and the coastal bus back solves hot middays — and the sunset repays all the effort.