Puerto Banus

PUERTO BANUS

Located just 6km from Marbella within Andalucia, a favourite resort along the Costa del Sol for international celebrities. As you wander along the waterfront at Muelle Rivera, you will be confronted with a wide array of expensive bars, restaurants and designer shops.
Expect to pay celebrity prices as you rub shoulders with international film stars.

There is not a designer name that you can't find in Puerto Banus among it's many expensive shops. If it's in fashion - you'll find it here.
The marina is always well stocked with the most expensive of vessels from all over the world. It's a favourite stop for Royalty of all nationalities. It is quite easy on a pleasant evening to spend several hours wandering up and down the marina pontoons, then sit in one of the many bars, watching the world of high-life strolling past you. The biggest boats are at the south end of the port.

Puerto Banus has a great deal to offer the ardent shopper and one port of call has to be the department store, el Corte Ingles, located in the centre.
The beach is at the north of the town and is called Playa Levante. It is long and wide and very clean. There are all the usual facilities.
The nightlife in Puerto Banus is also as well known as it's celebrity status. There are ample clubs and pubs and after midnight, especially in the summer months, the whole place rocks 'till daybreak' but expect to pay for it.
Hotels of all grades are plentiful but you will find it cheaper to stay at a nearby resort and travel to see Puerto Banus.

You will arrive at Puerto Banus along the main N340 highway from Marbella to San Pedro.
If you drive into Puerto Banus, you may be lucky to find on-street parking but it is easier and safer to use the multi-storey near El Corte Ingles or one of the other central parks.
You can't take your car along the port without a special and very expensive port access card.
The market is on a Saturday, near the bullring in the old part of town. See full details here.
It is very much based around the antique business and prices are very high.

  
Other places to see if you are in the area are Marbella, Puerto de la Duquesa and Estepona.

The property market in both Puerto Banus and Marbella is one of the most buoyant of the whole of the Costa del Sol. Prices have soared over recent years and villas of huge proportions are springing up in the surrounding areas.

In the centre of Puerto Banus you will find a huge marble square, close to el Corte Ingles department store (one of a large chain in Spain). Here you can enjoy the sun and a drink in the outside bar, surrounded by fountains.

Close by is the cinema that show films in both Spanish and English.

 

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