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Marbella Club Hotel

Golden Mile · Marbella · Spain

The tiled bar of the beach restaurant at the Marbella Club Hotel, with lamps, plants and rush stools
The tiled bar of the beach restaurant at the Marbella Club Hotel, with lamps, plants and rush stools
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A sitting room at the Marbella Club Hotel, with a fireplace, plates on white shelves and linen sofas
A sitting room at the Marbella Club Hotel, with a fireplace, plates on white shelves and linen sofas
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Shutters open onto a vine-hung terrace at the Marbella Club Hotel
Shutters open onto a vine-hung terrace at the Marbella Club Hotel
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A trellised doorway hung with creepers at the Marbella Club Hotel
A trellised doorway hung with creepers at the Marbella Club Hotel
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A lounge with a carved wooden ceiling at the Marbella Club Hotel
A lounge with a carved wooden ceiling at the Marbella Club Hotel
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Whitewashed villas among palms and gardens at the Marbella Club Hotel
Whitewashed villas among palms and gardens at the Marbella Club Hotel
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A four-poster bedroom opening onto the garden at the Marbella Club Hotel
A four-poster bedroom opening onto the garden at the Marbella Club Hotel
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A wine shop and deli with beamed ceiling at the Marbella Club Hotel
A wine shop and deli with beamed ceiling at the Marbella Club Hotel
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Palms and the wooden pier by the beach at the Marbella Club Hotel
Palms and the wooden pier by the beach at the Marbella Club Hotel
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A garden room with a canopy bed at the Marbella Club Hotel
A garden room with a canopy bed at the Marbella Club Hotel
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Evening tables under lanterns in a courtyard restaurant at the Marbella Club Hotel
Evening tables under lanterns in a courtyard restaurant at the Marbella Club Hotel
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A candlelit table in a restaurant at the Marbella Club Hotel
A candlelit table in a restaurant at the Marbella Club Hotel
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The founding legend of the Golden Mile: a garden resort running down to the beach, opened by Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe in the 1950s.

Where the legend of Marbella began: a prince’s private house that became a hotel of villas and gardens by the sea. It remains the town’s most storied address.

  • Where Marbella began
  • Villas in 42,000 m² of gardens
  • MC Beach and spa

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