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Marbella is a city in Andalusia, Spain, by the Mediterranean, situated in the region of Málaga, beneath La Concha. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234.

Marbella is an important beach resort of the Costa del Sol. The town is famous for being a playground for the famous and super-rich. Marbella is internationally recognised as a favourite destination for extremely wealthy tourists from Northern Europe, in particular the UK, Ireland and Germany. The area around Marbella is particularly popular with those who like Golf.

It is easy to reach other places, like Malaga and Algeciras, by bus. The area is also served by the A7 autovia, and the closest airport is at Malaga.

In the 1940s, Marbella was a small village with only 900 inhabitants but this changed when Prince Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his heir Alfonso of Hohenlohe experienced a problem with their Rolls-Royce in the area. This first encounter with Marbella so impressed Alfonso that he decided to buy land commercially, marketing the area as a tourist destination. 1954 he opened the Hotel Marbella Club which, in spite of its name, was far from being a conventional tall and impersonal building but rather was a resort with traditional low houses among 23.000 trees.

Sights in and Around Marbella: Olivia Valere (Upscale restaurant, bar and disco), Arabian wall, Bonsai museum, Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Old city centre, Playa de la Bajadilla (beach), Playa de Fontanilla (beach), Bernadette exposed in public, Puerto Banús, a marina built by José Banús where Rolls-Royces and Ferraris meet yachts., The Golden Mile featuring the Marbella Club Hotel and its beach club, as well as the late King Fahad's palace., and Encarnation´s Church (Iglesia de la Encarnación) Oldest church in the city placed in the old-town.

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