MARBELLA: ATTRACTIONS
 Pretty
Plaza de los Naranjos, with
its 16th-century ayuntamiento is the heart of the largely pedestrianised
old town. Nearby on Plaza de la Iglesia is the Iglesia
de la Encarnación, begun in the 16th century. A
little farther east, a museum called the Museo
del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, on Calle
Hospital Bazán, houses works by Picasso, Miró and
Dalí. It is open daily except Saturday. Just to the north,
along streets such as Calle Arte and Calle Portada, are remains
of Marbella's old Muslim walls.
Down to the east of the old town, in Parque de
la Represa is the charming museum Museo
Bonsai, devoted to the Japanese miniature-tree art, open
daily.
Beaches Playa de
la Fontanilla, west of Glorieta de la Fontanilla, and Playa
de Casablanca, beyond Playa de la Fontanilla, are longer, broader,
and less crowded than the central beaches.
Several excursion boats a day usually go from
Marbella's Puerto Deportivo (marina) to Puerto
Banús, the Costa del Sol's flashiest marina, 5 km
west. The Banús harbor, is surrounded by varied eateries
and drinkeries (cheaper as you move east), and the Aquarium de
Puerto Banús, similar to Sea Life at Benalmádena
Costa, opens daily most of the year.
There are good walks in the Sierra
Blanca starting from the Refugio de Juanar hotel, a 17km
drive from Marbella.
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