One of the hammocks at the Ocean Club Marbella.
There is no summer destination that knows how to reinvent itself as much as Marbella. Always Away from global trends (in which she is usually a flag bearer), this exclusive piece of the Costa del Sol has an answer for every type of traveler and for every hour of the day.
Because from breakfast to dinner Marbella's offer is so juicy and varied that you won't know where to start the day, here is a small agenda with our favorite places.
Marbella is more than you expect
AT DAWN
Whether you have slept in one of the suites with a terrace or in one of the villas with private pool at the Anantara Villa Padierna Palace, What awaits you when you wake up in this palace full of works of art, located between Marbella, Benahavís and Estepona, is a breakfast loaded with Andalusian products on its incredible terrace with views of the hotel's lake and the Mediterranean.
The essential? The Antequera muffin washed down with EVOO –made exclusively for the property by the D Oliva brand– in which the soft crust of the bread melts and balances with the powerful flavor of the Iberian ham freshly cut with a knife.
Breakfast at the Anantara Villa Padierna Palace.
AT LUNCHTIME
It is the old town of Marbella a place to walk leisurely and enjoy calmly. Filled with small tapas restaurants and regional cuisine, it also boasts places where international recipes provide that little 'exotic' point with which we like so much to spice up our holidays.
The Zozoï restaurant, in Plaza Altamirano, is one of them and in its creative cuisine menu you will find everything from some Thai-style mussels to a butterfish ceviche or a bar of smoked salmon worth its weight in gold. Whether on your outdoor terrace or in your cute backyard, It is worth accompanying the meal with one of their colorful signature cocktails. Our favourite? the Dark Mojito, based on black vodka, blackberry syrup, lime, mint and soda.
Interior patio in the Zozoï restaurant in Marbella.
AT SUNSET
In the heart of Puerto Banús, Ocean Club Marbella has been animating Marbella evenings for more than a decade with its huge pool and its terrace with views of the sea and the African coast when the sky is clear. That's what their Resident and guest DJs and statuesque go-gos that move to the rhythm of electronic music on the pedestals placed next to the water, which contemporary caryatids of flesh and bone. There are also dancers who combine capoeira steps with impossible acrobatics.
But you don't just come to this mythical beach club to watch the turntables of the dj booth spin at sunset, also at the table of his restaurant Amaï by OC you can enjoy the movement that his international recipes bring. The most impressive flavors? those of the sushi accompanied by a mojito with mango foam that you will want to suck up to the straw.
The impressive pool of the Ocean Club Marbella.
THE CANDLELIGHT
Inspired by the California of the 50s, El Patio restaurant, the new gastronomic bet of the Marbella Club, has just opened its doors (metaphorically speaking) in the place that one day occupied the first rooms of that original establishment in which, motel style one parked the car and went to sleep. Today, luxury has replaced everyday life in this five-star marbellí where rooms, suites, bungalows and villas are scattered throughout the historic Santa Margarita estate.
El Patio, in the Marbella Club.
The best? That Italian-Turkish inspired cuisine devised by chef Armando Codispoti (from Calabria) and Esra Muslu, former chef at Soho House Istanbul, is enjoyed next to agapanthus, vines and jasmine as aromatic as the cocktails prepared with freshness and audacity by mixologist Marc Álvarez.