Roman bridge: good
Dívar knows it, Abrámovich knows it, Kylie knows it, Enrique knows it -ueahhh-, Flavio Briatore knows it and we know it. Flavio, by the way -we love Flavio, of course- will inaugurate the Club Billionaries on the Marbella Golden Mile on July 7th. Cremita, because of the very exclusive Club there are only three delegations in the world: Costa Smeralda, Istanbul and Sardinia. And now in Marbella, the city of singing without an owner. In Marbella the glasses are always full and every day is celebrated as if it were the last (which is how we're supposed to treat each day, right?) so we celebrate very strongly that brilli brilli and the nuclear white of linen shirts are back.
We will not talk about Caribbean weeks today, but we will talk about the ten places that are worth playing for the quarterfinals. The crème de la crème of the Costa del Sol. To the top:
Spaniards: Marbella is back
Marbella Club The MC is the most of the Costa del Sol -which is already saying-, founded in 1952 by Prince Alfonso de Hohenlohe and today run by David Shamoon it is possible to affirm without disheveled that Marbella was born here . And it is that Kings, Princesses, presidents, sheikhs and aristocrats have danced on this dance floor. And some defendant too, of course.
Marbella was born here
Roman bridge Also owned by David Shamoon, Puente Romano is the little brother of the Marbella Club and yet its Beach Club is the epicenter of beach parties: mojitos, hammocks and luxury by cascoporro . But there is more, the Namazake restaurant (sushi & sake) or the Suite restaurant (Asian and Arabic-inspired fusion cuisine) surrounded by cushions and Fatimid decoration. And of course 'the' track that is every night the square that houses the thousand-year-old (S.I AD) Roman Bridge. Gin-tonics between ruins, who gives more?
Roman bridge: here time is slow
** Nikki Beach ** The closest thing to Miami on the Costa del Sol: Champagne, luxury and kisses in the moonlight With the coolest of Marbella, the Full Moon Party or the World Tour Champagne would be lost by guillotine. It is possible that Paris Hilton or Ivanka Trump are at the next table -hammock- and they probably remind you of what the Nikki Beach Taliban say: "If you haven't been to a Nikki party, you haven't been to a party."
Nikki, the right attitude
Trocadero Arena The beach bar restaurant of our beloved Flavio Briatore, but also of Rosauro Vero (owner of the Marbella club Blue, perpetual Pelazo Pantene Award and the luckiest guy in the world for obvious reasons), Tommy Hilfiger or Naomi Campbell . Precisely a few months ago they inaugurated the new restaurant of the coolest beach bar in Marbella, a very lounge thing that bets on Japanese cuisine and fusion. The best? A detail that in Traveler we appreciate very much: The products are collected from their own organic farming, located in the Guadalhorce Valley (Málaga). yes avalanche and racket Good.
Trocadero: health and revelry
port beach
Do not look for glamor or linen tablecloths in Puerto Playa. Neither Estrellas nor Soles Repsol, much less a red carpet on the list of 50 Best Restaurants, no. Puerto Marbella is rather our little guilty pleasure, the traditional beach bar - that one with paper napkins and fried fish - three steps from the fishing port that nevertheless makes us fall in love because the product is fresh and his philosophy is that of. "Crap? The fair ones”.
haze Dani García (Calima) and Ángel León (Aponiente, in Puerto de Santa María) are the brightest stars of the Andalusian gastronomic scene and also the best ambassadors of hedonism (properly understood) on the Costa del Sol. Calima is the great bet of Dani: 22 memorable dishes in which he draws his gastronomic philosophy called "cocinacontradiccion". You can also savor Dani's cuisine in Lamoraga (Puerto Banús), haute cuisine in small tapas, or better: Delicious food, well prepared and at affordable prices.
Calima: kitchen contradiction
skina Skina is the home of Marquitos Granda and Maribel Salamanca, two crazy foodies who love great wines and gastronomic journeys. Perhaps that is why at Skina the wine list is masterful, the perfect dance partner for the cuisine of Hideaki Yoshioka and Jaume Puigdengolas. Technique, respect and avant-garde in this magical restaurant hidden the alleys of the Old Town of Marbella (c / Aduar, 12), balconies, lime, flowerpots and Andalusia in raw. Essential Skina.
Farm Besaya Besaya is one of the fashionable terraces for two overwhelming reasons. Well, three. One: the setting is milk, in the middle of a field of avocados. In other words, terraceo under the moon. Two: the cups. The kitchen is simple and of product , but where the Finca Besaya team shines (20 years of experience in local Cairo) is in the cocktails and copichuelas. And we like that. Three: he's next to Olivia Valere.
Finca Besaya: product cuisine
Olivia Valere
Years go by and new proposals arrive but in Marbella there is only one nightclub: Olivia Valere's. And it is that beyond the grotesque program of La Sexta 'Mujeres ricas', Valere rules the Marbella night because at the end of the night everyone ends up on her track or better, in a private room with a bottle of frozen vodka. So yes.
La Valere commands the Marbella night