In the best of PuertoBanus,Marbella, on the beach.

The accommodation

2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. First line of the beach. in the best of Puerto Banús.
Privileged climate, sunshine 320 days/year, according Marbella Town Hall. Mild winters (about 14-18º c.). . Air conditioning and heating. Playa Rocio Residential Complex , luxury.
AVAILABLE: In 2020, from January 1 to May 10 and the month of August are already reserved.
PRICES, in euros: Please consult the corresponding section. By MONTHS: Oct. 1 / April 30, 1,500 euros / month. May 1 / June 30, 2,500 euros. July, 4,750 euros. August, 5,000 euros. September, 2,500 euros. In May-June and Sept., if more than two people, each person more add 15 euros / person / night. Long Season, 1,700 euros / month,
Payment of electricity consumption: Oct. 1/April 30 and Long Term, on behalf of tenants. The remaining months, on behalf of the owners.
MINIMUM STAY: May 2020, 15/20 days. June 1/Sept. 30, one month. Oct.1/April 30, one/two months.
Exterior apartment, 85 m/2, terrace, afternoon sun, upon our garden of over 7,000 m/2. Two pools (children and adults) with lifeguard and security guard.
The price includes the use of a parking space, fixed, and a storage-room; both in the basement (well painted and well lit) with lift.
Free Internet access from the apartment, with fiber cable, 100 Mb.
In the apartment TV stations are received from many countries (Astra satellite), in English / French / German and other languages, at no cost to travelers.
We can facilitate, without charge, a cot, a chair to carry the kids to the street, two chairs to bring them in the car and a folding bed. Two children's bicycles (2-3 years, without pedals, and 5-6 years) and one for adults, available to customers, free of charge, in the storage-room; 150 m., bicycle rental. Two TV.
Magnificent the rental price/apartment ratio, because the location is unbeatable.
From our garden, direct exit to the beautiful promenade that separates us from the beach and out with its 13 kms. -all in plain, along the beaches and the sea- unites us with Marbella and San Pedro. It is pedestrian walkway, closed to traffic (bikes allowed), well landscaped (many flowers, shrubs and trees).
Brightly lit living-room, five points of light. Motorized blinds in the large window that overlooks the garden. The second bedroom and his bathroom can be isolated from the rest of the apartment. Second bathroom, complete.
Kitchen independent, with ceramic hob 4 burners, extractor fan, micro-wave, fridge-freezer, dish-washer, washing machine, dryer, oven, movable clothesline, etc. We can facilitate relationship of household appliances and utensils, as well as 20 pictures of it (see below).
We provide sheets, towels, tablecloths, napkins, etc .; good quality, abundant, almost new.
Terrace with a round wooden table and four chairs. Facing west, afternoon sun. Several elevators.
Cleaning: during the contracted period, to customer care. You may get help, at 10/12 euros/hour. Upon termination of the rental, the owners hire and pay the cleaning staff.
Reservations: for holiday season, 300 euros are anticipated. In Long Term, one monthly payment.
Deposit as security: the customer will deliver a small amount, 300 euros (in anticipation of potential damage); recoverable 100 % if there is no important damages by careless or inappropriate use.
Reception 24 hours, three concierges speak english, one of them also french, they communicate with the apartments by indoor phone. It has fax -gratis- available to residents.
Four steps to enter the apartment. We do not accept animals, sorry.
Residential area, very quiet, no street noise. All around on flat, no hills, ideal for walking near the sea, along the beaches. Golfer's paradise. The light of Andalusia and the happiness of its inhabitants (mostly tourists, smiling, all languages). Leave your everyday life behind, enjoy life, with nothing to do, no stress.

Setting

The development is in beachfront, a beautiful promenade well landscaped separates, closed to traffic, bicycles allowed. On this walk, which went out from our garden, there is a children's area in front of our Complex.
Residential area, very quiet, with no public buildings nearby, no bars or restaurants. Except for to 100 m. two tracks of paddle, a Residence of luxury for major persons and a 4-star Hotel 800 metres away. 200 meters El Corte Inglés -a chain of Department Stores world-class (fashion, gifts, home, sports, supermarket, etc.), which is to say everything you need. At about 800 meters, its subsidiary SuperCor, open 365 days/year, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Also to 200 m. our apartment there is another Mall, with pharmacy, computer rentals, dry cleaning,a hairdresser ladies/gentlemen, ATM cash dispenser and so on.
In a radius of one km., best known banks, all with their ATMs.
The famous Pleasure Marina is about 150 m. our exit to the beach, at 200 m. from our front door. It has over 900 berths for boats (many luxury, one of the royal family of Saudi Arabia). Many restaurants and cafés with terraces, and plenty of "boutiques" of the best known brands.
Without leaving the harbour, to walk to the lighthouse, to 2,25 kms. of the apartment, which indicates the entry to the port. Everything for flat, broad, good soil, safetely, a delight, very crowed. The pleasure crafts a side and the open sea to other one.
The bus, with stops near, leads to Marbella and San Pedro de Alcantara.
A 4 kms. to the North is Marbella, with 143.400 registered inhabitants in 2019, the population triples in summer. With several beaches, many shops, hotels, and restaurants and taverns all categories and prices. Tour the beautiful and tourist Marbella's old quarter, which was founded by the Romans and has a lot of commercial life. See the Plaza de los Naranjos (Orange´s Plaza), famous, always visited, with many restaurants. There is the Town Hall, in XVI century building, and its Office of Tourism. And it keeps the Wall, from the Muslim era. You can also visit the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación (Our Lady of the Incarnation), 1712, on the remains of another 1505. In an area called Green River, remains of a Roman villa.
In Marbella there are several hospitals and clinics, well installed and maintained by good professionals.
San Pedro de Alcántara is 5 kms to the south and offers the tourist a complete range of restaurants to suit all budgets. Good beach and nice promenade on it.
About 3 kms., country bus station. To 5 km., the Country Hospital of the Spanish Social Security.
Malaga airport, about 60 kms, with buses to Marbella. By taxi to our apartment around 70/80 euros (November 2010). The high speed train Madrid-Málaga takes about 2.40 hours. From the station, 69 kms. to Marbella, bus or also suburban train to Fuengirola, 30 kms. Puerto Banus. And taxi, of course.
Car not essential. Car Rental, both in the airport or railway-station. AVIS Rent a Car has a delegation about 800 m. our home, where you can return or hire a car. And HERZ.in Marbella.
.

Activities and attractions

Our Complex is on the beach front, for those who like to enjoy the sun and sea bathing.
In the garden there is very big swimming pool.
Very appropiate zone to walk, run or bike (they are rented nearby) along the promenade, of 13 kilometers, linking Marbella-Puerto Banus and San Pedro de Alcántara; all for flat, no hills, many flowers, plants and trees, very landscaped one, bordering the beachs, without traffic, bikes allowed.
In the apartment it is enjoyed of ADSL (free) 24 hours/day.
To 100 m., two fields of “paddle”; to approximately two kms., several tennis courts.
To 500 metres rent of jet-skys (nautical motorcycles), to cross the wide and nice bay of Marbella.
The zone is a Paradise for the golfers. There is a golf club 3 kms away and a further 8 to 10 clubs within short distance (7-8 kms.) in the surrounding area. Others 30/35 in no more 25 kms. It is possible to enter to the cafeterias (snack-bars and dining-room) of the Clubs without being a partner and seeing the playgrounds, etc. To approximately 30 kms. it is Valderrama's field, where in 1997 a championship of the Ryder Cup (competition between USA and Europe) was celebrated.
Cinema with several rooms, about 700 meters, often classical music concerts/operas/ballets are offered from the most important theaters in the world; around there other three-four cinemas. Casino, at 1,500 meters.
On Saturday morning open-air-market -next to the Plaza de Toros (Bull-ring) de P. Banús-, large-lot and very well laid-installed, many traders are foreigners (Europeans), a large variety of items, good quality and reasonable prices. This market enjoys good reputation in the populations of the region, where many people travel to visit, mostly tourists. There are other open-air-market in Marbella and San Pedro de Alcantara, on other days of the week.
Board a public ferry for the wide and beautiful bay of Marbella, set sail from the Marina and into the north of Marbella, 4-5 miles.
In Marbella and Estepona it is possible to hire a boat with his captain, to go fishing or dolphin watching.
Top drive to Sierra Blanca, where the Juanar Refuge is a small hotel, in which General Charles de Gaulle wrote part of his memoirs. It is about 15-20 minutes from the apartment.
It is not essential to use the car, Puerto Banus is usually always very lively. Numerous walks, in plain, along the Marina, beaches and other areas highly landscaped, well maintained, in general.
Memorable excursions Malaga, very touristy, and a dozen heavily visited towns in the area: Ronda, Tarifa (well known to practitioners of windsurfing and kite surfing, kite-), Sotogrande, Estepona, Guadalmina, Fuengirola, Benalmádena, Torremolinos, Nerja, Antequera, The Axarquia, etc.
Travel to Cadiz and also interesting to Bolonia (Cadiz), to approximately 80 kms. of the apartment. With important archaeological remains of a "garum" roman factory and the existing population at that time (Temple dedicated to the gods, forum, amphitheater, termes, housing, market, cemetery). Interpretation Centre. It looks / guesses the coast of Africa to approximately 30 kms., separated by the Strait (Pass) of Gibraltar, opposite Tangier. Good beach, you can combine this tour.
Very tourist trips (that justify the tour) to Granada -and Sierra Nevada and Las Alpujarras, if desired- Cordoba, Seville (a wonder, in our opinion), Jerez (Xerry), the Route of the White Villages (i.,e, Arcos de la Frontera and others), and so on. The Muslims were in Spain between 711 and 1492, and these populations -very tourist- preserve his fingerprint.
And not far away, Gibraltar (The Rock). With English and Spanish Language, sterling and other currency, the "bobby", driving on the left, shops "duty-free".
If it is time and is wanted, before or after being in Port Banús-Marbella can realize a cruise for the Mediterranean; it embarks in Malaga, to 65 kms. .
Morocco and North Africa can be visited relatively easily.
Try the rich Andalusian cuisine, specifically that of Malaga. There are restaurants of many nationalities.
Enjoying a privileged microclimate of Marbella. And watch the tourists without stress, smiling, of vacations, with nothing to do. And to have the unfolded antennas, to catch the differences of another culture, other customs.
Above all, leave behind the problems and routine, and enjoy life quietly, with a good climate.