Beach Life!

Marbella's Beach Bars and Clubs, luxurious, laid back or lively, offer the perfect slice of Beach Culture!

St Tropez or the Costa Esmeralda may claim to have more class, and the Caribbean or the Maldives may have more golden beaches and crystal blue seas but Marbella has a greater variety of beach bars, clubs and simple chringuitos than the rest of them combined.

The choice is yours. Your day at the beach can be a stylish affair, sipping cocktails and sampling sushi on your designer beach bed as the live DJ plays the latest sounds or you can go low key, laid back and traditional, with the sand between your toes, beer in hand as you groove to the band. Marbella has it covered.

Marbella’s chilled and cosmopolitan beach clubs allow you to show off your designer beachwear, sip on a classic cocktail and enjoy some innovative cuisine. There are no transport issues as the convertible has been safely valet parked or the dingy is waiting to take you to the yacht moored in the shimmering Mediterranean. Sit back, relax and take in the views surrounded by the beautiful people, sports stars enjoying a little down time and the seriously wealthy.

Top of the list when it comes to sampling this little slice of hedonistic heaven, are Nikki Beach, Ocean Club, El Chringuito at the Puente Romano Hotel, Spiler at the Hotel Kempinski Bahia Marbella, La Cabane at the Hotel Los Monteros, Estrella del Mar at the Vinicci and La Sala by the Sea.

The healthy combination of fresh sea air and sunshine is an excellent way to work up an appetite. Marbella’s beach clubs have a mouth-watering range of cuisines for you to enjoy. From contemporary to traditional, from Far Eastern to European and all possible styles of fusion in between, the chefs at Marbella’s beach clubs never fail to surprise and delight. If you want your beach day to feature fabulous food, the La Plage Cassanis, Besaya Beach, El Oceano, Mistral Beach, La Sala by the Sea, Nikki Beach, Max Beach and Bono’s Beach are all highly recommended.

You might want to let your hair down, slip on your sexiest summer outfit and to party hard on the “playa”?. With big name DJs, scandalously sensual go-gos, live sax and percussion and the inevitable champagne spray parties, can get up to some serious Marbella mischief on the beach both night and day! Be warned though, these beach parties are all day affairs, so pace yourselves. You can find the party crowd - especially on Sundays – at Nikki Beach, Max Beach, Playa Padre and Ocean Club.

Other sun seekers search out a different vibe. For them the beach is a place to wind down and chill out with a bottle of something cool in your hand. “Boho Chic” is the vibe, informal and very, very relaxed. Great food, frequent live music and the sensuous feeling of sand between your toes always rank as one of quintessential Marbella beach bar experiences and you will find this and more at Sonora, Mistral, Victor’s Beach – one of the longest established and Trocadero Playa.

There is no doubt about it - Marbella really does have the best beach culture in Spain, with beaches for all of the summer season. So what are you waiting for? We’ll see you on the beach!