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Marbella is a city of Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain, located in the Province of Málaga and in the region of Costa del Sol. Marbella has a permanent population of 125,519 but this figure increases dramatically during the summer months. Marbella is famed for being one of the most charming and stylish holiday destinations in southern Europe- the town is internationally (...)

in Andalucia, Southern Spain. Its name is oddly derived from an Arabic word, hoxán, meaning "rough" or "bitter" place, and therefore curious that the Moors should establish a settlement in a place they presumably did not care for. But they did, and in common with other inland villages such as Istán, it was allowed to survive the Christians' embargo on Moors living too close to the sea after (...)

Puerto José Banús, more commonly known as Puerto Banús is a marina in Marbella, Spain on the Costa del Sol. It was built in 1970 by José Banús, a local property developer, as a luxury marina and shopping complex for the jet-set and the super rich. , film director Roman Polanski, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, Dr (...)