Marbella Club Hotel
Bulevar Principe Alfonso von Hohenlohe, Marbella, Spain
Location
On the Golden Mile
On the beachfront of Marbella's Golden Mile between the Old Town and Puerto Banus, on the Costa del Sol, in forty-two thousand square metres of subtropical gardens running to the beach, around forty-five minutes from Malaga airport.
Transfer
A Malaga transfer
Around forty-five minutes from Malaga airport, to the Golden Mile beachfront between Marbella's Old Town and Puerto Banus.
Villas
Around 132 rooms & villas
Around 132 rooms, suites and Andalusian-style villas of around forty-five square metres, in low-slung Andalusian buildings with a princely-residence feel, with garden or sea views; the villas hide behind private gardens and pools.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples for the romance and glamour, families for the kids' club, family suites and villas, golfers, the Thalasso wellness crowd and the heritage-and-glamour set — the 1954 club that invented glamorous Marbella, in gardens running to the beach.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast or half board, across six restaurants and a beach club, from a seafront daytime buffet to candle-lit clubhouse-style dinners.
About the Resort
A legendary beachfront garden resort on the Golden Mile
Marbella Club is the legendary beachfront garden resort that invented glamorous Marbella — Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe's 1954 club on the Golden Mile, the 1950s haunt of Hollywood and aristocracy, and a Leading Hotels grande dame that stays open year-round on the warm Costa del Sol. Around 132 rooms, suites and Andalusian villas spread through forty-two thousand square metres of subtropical gardens to the beach, the villas hiding behind private gardens and pools. The eight-hundred-square-metre Thalasso Spa draws on a seawater pool, the Dave Thomas championship course and an equestrian centre sit close, and a kids' club makes it a multi-generational classic. The setting is the heart of the Golden Mile: the resort runs from low-slung Andalusian buildings through its gardens straight to the beach, the Old Town of Marbella and the marina of Puerto Banus lie a short way along the coast, and the white hill-town of Ronda with its gorge and the courses of Sotogrande are within reach. It is the beachfront-gardens-and-glamour pick of Andalusia — distinct from the inland golf estate of Finca Cortesin.
Accommodation
Rooms, suites & villas
Around 132 rooms, suites and Andalusian villas of around forty-five square metres spread through forty-two thousand square metres of subtropical gardens to the beach, in low-slung Andalusian buildings with a princely-residence feel and garden or sea views. The villas hide behind their own private gardens and pools, the most secluded of rooms in a resort that has felt like a glamorous private estate since the 1950s.
Entry
Deluxe Room
Sleeps two. A king of around 45 square metres with a terrace, over the gardens.
Garden terraceGarden outlook
Signature
Sea-View Junior Suite
Sleeps two to three. A king with a terrace and sea views, over the Mediterranean.
Sea viewsMediterranean outlook
Family
Family Garden Suite
Sleeps four. A garden suite for families.
FamilyGarden outlook
Villa
Andalusian Villa
Sleeps four to eight. A villa with a private garden and pool, over the gardens and sea.
Private poolGardens/sea outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
Six restaurants and a beach club run from an international daytime buffet by the sea to terrace breakfasts in the gardens and candle-lit, clubhouse-style dining in the evening. It is relaxed, glamorous Costa del Sol dining, the gardens and the beach the constant backdrop.
Beach
The Beach Club
The Beach Club, an international daytime buffet by the sea.
Terrace
Terrace breakfast
Terrace breakfast, in the gardens.
Clubhouse
Candle-lit dining
Candle-lit dining, clubhouse-style in the evening.
Wellbeing
The Thalasso Spa & pools
The eight-hundred-square-metre Marbella Club Thalasso Spa brings a seawater pool, steam, saunas and twelve treatment rooms, joined by the Finca Ana Maria wellness area, two heated outdoor pools, a heated seawater pool and the beach. Wellness here draws on the Andalusian tradition of seawater therapy, the Thalasso and the gardens a calm heart to the resort.
The Thalasso Spa
The Thalasso Spa, eight hundred square metres, seawater.
Heated pools
Heated pools, and the beach.
Dave Thomas golf
Dave Thomas golf, guests-only tee times.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The heritage, the gardens and the beach define a stay — settle into the 1954 club that drew Hollywood and aristocracy, wander forty-two thousand square metres of subtropical gardens to the beach, and work through the seawater Thalasso Spa. The Dave Thomas course and an equestrian centre sit close, with Puerto Banus, Marbella Old Town and the white hill-town of Ronda within reach.
The von Hohenlohe heritage
The von Hohenlohe heritage, the birthplace of glamorous Marbella.
42,000 sqm of gardens
Forty-two thousand square metres of gardens, running to the beach.
The Thalasso Spa
The Thalasso Spa, seawater wellness.
Dave Thomas golf
Dave Thomas golf, and an equestrian centre.
The Golden-Mile beach
The Golden-Mile beach, year-round sun.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Malaga
Around forty-five minutes from Malaga airport.
On the coast
Marbella
On the Golden Mile beachfront between Marbella's Old Town and Puerto Banus.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Marbella Club Hotel. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast or half board.
Year-round
- Year-round, open all year on the Costa del Sol.
Made for families
- Made for families, couples and golfers.
Getting there
- Around forty-five minutes from Malaga airport.
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