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Marbella town is divided into two halves - the
old and new. The older part of the town is charming,
the winding streets are extremely narrow great
for keeping cool in the heat, and the ambience
is quite exceptional. The majority of this maze
of streets are several centuries old.
Located in the centre is the Plaza de los Naranjos,
or Orange Square. The whole square is filled with
bars and restaurants - and of course, orange trees.
As well as this popular and historic Plaza de
los Naranjos there are several interesting churches
to visit, not to mention the mosque, one of the
city's most famous monuments, which can be found
just outside Marbella.
Marbella lies in the province of Andalucia, once
Spain's poorest region. Andalucia covers 17.3%
of Spanish territory (87,300 km2), making it the
largest single region in Spain with an area greater
than Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland.
Andalucia has 500 miles of coastline, of which
70% is sandy beaches. The Mediterranean seaboard
is graced by the Costa de Almeria, Costa Tropical
and the glamourous, cosmopolitan Costa del Sol.
The Costa de la Luz lies along the Atlantic shore
to the west of Gibraltar.
Andalucia is known to many as the 'Gateway to
Europe', 'a Bridge between two continents' or
'a Melting Pot of Cultures'. There can be few
places in the world that can claim to be located
between two seas and even two continents. This
very singular situation - between Europe and Africa,
between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic -
explains the richness and diversity of Andalucia's
natural patrimony. For its geographic location,
Andalucia is regarded as having a Mediterranean
climate and its vegetation and fauna correspond
to those characteristics. Marbella has in its
municipality 27km
of coastline which is divided into 24 beaches.
The enormous contrasts in relief, coastline and
climate have converted the region into a mosaic
of landscapes of enormous ecological diversity,
from warm sandy beaches to the snow covered peaks
of the Sierra Nevada.
Marbella town is divided into two halves - the
old and new. The older part of the town is charming,
the winding streets are extremely narrow great
for keeping cool in the heat, and the ambience
is quite exceptional. The majority of this maze
of streets are several centuries old.
Located in the centre is the Plaza de los Naranjos,
or Orange Square. The whole square is filled with
bars and restaurants - and of course, orange trees.
As well as this popular and historic Plaza de
los Naranjos there are several interesting churches
to visit, not to mention the mosque, one of the
city's most famous monuments, which can be found
just outside Marbella.
Marbella lies in the province of Andalucia, once
Spain's poorest region. Andalucia covers 17.3%
of Spanish territory (87,300 km2), making it the
largest single region in Spain with an area greater
than Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland.
Andalucia has 500 miles of coastline, of which
70% is sandy beaches. The Mediterranean seaboard
is graced by the Costa de Almeria, Costa Tropical
and the glamourous, cosmopolitan Costa del Sol.
The Costa de la Luz lies along the Atlantic shore
to the west of Gibraltar.
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