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Location Information:
Marbella is a city in Andalusia,
Spain, by the Mediterranean,
situated in the province of Málaga,
beneath La Concha. In 2000 the city
had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004,
116,234, in 2010 circa 135,000.
Marbella and the nearby Puerto Banús
are important beach resorts of the
Costa del Sol. The town is famous
for being a playground for the rich
and famous. Marbella is famed as an
exclusive destination for wealthy
tourists from Northern Europe, as
well as for the well-heeled from the
UK, Ireland and Germany.
It is easy to reach other places,
like Málaga and Algeciras, by bus.
The area is also served by the A7
autovia, and the closest airport is
at Málaga. The area around Marbella
is particularly popular with those
who like golf. Marbella also hosts a
WTA tennis tournament on red clay,
the Andalucia Tennis Experience.
Santiago Segura's Torrente comedy
film series took its second part
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella
(2001, the highest grossing Spanish
film ever) to Marbella, where the
repulsive cop José Luis Torrente
meets the kitsch inhabitants of the
city in an intrigue of international
politics.
Marbella was featured in the popular
political thriller, Syriana. It was
used as the location for a private
party which an Arabian Emir hosts.
Marbella was portrayed as an
extremely affluent city with most
cars at the entrance of the palace
being very expensive. In the same
year it appeared in Steven
Spielberg's Munich in a very similar
context.
In 2006, there was an international
advertisement advertising Marbella
as a tourist destination. The song
on the advert is aptly called
Marbella and is performed by singer
Cristie.
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