MARBELLA WIRE

276 places · 77 neighbourhoods · the Wire

Everything Marbella,
written down.

Re-checked monthly. Prices verbatim, menus linked, every venue photographed.

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26·08 WIRE — Spain's most expensive home listed in Marbella for €70m 26·08 WIRE — Malaga mortgages hit highest level since 2010 27·08 WIRE — Estepona grid capacity for new homes is zero 27·08 WIRE — Malaga exports hit record €1.85bn despite US slump 27·08 WIRE — Nerja businesses form housing task force
09:00Breakfast — A La Paneraold town · ★5 · queue by ten
12:00Beach — La Olacensus pick · light levante · espetos at two
21:00Dinner — Luini, San Pedro★4.9 · book the terrace

Chapter I · The Catalogue

One listing a day · prices verbatim

Villa in La Zagaleta — the agency's own photo

€7,495,000

Villa, La Zagaleta — saltwater pool, surveillance cameras, country view, in that order.

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Chapter II · The Shortlist

Today's ten · rating × review depth

Fresca Passione Gelateria
Nº 01 Fresca Passione Gelateria Ice cream · Marbella · ★ 5.0 — 664
  1. 02PiÑam Coffee and MoreCoffee · Marbella★ 5.0 — 470
  2. 03A La PaneraBakery · Marbella★ 5.0 — 335
  3. 04Margot's MarbellaBrunch · Marbella★ 5.0 — 269
  4. 05BAM — Burgers And MoreBurgers · San Pedro★ 5.0 — 226
  5. 06LuiniItalian · San Pedro★ 4.9 — 2,191
  6. 07Pizza TimePizza · Marbella★ 4.9 — 1,169
  7. 08D'Aquinos RestaurantInternational · San Pedro★ 4.9 — 927
  8. 09Amorino GelatoIce cream · Marbella★ 4.9 — 758
  9. 10PASTICCIO Pizza y PastaItalian · San Pedro★ 4.9 — 692
All 276 places, every one photographed →

Chapter III · Priced

What it actually costs · figures dated, sources linked

€40

where a sunbed starts on this coast — the floor of the Sunbed Index. Sunbed Index

€300

where a daybed ends, Puerto Banús — the ceiling of the same table. Beach clubs

€12,855

per square metre, median asking, Puerto Banús — the dearest zone in the Atlas. Puerto Banús

€70,000,000

Spain's most expensive home, listed in Marbella, August 2026. The Wire, 26·08

€1.85bn

Malaga exports, a record, despite the US slump. The Wire, 27·08

Chapter IV · The Atlas

77 zones · median asking, €3M+ pool

Puerto Banúsan Andalusian village drawn around a marina, 1970€12,855 / m²
Golden Milethe Marbella Club, 1954 — where the resort era began€11,141 / m²
La Quinta27 holes in three loops, by Ryder Cup winner Manuel Piñero€9,589 / m²
Nueva Andalucíaa Centro de Interés Turístico Nacional under the 1963 law€9,442 / m²
Marbella EastPhoenician pottery at Río Real, golf and pines above the sand€8,220 / m²
San Pedro de Alcántarafounded 1860 as an agricultural colony by the Marquess of Duero€7,572 / m²
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