"Going South In Spain" Marbella by RoyJava

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He looked at her, ... and she looked away, dreaming her phantasies, much farther than the horizon ... That is how I remember the Spanish city of Marbella (meaning "MARBELLA=Beautifull Sea"). Doing a fashion-booking for the well-known Dutch magazine Avant Garde, most trendy at that time.

Staying at the 5***** Hotel Puente Romano which is situated on the Southern Coast of Spain on the Costa del Sol in the heart of a residential area between Marbella and Puerto Banus, just 45 minutes drive from Malaga Airport.

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Marbella is center of major metropolitan areas with legendary cities as Malaga, Cordoba, Sevilla and Granada. And there is the mysterious North African, reachable by boat-trip from Algericas, the gateway to Africa ...

Once a fisherman's place and for now a vibrating and cosmopolitan world-town ... the perfect blend between tradition and modernity. Cultural and fashionable ...

Read some about the Andalucia area : >>>
Already in 1000 BC a flourishing culture with agriculture, animals and metals. Phoenician and Greek traders came to Andalucia. The Carthagians entered, too, during 6th century BC. And the Romans loved the upmost Southern area of Spain, leaving their marks!

• Pros:Trendy, fashionable, metropolitan, cultural, tradional
• Cons:Snobbery, criminality, expansive
• In a nutshell:Every Man To His Taste! So Every Woman ...