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A fixture on Spain’s Costa del Sol for more than 40 years, the Gran Meliá Don Pepe places visitors a short stroll from both Mediterranean waters and the city center of Marbella. Formerly home to a string of modest fishing villages, today’s “Coast of the Sun” attracts discerning vacationers with more than 300 days of sunshine a year.
Marbella’s natural beauty and jet-set appeal put it on par with France’s Saint-Tropez, but with fewer crowds. It offers a lively downtown center radiating from the Plaza de los Naranjos and its fifteenth-century Renaissance fountain. At the nearby yacht harbor of Puerto Banús, the area’s most popular restaurants and discos draw visitors and upscale residents alike.