Qué hay en Marbella (Costa del Sol), España, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Seafront shuts for winter (1 Nov – 28 Feb)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Seafront shuts for winter (1 Nov – 28 Feb)

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Semana Santa

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Processions wind through the old town's white lanes, and the week doubles as the coast's opening weekend: shuttered beach places reopen and the Spanish drive down from Madrid and Seville. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays en España

• Apertura

  Beach clubs and chiringuitos open

  1 Abr – 15 Oct · normalmenteApertura de verano

  The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers. Outside that window most of the seafront is a locked shed. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Feria de San Bernabe, Starlite in the quarry

• Riesgo

  Fire season in the sierra

  1 Jun – 15 OctTemporada de humo

  Andalusia's declared high-risk fire period. The pine slopes of Sierra Bermeja directly behind the coast have burned more than once, and the smoke sits over the beach when they do. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Feria de San Bernabe

  8–16 Jun · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The patron saint's week around 11 June: a daytime feria in the old town in flamenco dress and horse carriages, then a separate night fairground out by the river until dawn. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Starlite in the quarry

  15 Jun – 31 Ago · normalmenteFestival de músicaMucha gente

  Concerts almost nightly for ten weeks in a disused quarry above town, which is what pulls the Madrid crowd here in July and August as much as the beach does. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 Jun – 10 Oct · normalmente

  The Alboran side of the strait is slow to warm and slow to give it back, so late September and early October swim better than June does.

Sigue en marcha: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Starlite in the quarry, Virgen del Carmen

• Festival

  Virgen del Carmen

  16 JulFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The town's patron saint goes to sea on 16 July: the image leaves the Bajadilla fishing harbour around seven in the evening with a flotilla behind it, runs to Puerto Banus and back, and the beaches line up to watch. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Fire season in the sierra (1 Jun – 15 Oct), Starlite in the quarry (15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Starlite in the quarry, Spanish August

• Temporada

  Spanish August

  1–31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Spanish family holidays land on top of the international season. Puerto Banus and the coast road jam from late afternoon and beach-club minimum spends roughly double.

Sigue en marcha: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Fire season in the sierra (1 Jun – 15 Oct), Starlite in the quarry (15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Fire season in the sierra (1 Jun – 15 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Fire season in the sierra (1 Jun – 15 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Cierre

  Seafront shuts for winter

  1 Nov – 28 Feb

  Most beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November. The old town and the golf courses carry on, and this is the stretch when residents get the promenade back. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Seafront shuts for winter (1 Nov – 28 Feb)