På gång i Marbella (Costa del Sol), Spain under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Spain, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Seafront shuts for winter (1 nov – 28 feb)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Seafront shuts for winter (1 nov – 28 feb)

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Semana Santa

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays i Spain

• Öppning

  Beach clubs and chiringuitos open

  1 apr – 15 okt · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Feria de San Bernabe, Starlite in the quarry

• Risk

  Fire season in the sierra

  1 jun – 15 oktRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Feria de San Bernabe

  8–16 jun · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Starlite in the quarry

  15 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 jun – 10 okt · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Starlite in the quarry, Virgen del Carmen

• Festival

  Virgen del Carmen

  16 julReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire season in the sierra (1 jun – 15 okt), Starlite in the quarry (15 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Starlite in the quarry, Spanish August

• Säsong

  Spanish August

  1–31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire season in the sierra (1 jun – 15 okt), Starlite in the quarry (15 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (20 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Spain, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire season in the sierra (1 jun – 15 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (20 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Beach clubs and chiringuitos open (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire season in the sierra (1 jun – 15 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (20 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Stängt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Spain, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Seafront shuts for winter (1 nov – 28 feb)