Puerto Banus beaches

Enjoy the Puerto Banus beaches, just west of Marbella. You were there? Please send us your review and grade. We would love to hear from your family!

There are two main beaches in Nueva Andalucia / Puerto Banus:

Nueva Andalucia beach

A long (1050m) and popular strip of fine sand which includes El Duque and La Siesta beaches. Click here for location.

Puerto Banus beach

A pleasant board walk(1000m) along a popular beach.
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MarbellaFamilyFun grade: 8.5

Son's evaluation: The Puerto Banus beaches have a cove so there are no big waves. The water is very, very shallow. There not many rocks but there might be some sharp rocks. In August it's crowded and there's barely any place to sit. A lot of people fish there. Grade: 8.0

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Mom's evaluation: This strip of beach is just heaven compared to it´s neighbor San Pedro beaches. The best patch of beach in this zone is the area in front of the Guadalpin Banus hotel where there is a little cove. This prevents the waves from coming in too strongly and keeps the water very shallow which is perfect for little ones. I like it particularly because the water is a bit warmer as well and I can wade and play longer with the kids. To be honest, I´m a bit of a wimp in cold water and can´t stand very long in it. There is a beach bar and restaurant along this area that looks very nice, but seems a bit pricey. Massage tables are available in front of the hotel and at the restaurant. I´d skip the massage in front of the hotel as a friend of mine who decided to have a go was very disappointed with it. We´ve tried the restaurant Los Espigones which is located to the east of the Guadalpin Banus hotel just one cover over towards Puerto Banus. We have friends who absolutely love this place so we decided to give it a go. While waiting for our table we decided to hang out at the beach right in front of it. I was disappointed that it wasn´t like the cove in front of the Guadalpin Banus hotel, which is sometimes called Mistral Beach. The beach in front of Los Espigones was rocky and the water was deeper than its counterpart the next cove over. If you want hardly any waves, nice clean rock-free sand with shallow waters then go to Mistral Beach. To the west of this cove is another part of the beach that also has nice sand, but doesn´t have a cove so the waves are big and will please older children. (May 2009) Grade: 9.0

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Jenny's family (New York, USA) grade: 7.0

Mom: The closest beach to the downtown movie theatre, just East of the walkway/yacht harbor was particularly fun for two reasons. Aside from being a nice calm beach, the kids loved sitting in the pod shaped black wires seats on the beach. Order something from the beach bar and you can sit at your own little pod. The big rock piling alongside the beach looks like loads of fun to jump from. We didn't have swim clothes, but saw a lot of kids jumping from them. my two begged me to come back so they could jump off the rocks. My daughter thought it was fabulous to sit in a basket while eating chips. (July 2009) Grade: 7.0