Elviria

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Where it sits

The circle is Elviria and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• The beaches & Paseo Marítimo25 min taxi8.3 km
• Avenida del Mar & the Dalí sculptures25 min taxi8.4 km
• Tapas in the old town25 min taxi8.4 km
• The Old Town & Plaza de los Naranjos25 min taxi8.5 km
• The Golden Mile (beach)32 min taxi10.6 km
• The Golden Mile32 min taxi10.6 km
• La Concha & Sierra Blanca32 min taxi10.7 km
• Puerto Banús marina42 min taxi14.1 km
• Puerto Banús nightlife43 min taxi14.2 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 4.Beach clubs — Nikki Beach & Elviria — The Costa del Sol's beach-club scene at full volume — Nikki Beach out at Elviria is the original, with day-beds, champagne showers and a DJ pool party that runs all afternoon. Book a bed (and expect a minimum spend); the height of the summer-season Marbella cliché, and a lot of fun for a splurge.
• 11.Espetos at a chiringuito — The coast's signature — fresh sardines skewered on a cane and grilled over a driftwood fire, served right on the sand at a beach chiringuito. Head east toward Elviria for the laid-back beach bars rather than the flashy strips; a plate of smoky espetos and a cold beer, feet in the sand, is the real Costa del Sol.
• 17.Elviria & the east beaches — East of town the coast calms down — Elviria and its neighbours have some of Marbella's widest, cleanest beaches, backed by pine and low-key chiringuitos rather than clubs and traffic. The pick for a quieter, better-value beach day (and where families base themselves); a car or bus gets you there.
• 18.Ronda day trip — One of Spain's most spectacular towns, an hour up into the mountains — a white old town split by a vertigo-inducing gorge, spanned by an 18th-century bridge. The essential day trip.
• 19.Mijas Pueblo — A dazzling white village in the hills above the coast — flower-filled lanes, donkey taxis, and a balcony view over the whole bay. Touristy but genuinely lovely.
• 20.Cabopino & the dunes — A protected stretch of golden dunes and a natural beach with an old watchtower, east of the resorts — a wilder, quieter spot to swim, with a pretty little marina next door.