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Puerto Banus is situated between Marbella and San Pedro (approximately 6 km from Marbella) and is home to some of the most impressive yachts in the world.
There are a wide variety of bars, restaurants and designer shops along the water-front at Muelle Rivera in Puerto banus. As far as restaurants in Puerto Banus are concerned, you will find that eating in Puerto Banus, though expensive, is an experience for the eyes and ears as well as the taste buds. Also Hotels in Puerto Banus got their own restaurants. Puerto Jose Banus was inaugurated in May of 1970. It has a capacity for 915 docking posts for berths ranging from 8 to 50m, and two beaches on either side over 150m long. Puerto Banus in Marbella is one of the meeting points where there is a pleasant level of life. The port has a fuel reserve open 24 hours a day, every day, with direct supply to large yachts on the main pier. There is 24 hour surveillance with centralized alarm for boats (optional) and closed circuit TV. Average daily yacht occupancy of the port is ay 760-800.
Puerto Banus nightlife is well known among celebrities, and there are several bars clubs and pubs that say open till 2 a.m or 3 a.m in the winter months and much later in the summer and holiday periods.
There are several hotels in Puerto Banus most notably the Hotel PYR, Park Plaza suites, Melia Marbella Dinamar and the Benabola Aparthotel. Many chose to Stay in one of the the many Hotels in Marbella, which are all just a short drive from Puerto Banus. If you like discotheques and ending up dancing until high hours of the dawn we suggest the well-known discos La Notte, Olivia Valere, Oh! Marbella and Dreamer's.
Many illustrious visitors have passed through it, including the King and Queen of Spain and Belgium, General Franco, Nobel Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela, and Antonio Banderas among others. Puerto Banus' yearly visitors are estimated at over 4,400,000.
There are nine 18-hole golf courses near Puerto Banus and one 9-hole golf course within a 10km radius with lighting facilities for playing at night. Some of these are considered to be the best in Europe.
There is a flee / street market every Saturday morning by the bullring in Nueva Andalucia.
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