The pillow, the white, the Egyptian cotton of the 300-thread-count, the cool underside that the guest the presses the face into on the first night at the Villa Marbella Club (the 1956, the Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, the first luxury hotel in the Marbella, the started the Marbella the movement from the fishing village to the jet-set destination of Europe), the 5am, the silence of the Sierra Blanca hills, the scent of the jasmine that the drifts through the open window, and the sense that the villa in the Marbella is the best way to the stay in the Costa del Sol, is the essential Marbella villa the moment. The Marbella is the most glamorous resort in the Spain (the Puerto Banús, the superyachts, the 1970, the José Banús, and the most expensive marina in Europe. The €1,000/night for the mooring), and the villa is the essential Marbella accommodation. Here are 3 of the best.

3 of the Best Marbella Villas to Rent

• The Villa Marbella Club, the most glamorous: The Marbella Club Hotel is the original Marbella luxury (the Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe the opened the 20-room motel in the 1954, the jet-set arrived: the Audrey Hepburn, the Grace Kelly, the Aristotle Onassis), and the Marbella Club Villas are the private villas in the grounds of the hotel: the 5-bedroom, the €12,000/week in the August, the private the pool, the garden, the beach-club access, the butler the service, and the essential Marbella villa experience: the breakfast the delivered by the butler at the 9am, the pool the until the 12pm, the walk to the beach-club through the garden, the lunch at the Marbella Club Grill (the €60 for the grilled the langoustines, the view of the sea, and the essential Marbella lunch), the afternoon at the spa, the dinner at the Villa Tiberio (the Rodeo Drive of the Marbella, the €50 for the pasta, and the most see-and-be-seen restaurant in the Costa del Sol). The essential: the non-guest the staying in the villa can the still the use the hotel the beach-club for the €200/day. The alternative: the cheaper Marbella Club villa is the €8,000/week in the June and the September. More Spain →
• The Sierra Blanca and the Golden Mile alternatives: The Villa La Zagaleta (the Sierra Blanca, the most exclusive): the La Zagaleta is the most exclusive residential-the development in Europe: the 900-hectare estate in the hills the above the Marbella, the gated, the 24-hour security, the €7 million the average price for the villa, and the La Zagaleta Villa: the 7-bedroom, the €25,000/week, the private helipad, the indoor pool, the cinema, and the view of the Gibraltar, the Africa, and the Mediterranean from the infinity-pool. The essential for the F1 driver and the Saudi prince, and the most expensive villa rental in the Spain. The Golden Mile Middle-Weight (the €5,000/week): the villa in the Nagüeles (the Golden Mile area, the between the Marbella and the Puerto Banús, the 5-bedroom, the €5,000/week, the pool, the walk to the beach: the 10 minutes, and the best-value luxury the villa in the Marbella. The essential booking: the December for the August, the best villas the are the booked by the January, the Airbnb Luxe, the Thinking Traveller, and the CV Villas for the rental. The essential Marbella villa week: the Monday the arrival and the pool, the Tuesday the Old Town (the Plaza de los Naranjos, the orange the trees, the €3 for the fresh OJ, and the best square in the Marbella, the tapas at the El Estrecho, the €20 for the 2, the locals), the Wednesday the beach-club (the Nikki Beach, the €50 for the sun-lounger and the Champagne the €20, and the essential Marbella day of the excess), the Thursday the Ronda (see #1285), the Friday the Puerto Banús for the boat-watching and the dinner, the Saturday the villa, the chef the arrives.