Great
Our tour guide on this Marbella tour was excellent. Thoroughly proficient in English and French and gave a lively and interesting commentary throughout, describing both the places we were going to and also a lot about Spanish life, government, history etc. She also made very sure we knew where we were going and how to get back to the coach which was reassuring. We arrived at Puerto Banus early, just as things were starting to open up, which was useful in light of the number of tourists arriving at such a small place by the time we left. We had enough time here to take a few photos of the super yachts and ogle at the expensive shops. I imagine there is not much more to do here unless you have a lot of money! Moving onto Marbella, which was not quite how I had imagined it. The Parque de la Alamada near where the coach dropped us off was a lovely traditional park ,shady and cool, with mature plants and trees leading on to Avenida del Mar and Dali's art pieces. I'm sure that this looks lovely when all the fountains are clean and working and the flower beds planted up. This led to the front which we found in need of a brush up , looking a bit tired and past its best. Maybe this is all a result of the impact of the pandemic or funding? The star of the visit was however Plaza de los Naranjos (Orange tree square) and the old streets of Marbella, truly enchanting, where we had plenty of time to sit and relax in the sun, have a glass of wine and something to eat. With hindsight we would have ignored the rest of the town and spent all our allocated time here.