Marbella Sol Book

• Hardcover
• Dimensions: 25 x 33 x 5.8 cm
• 304 pages
• 205 illustrations
• Language: English
• 2.5 kg
• Author: Nicholas Foulkes

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Marbella is both tabula rasa and palimpsest. It can be anything to anyone. You can meet a rock star in the morning and a member of European royalty in the afternoon. There can’t be many places where two personalities of this unique type could cross paths. To paraphrase Churchill, it is a kaleidoscope, wrapped in a mosaic, inside a melting pot. The result of successive waves of visitors who have left their mark over the years, Marbella is a social archaeological site where generations have lived lives of sun-kissed leisure. Today, the popular image of Marbella may be of a kind of European Miami, but scratch that gleaming surface and you are transported back to a time when Marbella was a simpler place.

In the 1950s it was a quiet, dusty, traditional village, and today the old town is still a charming charm of streets, some so narrow you can touch the rough white walls on either side. At Easter, solemn and dramatic religious processions wind through this maze of alleys and squares, as they have done for generations. Yet what is truly striking about Marbella is how unchanged it remains. Historical figures long associated with the coast, including, of course, Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, may have passed into history, but their presence lives on in those who come after them.

Featuring personal narrative text by historian and journalist Nicholas Foulkes, a long-time visitor to Marbella, this colourful volume illustrates varied aspects of this picturesque port, from the mountains to the beaches, from the delightful old town to the glamorous nightlife.