How do I get from Malaga Airport to Princesa Playa Hotel in Marbella?

Please could you let me know whats the best travel option from Marbella bus station to Apartamentos Princesa Playa, Marbella. I am taking the bus from Malaga airport to Marbella bus station

Take a taxi from the Marbella Bus Station to the Princesa Playa hotel

Hi Catriona, when you get to Marbella bus station, I would take a taxi from the taxi rank outside the Marbella bus station, down to the Princesa Playa Hotel. It is a short ride, about 10 minutes and should only cost around € 8 There is a bus stop very near the hotel and you could do this part of the journey on a local bus, but with the money saved on the excellent bus service to Marbella you might like to treat yourself to a taxi for this last leg of the journey and arrive in comfort.

Let me know however if I can give you the local bus details, it is no problem at all.

Princesa Playa Hotel in Marbella, view from entrance to Reception

This is the view from the entrance to the Princesa Playa reception. Through the trees you can just see the breakwater to the entrance of the fishing port. A few minutes walk along the Paseo Maritimo to the right brings you to the Puerto Deportivo.

The hotel is in a great situation, right on the beach front at the end of the promenade or Paseo Maritimo. The address of Princesa Playa hotel is:

Princesa Playa
Avda Duque de Ahumada, s/n (s/n means no number, but it is right at the east end of Duque de Ahumada)
29600 - Marbella (Málaga) Tlf: 952820944 - Fax: 952821190

Princesa Playa Hotel is a great place to stay, just about 5 minutes walk along the sea front to the east, you have the Marbella fishing port - Puerto Pesquero de Marbella and lots of very good fish restaurants, then about 4 minutes along the Paseo Maritimo the other way, you have all the international food restaurants near the Puerto Deportivo de Marbella. In the Marbell Center which is an extension of the Princesa Playa hotel building on other side of where your entrance is, on the 8th floor there is an Argentinian restaurant which is very good, you wouldn't know about it unless someone told you, your receptionist should be able to point you there.

The original Hotel El Fuerte, the old one, not the new one Hotel El Fuerte Miramar which you will pass on the way to the fishing port, is just at the other end of your building over the road. Walk in from the Paseo Maritimo or from the front entrance and have a coffee. It is very colonial and cool and in the evening they have entertainment like flamenco dancing and floor shows for the guests. All you need to do is come in before the show, sit in the big armchairs, try to sit where you can see the floor, order a drink and have a cheap and good evening's entertainment that you would pay a lot to see in any other place! Check with the reception at the El Fuerte for timings.

And of course you are right next to the Casco Antiguo, the old town with lots to see and check out!

Have a great stay in Marbella Catriona and thank you for using www.gomarbella.com Mike

From: Catriona Sent: Monday August 13 2007 Subject: Marbella bus station to Princesa Playa hotel in Marbella

Hi Mike, Many thanks for your detailed response. I've read quite a lot of your replies to people on the gomarbella.com website and immediately could see you're very helpful, so thanks again. I have the timetable of the Malaga airport to Marbella Bus station printed off so I'm okay for that part of the journey. Thank you so much for all that information, its much appreciated. You certainly know Marbella inside out! I am looking forward to our stay, badly need some sunshine after the summer we've had this year!

Kind regards Catriona

This is a view of the Princesa Playa hotel taken from the N340 passing through Marbella. The building to the right is the Marbell Center.

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