Marbella is an upmarket city in Andalusia, Spain, by the Mediterranean, situated in the region of Málaga, beneath La Concha. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234.

Marbella is an important beach resort of the Costa del Sol. The town is famous for being a playground for the famous and super-rich. Marbella is internationally recognised as a favourite destination for extremely wealthy tourists from Northern Europe, in particular the UK, France and Germany and also to wealthy Arabs. The area around Marbella is particularly popular with those who like Golf.

Marbella was featured in the popular political thriller, "Syriana". It was used as the location for a private party which an Arabian Emir hosts. Marbella was portrayed as an extremely affluent city with most cars at the entrance of the palace being very expensive. In the same year it appeared in Steven Spielberg "Munich" in a very similar context.

Marbella starred and gave it's name to the 1985 heist thriller Marbella starring Britt Ekland and Rod Taylor.

Sean Connery used to live in Marbella, near a golf course where he played daily when not filming. He left following disagreements with the local press, and now resides in the Bahamas where he plays golf much less frequently. He lent his image to the Marbella's townhall until Gil used it for political goals.

World famous English songwriter Richard Daniel Roman lives in Marbella.

Antonio Banderas is a regular visitor to Marbella where he has a house in Los Monteros. He and Melanie Griffith have a daughter who was born in Marbella in 1999.

In 2006, it was revealed that there would be an international advertisement advertising Marbella as a tourist destination. The song on the advert is aptly called Marbella and is performed by singer Cristie.

The Finnish 1985 comedy film Uuno Epsanjassa is situated in Marbella.

Many other movies and TV programmes such as Nip/Tuck portray it as a playground for the rich.

ITV are currently showing a TV programme 'Marbella Belles' which portrays a series of British woman who now live in Marbella with their rich partners.

Mark Langford – the former, multi-millionaire boss of The Accident Group who notoriously sacked most of his 2,700 staff by text message – died after being involved in a car accident in Marbella on April 11, 2007



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