 MARBELLA: MEDITERRANEAN JEWEL.
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Maybe we all have heard about her through that famous song that says "...Macarena, macarena, macarena... que te gustan los veranos en Marbella" (Macarena, macarena, macarena... you like the summers in Marbella); but we have never been interested in knowing a little bit more of this beautiful place in the south of Spain.
When you arrive to the bus terminal in Marbella you can think that that place is just one more destination among all of what you can choose from around Malaga to take a sunny day; but any initial appreciation changes totally if you start descending and decide to walk towards the beach.
After crossing the bridge and leaving behind the noisy highway though which heavy trucks, buses and crowded tourists' cars transit, you find yourself in a huge residential zone where you can breath the Mediterranean aromas and you feel the freshness of the sea that rocks underneath at about 15 minutes walking.
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You don't have to rush to find the beach because first you can enjoy of a relaxing walk through the parks where the water abounds in the form of green lakes with fishes and tortoises, fountains and spurts that rise several meters making you forget the heat reflexed by the pavement and the noise of the engines that you found at the exit of the terminal.
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If you follow your instinct, very likely you will begin to realize that the streets get narrow and blended, and the houses begin to get white as the typical Andaluz style. For some moments you will notice that the desire for the beach fades because the peace of those streets and the architecture of the houses get combined as a strong curse that commands you to put your camera to work (or your camcorder if you are an oriental style tourist) without considering how much film you spend. All corners deserve to be photographed (and that's why I will not enumerate the names of the places that normally are on the tourist guides), it's worth trying to capture a little bit of that atmosphere that surrounds everything in the casco antiguo.
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When you gradually resolve to leave this sector with the certainty that after taking the sun you will go back to see it with more detail you will see modern hotels that, from its interior, exhibit without any modesty all the comfort they offer to their guests. But the most terrific thing are the sculptures in shades of dark green that watch the tourists and the time pass by keeping themselves as new, ripping off just good comments of whom stops to look at them and get delighted with the art so abundant as the sun itself. Here I will fail to my intention of not to mention particular signs because to hide the name of master Dalí, author of the set of sculptures that you will find strategically placed in one of the parks close to the beach, would be unforgivable. His name gives a special shine to Marbella and it grants it a seal of being unique in the Costa del Sol.
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Finally, we end our descend with a walk in the beach. There the palms, as well cared as the sculptures, frame with their long trunks a long (and entertaining) pedestrian walk in which their shadow is projected over several restaurants, souvenir stores and bars that guarantee the proper hydrating of those who decide to laid and relax on the beach. Swift-sailing ships and small boats complete the view simulating a dam supporting that ample blue sea of soft waves and warm water.
Unfortunately one day there seems to run so fast as the time it has taken you to read these paragraphs, and the time to begin the ascent comes soon, which is less exciting than the descend because it means that the time to abandon that tempting paradise is coming.
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The good news are that very likely you will feel that you have discovered a treasure and you will want to come back over and over; and you will want to talk about "The Mediterranean Jewel" as I am doing it now. Good luck in your next trip to Marbella and, please, say hello to her on my behalf.
BRANDU ALEXIS TORRES RUA
Medellín- Colombia
Abril del 2002
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All Pictures Copyright © 2002 Brandu Alexis Torres Rua
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