Avenida del Mar
Avenida del Mar
4.5
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Maytè
Vicenza, Italy318 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2024 • Couples
From the park to the sea (or vice versa) you follow the line created by Dalì's sculptures. The inspiration is classical (Perseus grabbing Medusa's head), literary (Don Quixote sitting), futurist (the cosmic elephant).
An open-air museum, where numerous street artists exhibit their works.
The route is full of chromatic contrasts. The blue of the sea, the green of the trees, the thousand colors of the flowers and the pictorial canvases.
Incredible and unmissable.
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Written 17 April 2024
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Alberto Z
Fano, Italy94 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Family
During an evening walk along the seafront, I come across this street full of sculpture, rich in artistic history and full of artists selling their paintings. A winning business card of Marbella's seafront. STUPENDOUS!
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Written 8 October 2023
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Troy Hicks
Marbella, Spain9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
One of my favourite places to stroll down in Marbella.

Linking the beach to the Old Town via the Park (Alameda) in the heart of the town and easily accessible from the underground car park underneath.

With fountains, plants and of course it's famous Salvador Dali bronzes.
Written 11 August 2020
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Aisha A
Doha, Qatar592 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Family
I always use the parking underneath it whenever I go to the old town to shop or walk. Or go to the beach for a meal, coffee and sweets, walk, rent a scooter or swim in the beach. Its a great place just to chill and enjoy the sculptures and fountains.
Written 5 July 2022
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Hermes_NL 🇳🇱
Amsterdam, The Netherlands21,534 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
The Avenida del Mar provides an easy going connection between the Paseo Maritimo (the Boulevard) and the historic city centre of Marbella. It is lined with 10+ highly creative sculptures by Salvador Dali ... almost an open air Dali museum. Not to be missed when in Marbella.
Written 20 December 2019
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David S
Manchester, UK306 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2013 • Couples
We go for several weeks in the summer and drive from the UK in a huge 4x4 which seats all the family when they come out to join us. So it is a pain in Marbella's narrow streets, made worse by the amazingly inconsiderate parking of the locals! So the car park under the Avenida del Mar is easy to reach off the main road and easy to access (plenty of headroom for a 4x4). It is not expensive, scrupulously clean even with little green/red lights over each parking spot to indicate where there's one available, a lift, piped classical music and clean toilets.
It also emerges into Avenida del Mar, a pedestrianised road linking the park with fountains in the centre of the town, with the promenade. The car park exits emerge directly into the Avenida and it is a few steps to the sea front or up into the Old Town.
The Avenida also has plenty of restaurants and bars and is decorated with sculptures of dubious quality - but the thought is there!
Written 20 August 2013
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BennyMalaga
Malaga, Spain89,730 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2011 • Couples
The Avenida del Mar has ten bronze sculptures created by Salvador Dali. They were bought by the City of Marbella when this little park was planned. These sculptures include Perseo, Mercurio, Trajano a Caballo, Gala Gradiva, Caballo con Jinete Tropezando, Elefante Cosmico, Don Quixote Sentado, Hombre Sobre Delfin, Gala Asomada a la Ventana, and Mujer Desnuda Subiendo La Escalera.

The park also has yellow marble floors that make the park something special. There are fountains and benches where one can relax and see beautiful views of the sea.
Written 6 February 2012
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Maria Nolan
68 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2017 • Friends
Marbella – simply means beautiful sea in Spanish but trust me nothing about Marbella is simple. My expectations were for a typical Spanish Resort but perhaps a little more classy than the norm and definitely more expensive so I was totally and pleasantly surprised to see how aesthetic beautiful it really is. It is an exciting, eclectic blend of old and new, Andalusian and Moor, with each complimenting the other. The Old Town kind of tucked away in the heart of Marbella is a maze of the narrowest of little streets that one can span with arms outstretched, coupled with quaint, curious shops where one has to almost breath in and turn sideways to view their wares, but ladies so worth a visit, bags, scarves, shoes, jewellery of different design and excellent quality and reasonable enough prices. These cool, slender streets open out on to the most colourful, exquisite Squares with cascading balconies of pinky purple bougainvillea, sweet-scented Orange trees and ruby red geraniums against white washed walls and terracotta tiled roofs reminiscent of a small Mediterranean fishing village that time has transformed into one of the most exclusive resorts on the Costa del Sol.
Marbella has the highest per capita income in Europe and more Rolls –Royce’s than any other city in Europe except London, and yet in the Old Quarter with the remains of its Moorish Castle and its Spaghetti Western style Churches there is little or no evidence of this affluence or prosperity as you sit sipping coffee in its fragrant Orange Square all is leisurely and tranquil and exceedingly unassuming and discreet.
The luscious green Parque de la Alameda can sometimes act as a most welcome oasis from the intense July heat with its cooling fountain and charming ornate ceramic seats it leads on to one of the most impressive features of Marbella - the Avenida del Mar with its captivating and interesting Salvador Dali sculptures. Salvador – Spain`s much loved son is everywhere you will hardly turn without tripping over one of his striking works.
Marbella`s sun drenched beaches are stylish and chic and populated by some of Europe`s most wealthy. The wonderful Promenades all along the beach fronts are ideal places for a stroll both day and evening and provide perfect forums for those who wish to be viewed and admired or indeed if you decide to dine at any of the many and varied restaurants along this fascinating stretch you will have a ringside seat and can spend many relaxed and enjoyable hours at that most absorbing of pastimes - people watching, at the same time partaking of some of the most delectable cuisine
in Spain. A striking feature of the Marbella beaches are the life size Elephants – standing tall between swaying palm trees these remarkably life like statues eyes fixed on the nearby African coast are used as showers for bathers with water coming out from under the tusks. An arresting and apt beach attraction.
Beautiful Sea – there certainly is. Beautiful place it undoubtedly is. Marbella is a cultured and sparkling jewel on Spain`s most golden coast. Although dubbed as the haunt of the rich and famous Marbella is neither pretentious nor pompous. It is subtle, poised, elegant, and sophisticated and a joy to visit ………… at least once!
Written 30 August 2017
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Aisha A
Doha, Qatar592 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2019 • Family
We always pass this area when we park underground and go for a walk by the beach last visit we had the chance to go for segways and scooters from a shop in that area called i bike marbella
Its nice place to have a seat to chat with a coffee to go and enjoy the sculptures
Written 10 August 2019
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Dan B
18 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2016 • Couples
We wanted to walk in the old city for a bit, and drove from Puerto Banus to Marbella. A bit worried about parking in Marbella, people told us that parking beneath Avenida del Mar was a good idea. And it sure was. About 2€ an hour, easy access to the old town. Surprised to see the nice Salvador Dali sculptures in the avenue above. Park here !
Written 26 July 2016
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