Independent - 06 April 2008, 02:00 (+ 5884 days 23 hours and 53 minutes) Tourism & Travel
Marbella, favoured resort of playboys and Saudi princes – go on, you know you want to. This small Costa del Sol fishing village became a glamorous destination after the Second World War when the Marbella Club Hotel was as famous as the Paris Ritz. In its 1960s heyday, super yachts lined the marina at nearby Puerto Banus and regular visitors included Adnan Khashoggi and Sean Connery.