Beach · Marbella, Málaga
Playa El Faro
Playa El Faro is a small sandy beach in Marbella, Málaga province — 300 m long, about 30 m wide. It holds a Blue Flag for the 2026-2027 season.
- Town
- Marbella
- Province
- Málaga
- Length
- 300 m
- Average width
- 30 m
- Blue Flag
- Yes — 2026-2027 season
- Surface
- Sand
- Setting
- Semi-urban
- Coordinates
- 36.50680, -4.89172
The line marks the beach from end to end as the catalogue records it. Directions in Google Maps
What is there
- Toilets1 mapped nearby
- Showers3 mapped nearby
- Drinking water6 mapped nearby
- Bars & restaurants36 mapped nearby — Telepizza, Kohala Poké, Irish Pub, Garum
- Lifeguard post2 mapped nearby
- Parking4 mapped nearby
- Bus stop2 mapped nearby
Semi-urban beach: some development behind it, but not a town front. Counted from OpenStreetMap within roughly 150–400 m of the beach. «None mapped» means nobody has added it to the map yet, not that it is not there — the further from the Costa del Sol, the thinner the mapping.
Beaches nearby
- Playa La Fontanilla504 m away · Marbella · 800 mBlue Flag
- Playa La Venus681 m away · Marbella · 500 mBlue Flag
- Playa La Bajadilla1.3 km away · Marbella · 700 mBlue Flag
- Playa Casablanca1.4 km away · Marbella · 2.0 kmBlue Flag
- Playa El Cable2.0 km away · Marbella · 1.3 km · sandBlue Flag
- Playa Nagüeles2.6 km away · Marbella · 800 m · sandBlue Flag
Beach data: Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía (IECA) / Junta de Andalucía — DERA, Catálogo General de Playas de Andalucía. Blue Flag data: Junta de Andalucía open data portal (season 2026-2027). Both licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data adapted and presented by Plexo Group. Lengths and widths are the catalogue's figures; sand moves, so treat them as approximate. Surface, setting and nearby facilities: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extracted 2026-09-05.