British tourists say famous Spanish beach 'overrated' in scathing reviews

Despite catering predominantly to precocious nett worthy tourists, immoderate reason this Spanish seaside destination has turned into an costly and overcrowded nightmare

In spite of caller tourer regulations and a apt tepid section reception, astir UK tourists are inactive determined to descend onto Spanish beaches this summer.

However, it whitethorn not beryllium a dip successful hospitality that keeps immoderate vacation regulars away. As Spanish resorts person grown successful popularity and tourer commerce has exploded, travellers person complained that Spanish beaches person go exploitatively expensive, unkempt and an "outright scam". And British tourists are calling retired 1 fashionable seaside destination successful particular.

The Marina successful Puerto Banús is located successful Marbella and known to pull a precocious nett worthy clientele of partiers and yachters. One of the astir fashionable luxury ports successful the world, the Puerto Banús Marina is ripe with implicit 100 luxury brands to shop, offering idiosyncratic buying experiences and a bustling promenade of decorator retailers. The marina is besides known for hosting high-end excavation parties and the infamous Autobello Marbella, a supercar amusement that brings affluent car enthusiasts to Marbella. The procession of the luxury fleet passing done Puerto Banús is simply a cardinal attraction each August.

Additionally, those much keen connected oversea than buying tin charter luxury yachts oregon sailboats successful Puerto Banús to bask a time connected the Mediterranean oregon sunbathe connected 1 of the adjacent beaches.

Despite sounding similar the eventual luxury playground, British tourists are calling retired the marina for being exploitative of tourists and poorly maintained. One reviewer connected TripAdvisor writes: “This is the astir overrated tract I person ever visited. The streets are filthy and afloat of radical selling c*** and fake items. The restaurants are crowded and look inexpensive and outdated and honestly, suspicious…If astatine immoderate constituent successful clip Puerto Banus was classy oregon beautiful, that clip has passed a agelong clip ago.

Another reviewer writes: “Puerto Banus is marketed arsenic a precocious extremity millionaire benignant marina - it was perfectly atrocious - couldn’t judge however tacky, soiled & unkept it was.” It should beryllium noted that galore antagonistic reviews called retired the marina for being overcrowded and attracting rowdy groups oregon stag-doers. As well, immoderate reason that the unkempt areas and infrastructure are a nonstop effect of over-tourism.

Many affirmative reviewers impulse that determination is inactive quality to beryllium recovered astatine this marina and counsel that it’s inactive worthy a visit, conscionable possibly a abbreviated one.

One TripAdvisor reviewer awarded the formation 4 stars, writing: “Puerto Banus, known for its richness and precocious class, is simply a fantastic marina. Even though successful my sentiment a spot overrated, it’s inactive worthy a sojourn if you are connected vacation successful the Costa Del Sol…The marina itself is rather picturesque on the seashore and it has 2 beauteous beaches connected either side. Its not truly worthy thing much than an hr for a bully research of the marina, unless you are going to wage the up-end prices for a repast oregon model store successful the high-end covering shops, but it is worthy a look.”

For those keen connected enjoying the stunning harbour astatine sunset oregon photographing the fleets of supercars and luxury yachts, the marina offers plentifulness to admire.