Marbella voted most fashionable city in Spain

 13th June 2011  by www.easier.com

Andalucía, Spain's most southerly region and home to Spain's most traditional experiences including tapas, bullfighting, flamenco and most notably, the string guitar is a land of colour, wonder and contradiction that has rightfully attracted hoards of holiday makers and property owners to the region year after year.

Andalucía pulsates with life, bursting with fashionable towns and cities full of hip boutiques, chic restaurants and pumping nightlife whilst still maintaining its historic appeal and impressive heritage of cathedrals, palaces and castles. You will also discover some of the most unspoiled sun drenched beaches in the country, snow-capped mountains, gleaming white house's nestled in rolling green hills and vast nature reserves rich in flora and fauna with one-fifth of Andalucían terrain being under environmental protection.

It was revealed recently by Oak Power Communication (OPC) which studied the position in international media of Spanish tourism brands amongst 600 journalists around the world that Andalucía, according to the figures, enjoys the best brand image of Spain rated 7.9 (out of 10) by journalists followed by Madrid at 7.3 and Barcelona at 7.1. Moreover, the sleek and sophisticated town of Marbella in Andalucía scored very well, voted the third trendiest and most fashionable city in Spain as well as having the best beaches in the country according to the research.

With an undeniable appeal and high profile visitors like Michelle Obama, Marbella is in a class of its own, being one of the most exclusive and sought after areas of Spain. Of course, it is well known that Marbella has a high-end property market, confirmed by 24.8% of enquiries made for properties with a price range between €500,000 and €1m from January 2011 to May 2011 according to the latest statistics from Kyero.com, Spain's largest English language property portal.

Further statistics from Kyero.com show that over half of enquiries made from January to May of this year were for an apartment with 25.6% requiring 2 bedrooms and unsurprisingly, 76.8% requesting a pool.