The history of the Marbella Club

At about this time an eccentric aristocrat and playboy called Ricardo Soriano Marques De Ivanrey, got into conversation with one of Andalusia’s landowners.  The landowner rhapsodized about the charms of the Mediterranean life and, something of a romantic; Soriano became hooked on the idea of a place in the sun and, without even visiting the area, bought the finca El Rodeo near Marbella, not far from what today is Puerto Banus.