For almost 200 years this rocky outcrop has been home to Santander’s lighthouse, where there’s now an art gallery, café and monuments to the area’s history.
Alongside games of football and couples in pedalos, the art galleries, buskers and 17th-century palace give El Retiro a different flavour to your average park.
Marbella is well known as a playground for the rich and famous, however with many affordable airlines on the flight path, it is accessible to holidaymakers from all walks of life.