Marbella regularizes the concessions of sunbeds along the entire coast

The Marbella City Council has completed the regularization process for the concession of beach chairs along the entire coastline of the municipality, with the delivery of the awards for the 132 lots contemplated after the public tender process, as announced this Thursday by Mayor Ángeles Muñoz.

The mayor chaired the event held at the Mediterranean Park, accompanied by the councilor of the sector, Diego López, where she highlighted that this initiative “represents a historic step towards the modernization and definitive stability of one of the most emblematic services of our coasts”.

Muñoz emphasized that the municipal objective has been to “provide legal security to the professionals who have traditionally carried out their activities in this sector”.

“Today we offer them guarantees to plan and invest in the future,” said the mayor, who stressed that the procedure was carried out “with strict compliance with current legality and with absolute transparency”.

She also valued the effort made both by the awardees and by the municipal technicians and the areas involved in a “long and complex” process, especially highlighting the collaboration of the Beaches area and the Procurement department. “Behind each lot, there are many years of experience, daily effort, and family sacrifice,” she stated.

Muñoz recalled that the City Council began years ago a comprehensive regularization process of the various uses of the coast. “When we arrived in 2007, there wasn’t a single paper,” pointed out the mayor, who reviewed the progressive regulation of services such as beach bars, massage areas, water parks, kiosks, and nautical activities.

The beach chair concession can last up to eight years

In the case of the beach chair concessions, she detailed that the contracts resulting from this award can last up to eight years, “allowing professionals to develop their activities with greater stability and planning capacity”.

The mayor also highlighted the daily work of the municipal services responsible for the maintenance of the beaches, with nighttime cleaning, sand replenishment, and coastal conditioning tasks.

“The beach is one of our main tourist attractions and a natural, economic, and social asset that we must continue to take care of together,” she stated.

In this regard, Muñoz reviewed some of the actions promoted this year by the City Council to continue improving the coastline, including the installation of new sustainable public bathrooms, the renewal of more than 1,000 meters of accessible wooden walkways, and the expansion plan for the lifeguard and first aid modules.

The mayor also advanced that the new beach plan authorized by the Junta de Andalucía for the period 2026-2029 will allow the extension of the temporality of numerous services, “favoring economic activity and job creation linked to the coast.” “All these actions are part of the same roadmap to continue advancing towards more modern, accessible, sustainable, and safe beaches, with quality services in line with our leadership.”