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This chic hotel promises easy-living luxury when it opens in Marbella summer 2022

METT Hotel & Beach Resort Marbella-Estepona pool area

Luxury lifestyle hotel brand METT will open its second resort, METT Hotel & Beach Resort Marbella-Estepona, July 2022.  Following on from the group’s Bodrum debut in 2021, the new concept draws inspiration from the ‘balanced bliss of Mediterranean living.’  

Located on the Spanish Marbella Estepona shoreline, the five-star resort is a chic reimagining of a rural cortijo, with 253 rooms and suites. It’s situated 45 minutes from Malaga Airport, 14 kilometres from Marbella’s town centre and just 9 kilometres from Puerto Banus.

Offering an alluring mix of fine dining, wellness, art, and culture, the resort hopes to attract those seeking premium minimalism and easy living, be it for a long summer holiday, or short winter break. Looking at the renders, the architectural design is certainly on point.

Located on the Spanish Marbella Estepona shoreline, the five-star resort is a chic reimagining of a rural cortijo…

Dining concepts include the waterside Folie Restaurant & Sea, Koyo Japanese restaurant and bar, and Dubai-favourite Lola Taberna Española, making its first European debut, offering traditional and classic Spanish tapas in a taberna style restaurant.

Additional attractions will include a culinary concierge, dedicated wellness consultations and indulgent spa.

Dubai-based Sunset Hospitality Group, also responsible for Sushisamba Dubai, Azure Beach, Drift Beach Club, and the newly opened 360-degree infinity Aura Skypool Lounge Dubai, says it is planning to open two more properties on the Mediterranean riviera in summer 2023.

You can find out more at mettsocialliving.com

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