Originally Posted by ghia74

In September my wife and I are taking our kids (ages 2 and 4) to Spain. With the help of some advice from the Europe forum I have decided to use Marbella as a base to relax after Barcelona and see Gibraltar. Because of the kids I am thinking the easiest option is to rent a car at the airport in Malaga, drive to Marbella, stay there for 3 days, drive to Gibraltar and than onto Seville where we will spend a day before flying back to Mardrid to catch our flight home.

I have some Marriot points I would like to use and reading this forum the Marbella Beach Resort seems to be a better option then Andaluza. Is this correct? Neither however have redemption rates yet for September and if I have to pay Andaluza seems the less expensive option.

Also, does anyone disagree with my transportation idea? With the places I want to hit there does not seem to be direct public transportation options, that's why I think a rental car will be my best option. The only other thing I can think of is taking a shuttle to Marbella from the airport and renting the car in Marbella on Day 3.