THE Marriott's Marbella Beach Resort is amongst the favourite family hotels in Spain, according to TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice 2012 list.

The hotel comes in at 13th place on a list of the 25 favourite hotels for family vacations.
Nine of the first 10 positions are held by hotels in Mallorca, and the tenth, in fourth place, is the Aparthotel Golden Avenida Suites in Salou (Cataluña).
The list is created based on the opinion of millions of tourists who have travelled with their families.
Spain has five hotels amongst the top rated in the world, with the favourite being the Protur Bonaire Aparthotel in Mallorca, and eight amongst the Top 25 in Europe.
According to the results of a TripAdvisor survey carried out with 627 Spanish tourists, family holidays are the most popular in Spain, with 45.3 per cent of the total.
Most Spanish families take one or two holidays per year, and there are between two and four members.
Most of them travel to beach locations or cities, for an average of one week.