Astral Bar
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The Astral galleon seen from the street in Puerto Banús: a timber hull with masts, rigging and cream awnings against a blue sky.

Bar Cocktail  ·  Puerto Banús  ·  Since 2002

A cocktail bar inside a wooden galleon.

Built on the quay where Puerto Banús begins. A mahogany bar under a stained-glass ceiling, two decks, and around a hundred cocktails made with fruit cut that morning.

See the cocktails Look round the ship
A guest drinking an XXL cocktail stacked with pineapple, passion fruit, lime and cherries.
Cocktails XXL  ·  from 29,90 €

What Astral is

There are a lot of cocktail bars in Marbella. There is one that is a ship. Astral opened in 2002 and has been at the entrance to Puerto Banús ever since — the same hull, the same bar, a drinks list that gets rewritten several times a year.

The ship

A full-size timber galleon with masts, rigging, portholes and a carved prow, standing on the quay rather than in the water. Nobody walks past without looking up.

The cocktails

Fresh fruit, juice pressed in the bar, sorbets and syrups made in house. The garnish on a piña colada takes about as long as the drink itself.

The deck

Open from ten in the morning for coffee and juice. By ten at night the lanterns are lit, the rigging glows red and it is a completely different place.

The long mahogany bar inside Astral, lit by a ceiling of red, yellow, blue and green stained glass, with trays of pineapples and bananas behind.
The bar, under the glass ceiling.

The venue

It isn't a theme. It's the actual building.

The bar top is one long slab of mahogany. The ceiling above it is panelled in coloured glass, so the light on the counter changes colour through the day. Outside there are masts, rigging nets and a riveted steel arch you walk through to reach the upper deck.

Everything on the site was built for this one address, and most of it has been here since 2002.

Take a look round

The cocktails

Four things, and nothing hidden.

Fresh fruit, spirits, natural ingredients and ice. That has been the whole method since the bar opened — it just happens to be done at a scale most places wouldn't attempt.

Piña Colada topped with grapes, orange peel, pineapple, raspberry and edible flowers.
Piña ColadaBacardi, Captain Morgan, fresh pineapple, coconut cream
Coconut Martini with a coconut rim, star fruit and a purple viola, against a blue painted wall.
Coconut MartiniGrey Goose, cream, coconut water, cinnamon
A golden coupe cocktail finished with a dried citrus wheel and edible gold leaf.
Golden ScrewGrey Goose, gold gin, mandarin, edible gold
Orange Cookie XXL cocktail in a large martini glass with chocolate shards, star fruit and orange peel.
Orange Cookie XXL · Kraken rum, chocolate, orange
El Nido cocktail served in a straw nest with two chocolate eggs.
El NidoVodka, sake, lemon ice cream — served in a nest
Red Dragon cocktail with watermelon, cucumber ribbon and basil, against the riveted hull of the ship.
Red DragonCachaça, watermelon, strawberry, basil
Two martinis side by side, one red with an orange peel spiral, one green with kiwi and redcurrants.
Premium MartinisNine on the list, all served straight up
Browse the full drinks list Non-alcoholic
A bartender torching a cinnamon stick beside a finished cocktail on a black slate stand.

Some of it is showing off. Most of it is just the way the drink is supposed to arrive — smoked, torched, fanned out or carried under a glass cloche.

Two bars, one address

Morning coffee and a two-in-the-morning deck.

The upper deck in daylight: timber tables, blue railings, cream awnings and a riveted orange arch.
Daytime. Shade, timber tables, the marina below and the mountains behind. Juices, coffee, a long lunch-time cocktail.
The deck at night, packed with people, lit by green uplights, an amber lantern and red-lit rigging.
After dark. Lanterns, green uplighting through the planting, the painted glass panel above the gangway lit from behind.
What it's actually like

Visit

At the entrance to Puerto Banús, on the Levante quay.

Address
Muelle de Levante s/nPuerto Banús, 29660 Marbella
Open
Every day10:00 – 02:00
Phone
+34 657 998 809Walk-ins welcome
Getting there
Open in MapsPublic car park alongside
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