31 December 2026 · Marbella and the Costa del Sol
New Year’s Eve 2026 in Marbella
Marbella sees the year out on the Golden Mile, at long tables in its beach-club restaurants and on the dance floors that open as the twelfth grape is swallowed. Here is every New Year’s Eve event for Thursday 31 December 2026 that we could confirm on the venues’ own pages on 12 November 2026, with what is still to be announced.
Updated 2026-10-19
The gala: Puente Romano’s Salón Andalucía
Puente Romano’s New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner is the most formal night on the Golden Mile. It begins at 8pm on Thursday 31 December in the Salón Andalucía, with canapés at the table, a red prawn carpaccio with Oscietra caviar, a blue lobster bisque, a mandarin and cava Bellini, Wagyu tenderloin with black truffle, and a Black Forest dessert. A vegetarian menu is served alongside.
The wine-paired menu, with Ruinart Champagne, is €550 per person, or €650 with Dom Pérignon Vintage. The resort’s brochure asks for any change or cancellation at least ten days ahead, after which there is no refund.
Our advice: the resort asks you to dress up for the gala; book through its call centre, +34 682 11 22 33, which handles every restaurant on the estate.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Nobu Hotel MarbellaPuente Romano: Christmas under the Sun Puente Romano: festive brochure 2026 (PDF)
New Year’s Eve dinner: Nobu, La Petite Maison, COYA and Cipriani
Every restaurant at Puente Romano serves its own New Year’s Eve menu. Nobu sits down from 7pm, with a menu from €550 without drinks or from €700 with wine, its last course the lucky grapes. La Petite Maison (€750 with wine), Sea Grill (€550 with wine) and the beachfront Chiringuito (€425 with wine) all start at 9pm, each with a vegan menu too.
COYA’s Peruvian New Year’s Eve begins at 9pm, with food and drink packages from €700, and COYA Club, from €500. Cipriani serves festive specials beside its à la carte from 8pm, with a minimum spend of €800. At GAIA, the Greek restaurant, the first sitting (7pm–8.30pm) is à la carte with no minimum spend, and the second (8.30pm–10.30pm) has a minimum spend from €600.
Our advice: for an early, unhurried dinner before the party, take GAIA’s first sitting or Nobu’s 7pm table, then walk across to La Plaza for midnight.
Puente Romano: New Year’s Eve menus 2026 (PDF)
Parties: La Plaza, SIPS and NYX
The centre of Puente Romano’s night is La Plaza, with headline DJs and live performances from 9pm. You can dine on Nobu’s signature dishes at a table on the square, or simply come for cocktails, and the party carries on well past midnight into 2027.
Bar La Plaza by SIPS, the cocktail bar on the square, opens from 9pm, with general entry and a welcome drink at €100, or prime seating with a minimum spend from €300 per person. From 10pm, NYX, the speakeasy behind a discreet door at GAIA, has cocktails, DJs and dishes from GAIA’s menu, with packages from €800.
At Hard Rock Hotel Marbella, the Roxy holds a gala buffet with party favours and a contemporary circus-themed show from 8.30pm to 3am, with dinner served until 11pm. Tickets are €295 per adult and €125 for children up to 12, which makes it the easiest party on the coast for families.
Puente Romano: La Plaza, SIPS and NYX (PDF) Hard Rock Hotel Marbella: New Year’s Eve dinner with party Hard Rock Hotel Marbella: Christmas 2026
A countdown for children, and brunch on New Year’s Day
The night before, on Wednesday 30 December from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Pica Pica at Puente Romano holds a New Year’s party for children: unlimited pizza, a DJ, a magician and, at 9pm, a countdown with twelve lucky M&M’s in place of grapes. The children’s menu is €45, for ages up to 13; parents order à la carte.
On Friday 1 January, Sea Grill and La Petite Maison open as one for Puente Romano’s New Year’s Day Brunch, from 1.30pm to 4pm, with seafood on ice, roasts carved to order, live music and a DJ. It is €395 with wine pairing, or €495 with Dom Pérignon Vintage.
Our advice: after the brunch, walk the Paseo Marítimo east into town; on New Year’s Day the promenade is at its quietest.
Puente Romano: children’s celebration and New Year’s Day Brunch (PDF)
The public celebration, Málaga, and what is still to come
Marbella’s town council had not yet published its 2026 Christmas and New Year programme when we checked; it appears on marbella.es and the tourist office’s agenda on turismo.marbella.es. Málaga’s city council had not yet published its 2026 programme either; its Christmas page, malaga.eu/navidad, is the place to look, and we will add both as soon as they are announced.
When we checked, the Marbella Club Hotel, Finca Cortesin, Anantara Villa Padierna Palace, El Fuerte Marbella and Kempinski Hotel Bahía in Estepona had not yet published New Year’s Eve 2026 details on their own pages.
Our advice: New Year’s Eve tables on the Golden Mile sell out weeks ahead, and taxis are scarce after midnight; book both early, or stay where you dine.
Turismo Marbella: agenda Málaga city council: Christmas Our guide: Christmas in Marbella
Questions and answers
What day is New Year’s Eve 2026 in Marbella?
Thursday 31 December 2026. Puente Romano’s gala dinner starts at 8pm that night, its party on La Plaza at 9pm, and Hard Rock Hotel Marbella’s gala buffet and show runs from 8.30pm to 3am.
How much is New Year’s Eve at Puente Romano?
The Salón Andalucía gala dinner is €550 per person with wine pairing (€650 with Dom Pérignon Vintage). Restaurant menus run from €425 at the Chiringuito to €750 at La Petite Maison, and entry to Bar La Plaza by SIPS with a welcome drink is €100.
Is there a public New Year’s Eve party in Marbella in 2026?
Marbella’s town council had not yet published its 2026 programme on 12 November 2026. Check marbella.es and turismo.marbella.es in December; we will add it here once it is announced.
Every event above comes from the venue’s own website or brochure: puenteromano.com (Christmas under the Sun and its 2026 festive brochure) and hotel.hardrock.com/marbella (Christmas 2026 and its New Year’s Eve 2026 menu), with turismo.marbella.es and malaga.eu for the public programmes; checked 12 November 2026. Check before you go.