Area guides
Explore the Costa del Sol
Seven very different places within forty minutes of each other. Here is how they actually differ — in price, in lifestyle and in winter.
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Marbella
The benchmark of the Costa del Sol
Marbella runs from the whitewashed lanes of the old town to the yachts of Puerto Banús and the gated estates of the Golden Mile. It combines a genuine…
3 properties
Nueva Andalucía
The golf valley above Puerto Banús
A green valley of fairways, low-rise urbanisations and villa plots climbing towards La Concha, five minutes above Puerto Banús. Aloha, Las Brisas and …
2 properties
Benahavís
Mountain village, gourmet capital, gated estates
Benahavís is the highest-income municipality in Andalucía and home to La Zagaleta, El Madroñal and El Paraíso. The white village itself is known as th…
2 properties
New Golden Mile
Beach-side living between Marbella and Estepona
The stretch of coast from San Pedro to Estepona town, where beach-side gardens, low-density resorts and beach clubs replaced the old market gardens. P…
2 properties
Estepona
The garden of the Costa del Sol
Estepona has quietly become the coast's most liveable town: a genuinely Spanish centre with flower-filled streets, a working fishing port, a new marin…
3 properties
Mijas Costa
Value, beaches and easy airport access
From Calahonda to La Cala de Mijas, this is the coast's most practical stretch: twenty minutes to Málaga airport, beach-side urbanisations, establishe…
4 properties
Málaga
A capital city with a beach
Málaga has turned itself into southern Europe's most surprising city: Picasso and Pompidou museums, a tech and film sector drawing international compa…
2 properties