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The best areas to live on Costa del Sol
Malaga – Torremolinos
The easternmost areas of the Costa del Sol, the provincial capital, Malaga, surprises us with its beauty, invites us to stroll through its streets and enjoy the bustle of this city that maintains its traditional Andalusian flavor but also surprises us with its avant-garde corners. Ideal to live having all kinds of services at hand, universities, colleges, theaters, cinemas, restaurants, and all the offer that a modern city can offer.
Torremolinos has the great advantage of being just a few minutes from the Malaga City, an ideal place to live without the direct hustle and bustle of the city but without giving up all the activity it offers.
Benalmadena.
Another of the most sought after places to live, fascinates its proximity to the capital, its modern but peaceful design and its wide range of services and leisure Ideal to live all year round, it has wonderful natural viewpoints from where we can have stunning views over the Mediterranean. We can find true luxury developments, totally private from some of the highest points with their enviable sea views; in its urban area we can enjoy the traditional Andalusian lifestyle as well as all the activity of a cosmopolitan city with its high foreign population.
Fuengirola.
Fuengirola is a small and perfectly delimited town next to the sea, surrounded by the municipality of Mijas. Here we can find a wide variety of homes oriented to daily life within an urban environment. Fuengirola offers us a lot of leisure and shopping activity, a bustling lifestyle without sacrificing the traditional Andalusian lifestyle, we can enjoy all kinds of services, international schools, shops etc.
It is connected to Malaga by suburban train, in just 40 minutes the urban centers of both cities are connected, which makes it a very attractive place for people who have business, work, studies etc in Malaga City.
Mijas.
Mijas covers a wide area from the coast to the mountains, offers us both homes by the sea and properties in the high areas surrounded by golf courses and nature. Mijas village is a must for all those who wish to discover the Costa del Sol, a charming place in the mountain of narrow and picturesque streets where you can take one of the most beautiful walks in Malaga.
It also has the area of Mijas golf in the upper part of the coast, with modern developments that have all the necessary features for a comfortable life, surrounded by golf courses and green areas.
And finally Mijas costa, the area next to the Mediterranean bordering the municipality of Marbella, very well located, with shopping areas at hand and of course the beach.
In the municipality of Mijas we can find many hidden offers within its urbanizations or neighborhoods that keep true beauties known by very few.
Elviria – Cabopino (Marbella Este).
This is the beginning of the most desired municipality of the Costa del Sol, Marbella, with its own port of Cabopino, the famous urban center of Elviria, a small commercial area where you can find all kinds of services, shops, supermarkets, international schools etc
This magnificent area has a marina, famous golf courses, residential areas of villas, luxury apartments, modern urbanizations, and only 10-15 minutes from Marbella Centre, it also has some of the best beaches in the area of protected natural dunes areas.
Rio Real – Los Monteros (Marbella Este).
A privileged area, it is located between 5 and 10 minutes from Marbella Centre, one of the best valued luxury areas of the municipality, a few steps from the beach, next to the city Centre, an ideal place to live with luxury and tranquility, large green areas and beautiful beaches of natural dunes, many of its urbanizations with an enviable location on the beachfront.
Luxury villas just a few steps from the sea, penthouses, apartments or villas with stunning views of the Mediterranean, a carefully designed and totally exclusive area.
Marbella Town
The heart of Marbella, its most classic and traditional area, the whole concept of Marbella lifestyle originated here, in its streets you can live the good taste that has characterized this city on the Costa del Sol, its old town one of the most beautiful and most visited in Malaga.
The Centre of Marbella offers us a relaxed lifestyle that invites you to make life on foot, has all the services that a city can offer, international schools, art galleries, luxury shops, restaurants with Michelin stars, is the nerve center of the municipality, an ideal place to live if you are a lover of urban life.
Nagüeles – Golden Mile (Marbella).
The most absolute luxury of the city begins, within the wide area that covers we find some of the most luxurious areas of Marbella such as Sierra Blanca, Puente Romano, Cascadas de Camoján or Lomas del Marbella Club.
The places where every celebrity or jet setter that has visited Marbella, has walked, tasted in its restaurants and hosted in its hotels, as the Obama family, the Saudi royal family, and all those great fortunes that visit it.
Also some of the most exclusive villas and projects are in this area, since it has everything, luxury, discretion, proximity to the city Centre and the beach, this area has deservedly become one of the best known worldwide.
Nueva Andalucía – Puerto Banús
Puerto Banús, the name says it all, this port has seen its popularity grow at the same rate as the most famous yachts in the world docked, here where royal families from all over the world meet to enjoy their exclusive standard of living. The most famous port in Spain, where we find real whims of homes, surrounded by the hustle and bustle and the famous Marbella party.
Nueva Andalucía, this area has seen its reputation grow by leaps and bounds as one of the most luxurious areas of the Costa del Sol, framed with its famous Golf Valley, here we currently have some of the most expensive villas for sale in Spain.
Nueva Andalucía will become the future Spanish Beverly Hills, with an international population of high purchasing power, famous golf clubs, enviable residential areas of exclusive luxury villas, high standing developments, prestigious international schools, also has an urban center and first class commercial area, has maximum exclusivity while privacy, Ideal to live all year round enjoying its high standard of living.
San Pedro de Alcántara.
The second most important urban area of the municipality, it has its own old town. San Pedro is a town that lacks nothing, bustling and traditional, retains the Andalusian flavor of always while offering us some more modern areas, with wide and well designed streets, a wonderful boulevard that divides the downtown area of town, and the most modern area next to the beach.
Ideal to live all year round since it does not lack any type of service and everything in a single walk.
Ojén – Monda – Istan.
The best rated mountain sites and closest to Marbella and the coast Ideal for people looking for peace and quiet, surrounded by countryside and forests, especially for nature lovers, but who do not want to live far from the sea and cities.
This is where you can find real offers of fincas with ample land, and some urbanizations with stunning views. One of its most symbolic sites is La Mairena, a mega urbanization with a small commercial area where the renowned German College is located, and where we can find urbanizations of apartments and townhouses that combine excellent qualities with stunning views.
Benahavís.
An emblematic municipality, although it is commonly confused with Marbella, the truth is that Benahavís houses the most expensive and luxurious mega urbanization on the Costa del Sol, La Zagaleta, where we find the top of the most expensive villas in Spain.
Within the concept of luxury and nature in this municipality we can also find other less famous areas but also luxury and high standing such as El Madroñal or Monte Mayor, maintaining the concept of total exclusivity and privacy.
The town and urban center of Benahavís is another of the jewels to know, a typical Andalusian white village that, at the same time that it has been modernized, preserves intact its flavor of traditional village.
An ideal place to live in contact with the most impressive nature of the coast, but just a few minutes from the beaches of San Pedro de Alcántara.
New Golden Mile (Estepona East)
Undoubtedly, this area that covers from the municipality of Marbella to the beginning of the city of Estepona will become a benchmark for the new luxury. Its proximity to Marbella places it in a privileged place from which to draw attention to all the projects that are currently being carried out and with others fully consolidated.
In the New Golden Mile, are located some of the most exclusive projects designed to maintain the privacy and discretion of those who need it, places like Los Flamingos, or the already famous Hotel Villa Padierna where Michelle Obama put it in the international spotlight.
This large area of more than 14km of coastline, houses developments and luxury villas throughout it, this area is expanding more and more towards the mountain where we can also find wonderful new build developments or luxurious villas with sea views surrounded by nature and all a few minutes from the beach.
Estepona – Estepona West
Estepona city, is an ideal place to live, a city that does not stop growing and improving, its historic center is one of the most beautiful on the Costa del Sol, an accessible city, where life can be done on foot, with all kinds of shops and services, where tranquility, tradition and good taste to enjoy, can be feeling latent in every corner.
Its well-planned growth has not stopped and we can find a lot of new construction and resale properties in the city center or next to golf courses. Estepona is sheltered from its magnificent Sierra Bermeja which allows you to enjoy both its beaches and its forests.
The west of Estepona is characterized by its multitude of wonderful urbanizations at extraordinary prices, always facing the sea, and with the best benefits, here we also find some of the most exclusive complexes on the Costa del Sol.
Casares – Manilva.
Casares is another of the wonders in countryside and mountains of the Costa del Sol, one of the best maintained and organized municipalities of the entire coast, has the main town immersed in a protected natural park where the views and beauty will be guaranteed.
It also has its coastal area known as Sabinillas, this coast together with Manilva is one of the best investment options currently, in continuous growth where new construction is currently being built with an enviable location, next to the beach or with stunning sea views, the best time to invest in this area in properties that we would hardly find outside it in the rest of the Costa del Sol.
Sotogrande.
This last area is commonly included as part of the Costa del Sol for the level of high standing and exclusivity to which it focuses, but the truth is that, it is part of the province of Cádiz, bordering Manilva.
Sotogrande was and is conceived as a summer resort for clients seeking luxury and exclusivity, along with an elegant and sophisticated lifestyle.
It has its own port and was conceived and chosen especially for the use of the richest families in Spain which has grown to become famous among all the international jet set.
Only exclusivity and luxury can be found in Sotogrande, from the most modern apartment and penthouse complexes to the most impressive villas by the sea. . It has famous golf clubs and is a benchmark for the practice of high-level sports. Luxury in all its expression.
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