New developments for sale in Guadalmina Alta, San Pedro De Alcantara.

Guadalmina Alta, the inland golf-wrapped half of Guadalmina — quieter and better value than Baja, just north of the coast road on the western edge of San Pedro de Alcántara.

Who lives in Guadalmina Alta

This is a settled, year-round neighbourhood rather than a holiday strip. You'll find a lot of international families — British, Scandinavian, Dutch, German — alongside Spanish residents who've been here for decades, plus a steady stream of golfers and semi-retired couples who want space and calm without giving up the coast. The draw is simple: people get the Guadalmina address, the golf, and the same shops and schools as Guadalmina Baja down the hill, but they pay noticeably less because they're a few minutes back from the sand. It suits anyone who values a real community and a school run over a beachfront address. The raised, inland position keeps it peaceful, and many homes look straight out over the fairways of the Real Club de Golf Guadalmina, which the urbanisation is built around.

Architecture & property types

Villas dominate Guadalmina Alta, and they set the tone of the place — mostly Mediterranean-style houses on medium-to-large plots with a private pool and mature garden, alongside contemporary rebuilds in the cleaner white-cube style. Behind the villas there's a healthy run of townhouses and duplexes, often gathered in well-kept gated pockets such as Isla de Guadalmina and Villas & Golf, then a solid layer of apartments and a smaller scattering of penthouses in the established complexes. Named developments worth knowing include Terrazas de Guadalmina, Los Cartujanos, Campos de Guadalmina, Ribera del Guadalmina and Guadalcántara Golf — several wrapped around or overlooking the course, so frontline-golf views are genuinely common here rather than a marketing flourish. Build quality varies street to street and decade to decade, so this is an area where it pays to look at the bones of a house, not just the staging.

Price expectations

Guadalmina Alta is one of the better-value golf addresses in the San Pedro and Marbella belt, precisely because it's inland of Guadalmina Baja. As a rough guide, apartments and townhouses typically start from the mid-hundreds of thousands and run up towards the low millions for the larger frontline-golf and penthouse units. Villas cover a wide band — you'd generally expect something from around €1.4 million for an older property needing updating, rising through the €2–3 million range and beyond for a renovated or newly built home in a prime position on the course. Proximity to the fairway, plot size and how recently a house has been reworked are the three things that move the price most. We'll always tell you which homes are over-priced for what they are, and exactly why.

Lifestyle, schools & getting around

The hub of daily life is the Centro Comercial Guadalmina, the long-standing commercial centre on the coast road, with a big supermarket, banks, a vet, hairdressers, pharmacies and a good spread of restaurants and cafés — the kind of place where you can do the whole week's errands on foot. The beach is only around five minutes away through Guadalmina Baja, and San Pedro de Alcántara's town centre, boulevard and weekly market are a few minutes east. For families, the schools are a major part of the appeal: Laude San Pedro International College is just minutes away, with Atalaya International School on the Estepona border nearby and the well-established Calpe School over in San Pedro. Getting around is easy — you're straight onto the A-7, with Puerto Banús and Nueva Andalucía a short drive east, the Golden Mile and Marbella centre not much further, and Málaga airport typically around 40 to 45 minutes by car. The AP-7 toll road is on the doorstep if you want to skip the coastal traffic.

How we work in Guadalmina Alta

We treat Guadalmina Alta as a neighbourhood we know house by house, not a postcode on a portal. Because the villas here span so many build eras, we'll tell you honestly which plots get the breeze and the sun, which complexes have sensible community fees, and which renovations were done properly versus dressed up for sale. We won't push you towards Baja and a bigger commission if Alta is the smarter buy for you, and we'll happily flag when an asking price doesn't stack up against what's recently sold a few streets over. If you'd like a straight-talking view on what your money buys here, and a shortlist that actually fits how you want to live, drop us a line.