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Marbella Club Golf Resort, Benahavis
Boasting a prime front-line golf location, the property offers breath taking panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea, the surrounding mountains, and the metic…
Marbella Club Golf Resort, Benahavis
This elegant villa, located in the prestigious Marbella Club Golf Resort in Benahavís, Málaga, epitomises luxurious Costa del Sol living. Set within a secure g…
We're Bianca and Omèr, and we know homes across Benahavís and the New Golden Mile inside out. A resort name carries a premium, and not every villa earns it. We'll always tell you where the price reflects the plot, the build and the view, and where it simply reflects the postcode.
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This is the kind of villa that sits in its own enclave rather than on a street of neighbours. The resort was laid out around a Dave Thomas members' course, with detached homes spread across the hillside above the fairways, so the defining feature here is land. Plots commonly run from around 4,000 sq m to 7,500 sq m, which is why most houses keep a generous distance from the next gate, and why the views over the course and down towards the Mediterranean are part of what you're buying. Five and six bedrooms is the usual shape, with the larger estates pushing higher.
Buyers here tend to want privacy and space over a short walk to the beach — families and second-home owners drawn by the 24-hour gated security, the golf, and the equestrian centre nearby. As a guide, villas at Marbella Club Golf Resort generally start in the low single-digit millions and climb into the higher millions for the big hillside estates. We'll always tell you which homes are priced for the plot and which are priced for the postcode, because on a site like this the two don't always agree.
Marbella Club Golf Resort sits in the hills of Benahavís, just north-west of San Pedro de Alcántara and a short way up the road that climbs from the coast towards Benahavís village. It is a large gated estate — around 110 hectares — wrapped around an 18-hole golf course and an equestrian centre, with homes set back among forested slopes rather than packed along fairways. The sea is roughly five kilometres away, but the feel up here is country, not coast: green fairways, wooded hills, and long views down to the Mediterranean.
This is villa country. The residential core is a small community of detached villas and a handful of townhouses — well under thirty homes in all — most on ample private plots with mature gardens, pools and terraces angled towards the valley, the course and the sea. Styles run from classic Andalusian, with whitewashed walls and tiled roofs, through to clean contemporary builds with full-height glass. Because plots are large and turnover is modest, you'll also find building plots and architect-designed projects with licences in place, alongside ready-to-move-in homes.
The 18-hole, par-72 course was designed by Dave Thomas and opened in 1999, and it is run quietly — generous gaps between tee times keep the resort calm. The equestrian centre is the genuine point of difference: a large covered arena that has hosted national show-jumping, with stabling and training rings. For buyers who ride, or who simply want stables and bridle paths a few minutes from the door, there's little else like it this close to Marbella.
It tends to suit families and couples who want space, privacy and 24-hour gated security, and who value the riding and the quiet over a walk-to-the-beach address. International families are well served nearby: Aloha College in Nueva Andalucía, Laude San Pedro and Swans International in San Pedro, and The British School of Marbella are all a manageable drive. It works equally as a main home or a low-maintenance second home, given the security and the resort setting.
As a guide rather than a fixed rule, finished villas here generally start in the low millions and climb well into eight figures for the largest contemporary houses on the best plots. Building plots and project-with-licence opportunities tend to sit between, depending on size, orientation and sea views. The premium is real, so the detail matters — plot size, build quality and outlook separate fair value from an optimistic asking price.
By car you're about ten minutes from Puerto Banús and around fifteen from Marbella town, with San Pedro and the A-7 coast road just below. Both airports are comfortable: Málaga is under an hour to the east, Gibraltar a similar run to the west. You will want a car up here — it's a quiet, spread-out estate rather than a place you stroll out of — but the coast, the marina and the motorway are all genuinely close.
We know Benahavís and the New Golden Mile inside out, so we know how these villas trade, which plots hold value, and which asking prices are hopeful. We'll walk the estate with you, point out where the views and the breeze actually fall, and tell you plainly what a home is worth before you fall for the gate. If a riding-distance villa in a green Benahavís valley sounds like your kind of quiet, drop us a line.
Plots are unusually large for the Costa del Sol, typically running from about 4,000 sq m to 7,500 sq m. That scale is the whole point of the resort: each villa effectively sits in its own private grounds rather than on a shared street, with room for mature gardens, pools and parking, and clear separation from neighbouring homes.
Five and six bedrooms is the common configuration, with the largest hillside estates running higher. As a typical guide, villas at Marbella Club Golf Resort generally start in the low single-digit millions of euros and rise into the higher millions for the bigger plots with the best course and sea views. Build size, plot and position drive most of the price difference.
Buyers are mostly families and second-home owners who value privacy, land and security over proximity to the seafront. The draw is the gated community with 24-hour access control, the Dave Thomas members' golf course the homes are built around, and the equestrian facilities nearby — a quieter, country-style setting still within an easy drive of Marbella and Puerto Banús.
It sits in the hills of Benahavís, just north-west of San Pedro de Alcántara, on the road that climbs from the coast towards Benahavís village. It's a large gated estate of around 110 hectares, built around an 18-hole golf course and an equestrian centre. The sea is roughly five kilometres away, about a five-minute drive, while Puerto Banús is around ten minutes and Marbella town about fifteen.
It is predominantly detached villas, with a small number of townhouses, set on generous private plots with gardens, pools and terraces. Architecture ranges from classic Andalusian to fully contemporary glass-and-stone designs. Because plots are large and the community is small, you'll also find building plots and architect-designed projects with licences, as well as completed, move-in-ready houses.
Yes. The resort has an equestrian centre with a large covered arena that has hosted national show-jumping, plus stabling and training rings, which makes it unusual this close to Marbella. The golf is an 18-hole, par-72 course designed by Dave Thomas and opened in 1999, run with wide gaps between tee times to keep the resort quiet.
As a general guide, finished villas usually start in the low millions of euros and rise well into eight figures for the largest contemporary homes on prime plots, with building plots and project opportunities falling in between. Exact value depends heavily on plot size, build quality, orientation and sea views, so the resort name alone doesn't tell you whether an asking price is fair.
