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El Higueron, Fuengirola
This new off plan apartment, located in the prestigious area of El Higueron, Fuengirola, Malaga, offers an exclusive opportunity for international buyers seeki…
El Higuerón's slope flatters photographs and punishes shopping bags, so we walk every block down to Carvajal and back before we recommend it. Twenty years on this coast have taught us which phases earn their premium — and we will always tell you when a resale is priced as if it were still a new build.
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Apartments are what El Higueron does best, and the hillside setting shapes them. Because the land falls away towards the coast, blocks are stepped so that most homes face roughly south or south-west, which means broad terraces, sliding glass that opens the living space onto the view, and the Mediterranean somewhere in the frame. You'll find this across the newer developments — Higueron West, Higueron Valley and the Valley Collection among them — alongside the more established blocks within Reserva del Higueron. The mix leans towards two and three-bedroom flats, with penthouses and ground-floor garden apartments rounding it out; one-bed homes exist but are the exception rather than the rule.
Sizes typically run from around 95 sqm for a smaller two-bed up to roughly 150 sqm for a three-bedroom home, before you count the terrace, which here is often generous enough to count as a second living room. Much of the appeal is the resort layer wrapped around the apartments: many owners hold membership to the Higueron resort facilities, run under Hilton's Curio Collection, with the spa, gyms, restaurants and the Wave beach club. Carvajal station sits at the foot of the hill on the C1 Cercanias line, putting Malaga and the airport a straightforward train ride away — one reason buyers here skew international, with a good number using these as lock-up-and-leave second homes or long-term rentals.
El Higuerón occupies the hillside at the eastern edge of Fuengirola, rising above Carvajal beach at the point where the coast bends towards Benalmádena. The municipal boundary runs through the urbanisation — which town hall you answer to depends on the street — though in practice the whole hill works as a single, resort-led neighbourhood. The A-7 passes the foot of the slope, Málaga airport is around twenty minutes by car, Marbella roughly half an hour, and Carvajal station on the Málaga–Fuengirola Cercanías line sits a few hundred metres from the southern entrance.
The duplex penthouse is the signature home here — two storeys, a rooftop solarium, often a private plunge pool, and the sea filling the view from the upper terrace. Apartments make up most of the rest, from garden-level flats to three-bedroom corner units, with sky villas and a modest run of detached homes higher on the ridge. Reserva del Higuerón is the established core; Higuerón West, masterplanned by Broadway Malyan, spreads the newer phases across the slope between green corridors and cycle paths; Higuerón Beach sits closest to the shore. Ownership generally brings access to the resort itself — the sport club with its gym, tennis and padel courts and spa, the Hilton Curio Collection hotel, and Sollo, Diego Gallegos's Michelin-starred restaurant.
El Higuerón draws a younger, sportier buyer than much of the coast — people who will actually use the padel courts rather than admire them. Scandinavians are well represented, helped by the Norwegian and Danish schools in neighbouring Benalmádena; British and Irish owners, and Málaga professionals who commute by train, make up much of the rest. Families have Colegio Salliver in Fuengirola and The British College and Colegio Internacional Torrequebrada within an easy drive, and golfers reach Torrequebrada and Mijas Golf inside twenty minutes. It also works well as a lock-up-and-leave, since the resort looks after itself between visits.
Newer two- and three-bedroom apartments generally run from around €500,000 to €750,000, with older resale flats on the lower slopes starting nearer €300,000. Duplex penthouses typically range from about €600,000 to €1.5 million depending on phase, floor and the width of the sea view; sky villas and detached villas run from roughly €1.3 million to beyond €3 million. The premium between phases is real but not always rational — two near-identical penthouses can sit a long way apart on asking price — and we'll always tell you which figure is the honest one.
The Cercanías is the quiet advantage. Trains run every twenty minutes or so from Carvajal, reaching Fuengirola centre in a few minutes one way and Málaga airport and the city in under half an hour the other, and a resort shuttle links the hill to the station and the beach. The slope itself is genuinely steep — from the upper phases the walk down to Carvajal beach is pleasant and the walk back is exercise — so most owners keep a car, and we'll tell you frankly which blocks manage happily without one.
We are a family firm, and we have spent twenty years watching hillsides like this one get built out — so we know which phases were finished well and which were finished fast. We will walk El Higuerón with you, time the hill, open the sport club doors, and tell you plainly which homes are over-priced and why. If the right home here is a duplex penthouse with the sea over the rooftops — or honestly somewhere else along this coast — we will say so. Tell us what you are looking for and drop us a line.
Most apartments in El Higueron are two or three-bedroom homes, with three-bed the typical family choice. Internal sizes generally run from around 95 sqm for a smaller two-bed up to about 150 sqm for a larger three-bed, not counting terraces, which tend to be unusually generous given the hillside, view-facing design. Penthouses and ground-floor garden apartments are also part of the mix; one-bedroom flats exist but are comparatively scarce.
As a guide, smaller two-bedroom apartments generally start somewhere in the mid-to-upper €400,000s, with three-bedroom homes more often sitting in the €600,000s to €800,000s depending on floor, view and which development they sit in. Penthouses with the best sea views can run past €1 million. These are typical bands rather than fixed prices, and resort membership, terrace size and orientation all move the figure.
The apartment stock concentrates in a handful of developments on the hillside between Fuengirola and Benalmadena. Higueron West is the largest of the contemporary schemes, with Higueron Valley and the Valley Collection among the newer phases, while Reserva del Higueron holds the longer-established blocks. Most share access, by membership, to the Higueron resort facilities operated under Hilton's Curio Collection, including the spa, gyms and Wave beach club.
El Higuerón is a hillside urbanisation at the eastern edge of Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol, rising above Carvajal beach where the coast meets Benalmádena — the municipal boundary runs through it, so individual streets belong to one town or the other. Málaga airport is around twenty minutes by car via the A-7, Marbella roughly half an hour, and Carvajal railway station on the Málaga–Fuengirola Cercanías line sits near the southern entrance.
Newer two- and three-bedroom apartments in El Higuerón generally run from around €500,000 to €750,000, with older resale flats on the lower slopes from roughly €300,000. Duplex penthouses, the area's signature home, typically range from about €600,000 to €1.5 million, while sky villas and detached villas run from around €1.3 million to beyond €3 million depending on plot and view.
Duplex penthouses dominate, usually with rooftop solariums and sea views, followed closely by apartments from garden level up to three bedrooms; detached villas and sky villas appear in smaller numbers on the upper ridge. The main developments are Reserva del Higuerón, the established core, Higuerón West across the hillside, and Higuerón Beach nearer the shore, and ownership generally includes access to the resort's sport club, spa and restaurants.
Many owners manage daily life by train — Carvajal station sits at the foot of the hill, with Cercanías services roughly every twenty minutes to Fuengirola centre in one direction and Málaga airport and city in the other, plus a resort shuttle to the station and beach. The slope is steep, though, so for golf, Marbella and the larger supermarkets most residents keep a car.
