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Nueva Andalucia, Marbella
This recently renovated elevated ground floor apartment is located in Palacetes Los Belvederes, a prestigious gated community in the heart of Nueva Andalucia,…
Nueva Andalucia, Marbella
Introducing this prestigious new development located in the heart of Nueva Andalucia, Marbella, Malaga. This prime location offers unparalleled access to a wea…
Nueva Andalucia, Marbella
This exquisite ground floor apartment is situated in the prestigious area of Aloha, Nueva Andalucia, Marbella, Malaga. Spanning an impressive 1121m² built, the…
We're Bianca and Omèr, and we know homes across Marbella inside out, from Old Town apartments to Sierra Blanca villas. We'll walk you round the back streets of Nueva Andalucía and tell you, honestly, where your money goes furthest and which homes to leave well alone.
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The floor number is the least of it. What you're buying with a ground floor apartment in Marbella is a private wraparound terrace and a patch of planted garden, often opening straight onto the communal lawns and pool — in the right urbanisation that doubles your usable living space, with room for a table for eight and a couple of orange trees. Most run two or three bedrooms, clustered in the garden-style gated communities Marbella does well: Andalucia Garden Club, La Dama de Noche and Locrimar in Nueva Andalucia, the beachside blocks of Elviria and San Pedro Playa, and the leafier corners of the Golden Mile. You'd typically expect roughly €450,000 to €1.2m, depending on whether you're walking distance to the sand or backing onto a golf course.
They suit a particular sort of buyer, and we'll be straight about who. Families, because small children and dogs can wander out without a lift or stairs; retirees and anyone thinking ahead on mobility, for the same reason. The trade-offs are real, and we'll always tell you where they bite: a touch less privacy from the communal path, more shade if the terrace faces north or sits under a mature canopy, and the occasional damp or security question worth checking. Orientation matters more at garden level than on any upper floor, so we'll steer you towards the south and west-facing gardens that hold the afternoon sun.
Most people picture Puerto Banús when they hear the name, but Marbella is a proper working town as well as a glamorous coast — far bigger and far more varied than its marina. It runs from San Pedro de Alcántara in the west, through Nueva Andalucía and the Golden Mile, around the historic Old Town, and east past Los Monteros to Elviria and Cabopino. Each pocket has its own character, its own price level, and its own kind of buyer. We sell across all of it, and no single street is right for everyone — which is why it pays to talk to someone who lives here before you fall for a photograph.
Marbella has always drawn an international crowd alongside its Spanish residents. You'll find British, Scandinavian, Belgian, Dutch, German, Middle Eastern and American owners, plus a strong base of Spanish families, particularly from Madrid, who keep summer homes here. The Golden Mile and Sierra Blanca attract the wealthiest end — business owners, sportspeople and the genuinely private — while Nueva Andalucía and the eastern beaches of Los Monteros and Elviria pull in families and year-round residents who want schools, golf and a normal community rather than a holiday postcard. The Old Town and San Pedro stay the most Spanish in feel. A good number of our buyers are second-home owners, but plenty live here full time and run their lives remotely.
Villas dominate Marbella, and they set the tone of the whole market — from classic whitewashed Andalusian fincas with arches and terracotta roofs to the crisp, glass-fronted contemporary builds that fill Sierra Blanca, Nueva Andalucía and the hills above the coast. Alongside the villas there's a deep, steady run of apartments: penthouses and duplex penthouses with big sea-facing terraces, ground-floor apartments with private gardens, and everything in between within gated, well-kept urbanisations. Town houses, semi-detached villas and semi-detached houses give families a middle rung between an apartment and a full villa, and you'll also come across the occasional triplex, building plot or rural finca for those who want to design from scratch or buy a slice of land. If you want a garden you'll lean towards a villa, a town house or a ground-floor home; if you want lock-up-and-leave with a view, a penthouse is usually the answer.
Marbella is a broad market, so the bands are wide and depend heavily on the postcode. As a rough guide, two-bedroom apartments away from the very front line typically start somewhere in the mid-to-high six figures, while frontline-beach or prime Golden Mile apartments and penthouses generally run from well over a million into several. Town houses and semi-detached homes in good family urbanisations tend to sit in the high six figures to low millions. Villas are where the spread is greatest: a comfortable family villa in Nueva Andalucía or the eastern suburbs typically begins in the low millions, while Sierra Blanca, the Golden Mile and the gated estates climb from several million into the truly exceptional — eight figures and beyond for the trophy homes. We'll always tell you when a property is over-priced for what it is, and why, rather than letting the asking price do the talking.
This is golf country first and foremost. Nueva Andalucía is known as Golf Valley for good reason, with Los Naranjos, Aloha, Las Brisas and La Quinta all within a few minutes of each other, and Rio Real and Santa María sitting just east of town. The beaches run the full length of the municipality, from the family sands of Elviria and Cabopino to the promenade that links the Old Town to Puerto Banús. The Old Town itself, built around the Plaza de los Naranjos, stays genuinely lovely year-round — orange trees, tapas bars and proper Andalusian streets rather than a museum piece. For families, the international schools matter: Aloha College in Nueva Andalucía, Swans International with campuses in town and Sierra Blanca, and Laude San Pedro just along the coast, all offering British and IB routes. Getting around is easy by Costa standards — the A-7 coast road and the faster AP-7 toll motorway run the length of the town, Málaga airport is about 40 minutes east, and Gibraltar's airport is roughly an hour the other way. There's no train to Marbella itself, so a car is part of life here.
We've spent twenty years on this coast, and we treat buying a home here as a decision you should make slowly and with your eyes open. We don't push you towards the highest commission or the newest off-plan brochure; we ask how you actually want to live — beach mornings or golf mornings, full-time or summers only, walkable town or quiet hillside — and we match that to the right neighbourhood before we ever talk about specific homes. We'll be straight about the downsides too: which urbanisations get road noise, which villas face the wrong way for afternoon sun, which streets feel deserted out of season, and which asking prices simply don't add up. If you'd like a calm, honest conversation about where your budget goes furthest in Marbella, drop us a line.
As a type, ground floor garden apartments in Marbella typically run from around €450,000 for a two-bedroom in an inland gated community up to €1.2m or more for a three or four-bedroom close to the beach or on the Golden Mile. In Nueva Andalucia you'd generally expect €500,000 to €900,000 for a well-kept two or three-bed with a private garden; beachside Elviria and San Pedro Playa sit in a similar band, with first-line positions pushing higher.
The garden-style gated communities are where they shine. In Nueva Andalucia look at Andalucia Garden Club, La Dama de Noche and Locrimar, all built around lawns and pools. For walking distance to the beach, Elviria and San Pedro Playa have ground floor units within 100 metres or so of the sand. The Golden Mile, around Nagüeles and near Puente Romano, has leafier, more mature communities. We'll point you to the ones with genuinely usable, sunny gardens rather than a token strip of shade.
Three things we always check. Orientation: a north-facing or heavily overshadowed garden stays cold and damp, so we favour south and west-facing terraces that catch the afternoon sun. Privacy and security: ground floor units can be overlooked from communal paths and need decent grilles or shutters, worth confirming. And damp or drainage at garden level, particularly in older blocks. None are deal-breakers, but they affect price and comfort, and on the ground floor the garden is the whole point, so it pays to get it right.
It depends on how you'll live. The Golden Mile and Sierra Blanca are the prime addresses, walkable to the Old Town and Puerto Banús and priced accordingly, suiting buyers who want location above all. Nueva Andalucía, known as Golf Valley, is the family and golf choice, close to Los Naranjos, Aloha and La Quinta and to Aloha College. The eastern suburbs — Los Monteros, Elviria and Cabopino — give you the best beaches and more space for your money, at the cost of a short drive into the centre. San Pedro and the Old Town stay the most Spanish and the most everyday-liveable.
The range is wide. Two-bedroom apartments set back from the beach typically start in the mid-to-high six figures, while frontline-beach and prime Golden Mile apartments and penthouses generally run from well over a million euros upwards. Family villas in Nueva Andalucía or the eastern suburbs usually begin in the low millions, and the gated estates of Sierra Blanca, the Golden Mile and the surrounding hills climb into the many millions and beyond for the very best homes. Town houses and semi-detached homes tend to bridge the gap, sitting from the high six figures into the low millions.
Málaga airport (AGP) is about 40 minutes east of Marbella by car along the AP-7 toll motorway, a little longer on the free A-7 coast road in summer traffic. Gibraltar airport is roughly an hour to the west. There's no train station in Marbella itself, and the town is spread out across many separate urbanisations, so most residents find a car essential for daily life, golf and the school run, even if you can walk to the beach from where you live.
Marbella is well served for international education. Aloha College in Nueva Andalucía offers British and IB programmes and is a major reason families settle in that area. Swans International School has campuses in Marbella town and Sierra Blanca, and Laude San Pedro International College sits just west along the coast, both running English-language and IB pathways for ages roughly 3 to 18. Proximity to a preferred school is a real factor in local pricing, so it's worth deciding on the school before you fix on a neighbourhood.
Very much so. Nueva Andalucía's Golf Valley packs Los Naranjos, Aloha, Las Brisas and La Quinta into a few square kilometres, with Rio Real, Santa María and Marbella Golf just east of town and many more along the wider coast. The beaches run the full length of the municipality, from the broad family sands of Elviria and Cabopino in the east to the marina at Puerto Banús and the promenade linking it to the Old Town. The climate means both are usable for most of the year, which is a large part of why people buy here at all.
