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In Nueva Andalucia the duplex almost always means the duplex penthouse: a top-floor home spread over two levels, with the upper floor opening onto a private solarium, and very often a plunge or full pool up there. It is the format people picture when they think of a roof terrace above the Golf Valley, and gated communities like Las Alamandas, Aloha, Las Brisas, Los Naranjos and La Cerquilla are where you will find most of them. Three bedrooms is the common shape, with a good run of four-bedroom layouts for families who want the space.
What buyers are really paying for is the terrace and the outlook — solariums that catch the sun all day, with La Concha behind and the fairways of Aloha, Las Brisas and Los Naranjos in front. These are lock-up-and-leave second homes for many, and year-round homes for families drawn to the international schools nearby. As a rule the better ones sit on the higher, quieter streets; we will always tell you which terraces actually get the afternoon light and which face the wrong way.
Nueva Andalucía sits in the natural bowl behind Puerto Banús, bordered by the Sierra Blanca mountains to the north and the AP-7 to the south. The neighbourhood was master-planned in the early 1970s around the three golf courses that still anchor it: Aloha to the east, Las Brisas at the centre and Los Naranjos to the west. Forty years later, the trees have matured, the streets are quiet, and the area has settled into being one of Marbella's most desirable family addresses.
The neighbourhood skews international and family-led — Dutch, Belgian, Scandinavian, British and increasingly Middle-Eastern owners. Many are full-time residents, often with children at Aloha College or Swans International School (both inside the neighbourhood). The pace is calm: a working pueblo at Aloha with a Saturday market, a handful of restaurants and the Centro Plaza shopping centre on the southern edge. It's the kind of place where you do the morning school run by bike.
You'll find three broad villa generations here. The Andalusian-style 1980s villas on big plots, often with terracotta roofs and beamed ceilings — beautiful bones, frequently in need of renovation. The 'transition' 1990s and 2000s villas that updated the layout but kept some traditional language. And the contemporary new-builds of the last decade — open-plan, oversized glazing, infinity pools, often architect-led. Plot sizes run from around 1,000 m² in the lower neighbourhoods to 3,000 m²+ in Las Brisas and La Cerquilla.
Entry is around €1.8M for an older 3-to-4-bed villa needing some work. €3M to €6M is the most active band, where you'd expect a 4-to-5-bed modern family villa with a pool and views over the Golf Valley. Above €8M you're typically into frontline-golf positions or recent architectural new-builds in Las Brisas. The top of the market runs to €15M and beyond. Per square metre, Nueva Andalucía has appreciated roughly 8–10% a year over the last five years.
The neighbourhood is built for low-key, day-to-day living rather than marina nightlife. Aloha College is the largest international school inside Nueva Andalucía, with the British curriculum and consistent Russell Group outcomes; Swans International is just on the edge. The Centro Plaza and El Corte Inglés are minutes away, the marina is 5 minutes by car, and Málaga airport is a comfortable 45-minute drive. The beach at Puerto Banús is 7–9 minutes — close enough to be casual, far enough to be quiet.
We know this neighbourhood street by street. Several of our properties never reach the open market — they're shared first with our newsletter and the families we already represent. If you'd like a private list of off-market villas in Nueva Andalucía, just drop us a line.
In Nueva Andalucia a duplex is a home arranged over two interior floors within a low-rise block, almost always a duplex penthouse on the top two levels. The defining feature is the upper floor opening onto a private roof solarium, frequently with its own plunge or swimming pool — space a single-level apartment cannot offer. Living areas and a guest bedroom typically sit on the main floor, with the master suite and terrace above.
Three bedrooms is the most common configuration, with a steady supply of four-bedroom duplexes for larger families. They concentrate in gated Golf Valley communities such as Las Alamandas, Aloha, Las Brisas, Los Naranjos and La Cerquilla, most with 24-hour security, communal pools and landscaped gardens, set among the Aloha, Las Brisas and Los Naranjos golf courses.
Pricing varies with position, view and condition, but renovated duplex penthouses in the established Golf Valley communities generally run from roughly one million euros into the two-to-three million euro band. Homes with a private rooftop pool, frontline-golf position or clear La Concha and sea views sit at the upper end; those needing updating or on lower, more enclosed plots can be found below it.
Villas in Nueva Andalucía typically trade between €1.8M for an older property to refurbish and €15M+ for a contemporary frontline-golf villa in Las Brisas. The most active band is €3M to €6M, where you'd expect a 4-to-5-bedroom modern family villa with a pool and views over the Golf Valley.
Yes — it is one of the most family-oriented areas on the Costa del Sol. Aloha College and Swans International School are both inside the neighbourhood, Puerto Banús and the beach are 5–8 minutes by car, and the streets are quiet and tree-lined.
Driving from the centre of Nueva Andalucía to Puerto Banús takes 4–6 minutes; the beach is 7–9 minutes. Several streets in the lower part of the neighbourhood are walking distance to both.
Three: Aloha, Los Naranjos and Las Brisas — together they form Marbella's Golf Valley. Several of our villas are frontline-golf with course-view terraces.
Yes. We handle a small number of new-build and off-plan villa projects in the area, typically delivered 12–24 months from reservation. We carefully vet every project and only list developers we'd recommend to a friend.
