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Nueva Andalucia, Marbella
This exceptional ground floor duplex is nestled within the coveted double gated community of Alcores del Golf, Nueva Andalucia, Marbella. Offering four bedroom…
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A ground floor duplex here gives you a house-like layout without taking on a villa. You get two storeys inside the footprint of an apartment, with the living space opening straight onto a private garden or a generous ground terrace rather than a balcony two floors up. In Nueva Andalucia that usually means a spot inside one of the low-rise gated complexes threaded through the Golf Valley — around Aloha, Las Brisas and Los Naranjos, in schemes such as Las Alamandas or Alcores del Golf, where buildings rarely climb past three storeys and the grounds are landscaped with communal pools, gated entries and on-site security.
Most run two to four bedrooms, with the larger ones laying bedrooms upstairs and the reception, kitchen and garden on the entrance level. They tend to suit families who want a garden for children or dogs, and downsizers who'd rather not deal with a villa's upkeep but still want to step outside onto their own ground. As a guide you'd typically expect this format to start in the mid-hundreds of thousands and run comfortably past the million mark for the larger, recently renovated homes close to the courses. We'll always tell you which ones are priced ahead of what they offer, and why.
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.
It is an apartment set over two floors on the entrance level of a building, rather than a single-storey flat or an upper-level penthouse. The main living area opens directly onto a private garden or a large ground-level terrace, and bedrooms are usually split across the two floors. In Nueva Andalucia these sit within gated, low-rise complexes across the Golf Valley, typically with communal pools, landscaped gardens and parking.
Most have two to four bedrooms. Two-bedroom layouts are common in the smaller golf-side complexes, while three and four-bedroom duplexes generally place the bedrooms upstairs and keep the kitchen, living space and garden access on the entrance floor. Built sizes commonly fall between roughly 110 and 200 square metres of interior space, before counting the private garden and terraces.
Families value the private garden for children and pets and the secure, gated setting close to international schools and the Golf Valley courses. Downsizers and golf buyers like the house-style space over two floors without the maintenance of a standalone villa. They appeal as both year-round homes and holiday boltholes, given the short drive to Puerto Banus and the beach.
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.
