Marbella Property Blog

Jimena de la Frontera is a White-plastered outpost in a sea of green at just half an hour from the Sotogrande coast, and around an hour from Marbella.

Wedged in between coastal hillocks and the Marbella Golf Club, El Rosario is in many ways a classic Marbella villa suburb. Its freestanding villas flow down a gentle gradient from near the motorway in the north down to the coastal road that skirts the shore about a kilometre inland.

The first real country town of any size that you come to when you venture up-country from Marbella is Ronda. As such, this elegant historical town is synonymous in the region with stylish country living.

Positioned along a ridge that overlooks the coastal strip and sea just east of Marbella, La Mairena represents a different philosophy to most residential areas. It was, in fact, one of the earliest developments that sought to combine access to the elegance and facilities of Marbella with a setting surrounded by nature, peace and stunning views.

Turn inland off the coastal road just after Estepona and you head through beautiful green valleys and forested hills into the foothills of the Serranía de Ronda, the large mountain range that dominates much of the Andalusian interior.