La Quinta, Tranquil golf location

A ten-fifteen minute radius includes all the services and facilities you might wish for, including restaurants, shops, schools, supermarkets, racquets clubs and several world-class golf courses.

The only hotel in La Quinta is the 5-star Westin Golf Resort and Spa. It has 170 rooms and suites, thermal circuits, treatment cabins and fitness facilities, a children’s club, two restaurants and three bars, as well as a 27-hole golf course.

San Pedro de Alcántara, Puerto Banus and Nueva Andalucia also offer high quality hotels such as the Barceló Guadalmina Hotel, a 4* beachfront hotel with all-inclusive service, the 4-star Barceló Marbella Hotel with spa and restaurant is just 200 metres from the Guadalmina Golf Club and Paloma Blanca Boutique Hotel, a three-star hotel for adults only, 6-minute walk away from the beach,the Hard Rock Marbella Hotel in Nueva Andalucia or Occidental Puerto Banus Hotel.

The nearest health centres are in San Pedro and Nueva Andalucia, run by the Andalucían Regional Public Health Service, located in La Campana.

The Marbella High Care is a private hospital situated approximately 7 km.from La Quinta and is noted for its Oncology Unit, the well diagnostic imaging centre and the medical services that cover more than 35 medical and surgical specialties, with a highly qualified, international medical staff.

Clínica del Río is a private clinic in the centre of San Pedro that carries out studies and treatments for diseases of the digestive, cardiovascular and urinary systems and treats all types of physical and psychological illnesses and works with most insurance companies.

In Nueva Andalucia there are private clinics such as Magna Clinic Marbella, Atlantic Clinic and Elysium Clinic.

The Costa del Sol public hospital on the east side of Marbella is about 20 km away.

Certainly La Quinta is the ideal place for families as the environment is quiet, with plenty of green spaces, with security services in most sections and complexes, and the advantage of having international schools within short distance.

La Quinta is the ideal location for golfers as La Quinta Golf and Country Club offers not only a fourth course comprising 27 holes with 3 different combinations available, designed by the winner of the Ryder Cup Manuel Piñero, but the proximity to the Golf Valley with its three magnificent golf courses Los Naranjos, Las Brisas and Aloha Golf.

Take A-7 /E15 and AP-7 / E15 towards Algeciras. Once you reach Marbella, continue on the AP-7 motorway. Then take the exit Km 172 towards San Pedro de Alcántara / Ronda. At the roundabout, turn left and take the secondary road to the right where you will find signs to La Quinta. You will then be 2 minutes from the Golf Club and the whole urbanisation. Alternatively take the AP-7 toll motorway and leave at the San Perro exit. At the exit roundabout is the road signposted to La Quinta Golf.

La Quinta belongs to the municipality of Benahavis, which is a haven for lovers of hiking, being the most remarkable trail, the one to the Holy Chestnut, which starts at the Golf Club. Heading north, walk to a bridge and from there take the lane to the left. From here to the Holy Chestnut, which has a perimeter of some thirteen and a half metres, is a distance of some 13km. It is probably the oldest tree in the whole of the Sierra de las Nieves as it is estimated to be between eight hundred and one thousand years of age.

The small and attractive Lago de los Tortugas that lies in the northern part of Nueva Andalucía is a lost world where water birds take refuge, children can swim in the summer and you can enjoy a picnic with the family. It is actually not a lake but more of a reservoir. You can walk across the 40-metre long and 20-metre high concrete dam,which was built in 1890.

Alternatively there is plenty to do and see in San Pedro de Alcantara, such as the Cable Ski & Wakeboard Centre, set around the Lake Medranas natural park; Parque de los Tres Jardines – Three Garden Park – situated on the northern side of the town; the Boulevard -54.000 m2 urban park- offer three playgrounds well outfitted for kids of all ages, a 3km long track ideal for rollerblading or biking, an amphitheatre for 500 spectators and three tapas restaurants and cafes, being its striking element the footbridge.

There are two sites of archaeological interest in San Pedro: the Paleochristian Basilica Vega del Mar, considered one of the oldest archaeological remains of primitive Christianity and the Roman Baths of Las Bóvedas, a Roman thermal building from the 2nd century AD.

The area also offers a range of other outdoor activities such as Lawn Bowls (available in Aloha) and tennis courts which can be found throughout Nueva Andalucía.

In San Pedro, the Ama Dablam Alpine Club, founded in 1983, boasts the largest artificial rock wall in Europe which was constructed in April 2004 with a 1,500m2 climbing surface. The wall is 17 metres high, which allows climbs of up to 25 metres in length with a 3,500 holds. The climbable surface is 875m2. The walls are divided into three sections. Two of them are superb for competitions while the third section is suitable for beginners and for running climbing courses.

La Quinta is approximately twenty minutes drive from Marbella City Centre and about 10 minutes from Puerto Banus, depending on where you are and the time of the day.

Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport is approximately 45 minutes drive from La Quinta, with the fastest route being the AP-7 toll road.

The closest one being in San Pedro de Alcantara. There is St.George’s School (ages 3 to 8), Calpe School (ages 2 to 11) and Laude San Pedro International College (ages 3 to 18).

In Nueva Andalucia, there is Aloha College International School, one of the leading English-speaking private schools in Spain.