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Marbella
Marbella Area Guide
Marbella is the name that put the Costa del Sol on the map, and it still sets the standard. What keeps people here, beyond the 320 days of…
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Nueva Andalucía
Nueva Andalucía Area Guide
Behind Puerto Banús, Nueva Andalucía earned its nickname — the Golf Valley — from the courses that ring it: Los Naranjos, Las Brisas and Aloha. It is one…
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Puerto Banús
Puerto Banús Area Guide
Puerto Banús is the Costa del Sol's most famous marina, and the lifestyle is exactly what you'd expect: yachts, designer boutiques, beach clubs and a nightlife that runs…
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Golden Mile
Golden Mile Area Guide
The Golden Mile is the prime coastal stretch linking Marbella town to Puerto Banús, home to the landmark Marbella Club and Puente Romano hotels and some of the…
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Estepona
Estepona Area Guide
Estepona has become the coast's feel-good story: a working Andalusian town that restored its old quarter into one of the prettiest on the Costa del Sol — flower-filled…
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Benahavís
Benahavís Area Guide
Benahavís is quiet luxury. A whitewashed village famous for its restaurants, its municipality holds some of the most exclusive addresses in southern Europe — La Zagaleta, El Madroñal,…
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Mijas
Mijas Area Guide
Mijas is really three places. Mijas Pueblo is the classic white village in the hills, with views and Andalusian character. La Cala de Mijas has grown into a…
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Fuengirola
Fuengirola Area Guide
Fuengirola is the coast's most practical beach town: an eight-kilometre promenade, a wide sandy beach, a real year-round community and — rare on the Costa del Sol —…
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Sotogrande
Sotogrande Area Guide
Sotogrande is a world of its own. A large, low-density estate west of the Costa del Sol in the municipality of San Roque, it was built around world-class…
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San Pedro de Alcántara
San Pedro de Alcántara Area Guide
San Pedro de Alcántara is Marbella’s quieter, more Spanish neighbour. It sits within Marbella municipality but keeps a character of its own: a landscaped boulevard, a long beach,…
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New Golden Mile
New Golden Mile Area Guide
The New Golden Mile is the coastal stretch from Estepona towards San Pedro and Marbella. It pairs long sandy beaches with golf just inland, and because much of…
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Casares
Casares Area Guide
Casares is west of Estepona: a white village on a hill inland, and a quieter stretch of coast below, including the golf at Finca Cortesín. It is where…
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Manilva
Manilva Area Guide
Manilva is the western edge of the Costa del Sol, centred on the Duquesa marina and its beaches, with vineyards in the hills behind. It has a relaxed,…
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Benalmádena
Benalmádena Area Guide
Benalmádena sits between Torremolinos and Fuengirola and has three distinct faces: the marina at Puerto Marina, the beach at Benalmádena Costa, and the traditional village of Benalmádena Pueblo…
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Torremolinos
Torremolinos Area Guide
Torremolinos is a lively beach town between Málaga and Benalmádena, with La Carihuela along the sand and the shortest hop to Málaga airport of the resort towns, about…
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Málaga
Málaga Area Guide
Málaga is a city, not a resort town. A revived cultural centre, a working port turned leisure waterfront, and an airport minutes away have made it a place…
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Alhaurín de la Torre
Alhaurín de la Torre Area Guide
Alhaurín de la Torre is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Málaga province. About fifteen minutes inland from the city and the airport, and close to the tech…
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Alhaurín el Grande
Alhaurín el Grande Area Guide
Alhaurín el Grande sits in the Guadalhorce valley, a traditional Andalusian town framed by the Sierra de Mijas. Buyers come for countryside, a local community and golf nearby,…
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Coín
Coín Area Guide
Coín is one of the larger inland towns of the Guadalhorce valley. It has the amenities of a proper town — shops, schools, healthcare, the La Trocha centre…
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