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Nara Marbella — New townhouses with private pool, Marbella
From 1 890 000 €- Beach 2 km
- Golf 10 km
- Restaurants 2 km
4 bed 4 bath 457 m² Pool
Marbella Est — Los Monteros & Elviria
Marbella’s wooded eastern side: pine groves running down to the sandy beaches of Los Monteros, El Alicate and Cabopino, with quiet urbanisations and international schools between them.
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Back to the Costa del Sol neighbourhoods
Airport
≈ 35 min from Málaga airport (direct Luxembourg flight ≈ 2 h 45)
Beach
Los Monteros, El Alicate and Cabopino beaches 2-10 min away
Shops
Elviria and La Cañada shopping centres 5-15 min away
Price range
€450,000 – €5M
The atmosphere
East of Marbella’s centre, the hills are covered in pine groves and the urbanisations spread out. The road drops between hundred-year-old umbrella pines to the sandy beaches of Los Monteros, El Alicate and Cabopino, where the dune is protected.
Los Monteros is organised around its historic hotel: single-storey villas among the pines and the La Cabane beach club. Elviria, slightly further east, works as a centre of daily life, with its shops, restaurants, banks and The English International College.
Everything is done within ten minutes, from the Santa María golf course to the Saturday shop, and Marbella’s centre stays a quarter of an hour away. Málaga airport is thirty-five minutes away, the shortest transfer of any Marbella neighbourhood.
The market combines apartments in tree-planted residences from €450,000, family townhouses, and villas in the pine groves between €1M and €5M. The front line at Los Monteros is a micro-market of its own. Homes there change hands more slowly than west of the town.
The micro-areas to know: Los Monteros and Río Real on the western side for the established seaside; Elviria for the practical centre, around Santa María Golf. Las Chapas and El Rosario carry the villas among the pines, and Cabopino-Artola, around the dune and the marina, is lived in as a year-round holiday address.
Marbella East suits families who want quiet beaches and schools less than ten minutes away, and buyers who find the west of the town too exposed. Use here is family use: summer stays, off-season weekends, and year-round living once the children are at school locally.
Everyday life
- Sandy beaches at Los Monteros and Cabopino (protected dune)
- La Cabane beach club (Los Monteros hotel)
- The English International College
- Santa María and Cabopino golf courses
- Elviria shopping centre and restaurants
- Cabopino marina
- Pine groves and coastal footpaths
- Marbella centre 15 minutes away
The property market
New-build stays a minority here: a few contemporary residences with roof terraces in the pine groves of Elviria, Las Chapas and Artola, and architect-designed villas built one at a time on plots bought back. Expect €5,000 to €7,500/m² on these developments, against €3,500 to €6,000/m² for resale stock, so €600,000 to €1.4M for a new apartment and €1.5M to €4M for a villa.
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Observed price range: €450,000 – €5M
Who is it for?
Luxembourg and Belgian families with school-age children, couples who want Marbella without the activity, long-term buyers attached to the pine groves and the sandy beaches. The international school at Elviria is ten minutes away, and the airport run, the shortest in Marbella, makes a weekend round trip realistic.
Strengths
- Sandy beaches from Los Monteros to Cabopino, often quiet
- Shops, banks and restaurants open all year around Elviria
- International schools less than ten minutes away
- The shortest airport run in Marbella (≈ 35 min)
- Wooded plots: privacy and views kept between neighbours
- A long-term market, with slower price movements
Things to consider
- Less nightlife and fewer brand-name shops than west of Marbella
- A car is still needed for most journeys
- Few new-build homes: resale stock often needs work
Marbella East beaches and pine groves
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Frequently asked questions
Your questions about Marbella Est — Los Monteros & Elviria
The Golden Mile concentrates the historic hotels, the built-up front line and the highest prices in the town. Marbella East has the sandy beaches, the pine groves and a simpler family life, for budgets 30 to 50% lower at equal size. The east side also holds the international schools and the shortest run to the airport.
Yes. The English International College is in the neighbourhood, and so is the German College at Elviria. Shops, clinics and sports clubs run all year, and Marbella’s centre is a quarter of an hour away. The beaches and the pine groves serve as weekend ground.
Modest-sized residences slotted into the pine groves of Elviria, Las Chapas and Artola: two to three storeys, large glazed openings, a shared pool, an underground garage, most often with a fitted kitchen on delivery. Villas built one at a time on plots bought back are added to that. Available land is limited and wooded, so these developments stay spread out. The front line itself is no longer rebuilt.
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