Benahavís stretches across the green hills behind Marbella — a municipality known as much for its restaurants as for its golf courses.
The whitewashed centre has around fifty restaurants for a permanent population of barely 8,000 — locally it's called the dining room of the Costa del Sol. Most weekends, half the diners are visitors from Marbella.
Eleven courses sit within the municipality, including La Quinta and El Higueral. Most newer villa developments are built around the fairways and aim at year-round residents rather than holidaymakers.
Cooler air than the coast, larger plots than Marbella, and a setting that still feels rural while staying fifteen to twenty minutes from the beach. Both villas and modern apartment developments are well represented here.
Buyers who want space, nature and quiet within easy reach of Marbella — and who do not need to live on the beach.
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