Villa | Marbella East | Marbella

Arched doorways, thick whitewashed walls and a covered colonnade running the length of the ground floor announce this as a villa built in the old Andalusian manner, even though its five bedrooms and generous guest apartment were finished to a distinctly modern standard. It is a house that rewards walking through rather than viewing from a single vantage point, each room opening onto the next through a series of shaded arches and sunlit courtyards.

The stretch of coast that runs east from Marbella through Elviria towards Cabopino has always kept a lower profile than the town centre or the Golden Mile, and that restraint is precisely its appeal. Wide leafy streets, mature pine and eucalyptus planting, and a scattering of low rise villa developments set well back from the beach give this side of Marbella an unhurried, almost village feel, even though the sand, the beach clubs and a good run of restaurants are only a few minutes on foot. Walking the promenade here in the early evening, past long established beach clubs and quieter coves toward Cabopino, it is easy to see why families and returning owners favour this side of town over the more built up west. The pace is slower, the greenery is real rather than landscaped for effect, and the beach stays wide and largely uncrowded even in August.

Inside, the villa is arranged mainly across one generous floor, which keeps the living spaces connected rather than stacked, with an upper solarium reserved for those who want a wider view over the rooftops toward the sea. The south facing aspect means the principal rooms fill with light for most of the day, and the kitchen, dressed in traditional tile work and warm timber, opens directly onto a covered terrace built for long lunches rather than quick meals. The five bedrooms are distributed to give each its own privacy, several with direct garden access, and a separate guest apartment allows visiting family or staff to come and go without crossing through the main house, a detail that matters more once a household actually starts using the property.

The garden is the villa’s real achievement. Mature subtropical planting, established over years rather than installed for a sale, wraps around a saltwater pool finished in wooden decking, with a separate jacuzzi and an outdoor kitchen and dining area built for entertaining, not added as an afterthought. In the evening, with the irrigation running quietly and the pines behind catching the last light, the garden reads less like an amenity than like the actual centre of the house, the place a family living here would use every day of the year.

A two car garage sits to the side of the property, with additional space for visitor parking on the plot, keeping the approach to the house uncluttered.

KEY FEATURES
Five bedrooms and five bathrooms
Separate guest apartment with private access
South facing orientation with partial sea views
Saltwater pool with wooden sun deck
Mature subtropical garden with automatic irrigation
Covered terrace with outdoor kitchen and dining area
Jacuzzi and upper solarium
Two car garage

LOCATION
Beach | approximately 100 m
Beach clubs and restaurants | approximately 300 m
Elviria village | approximately 2 km
International schools | approximately 3 km
Hospital Costa del Sol | approximately 9 km
Marbella centre | approximately 12 km
Puerto Banus | approximately 20 km
Malaga Airport | approximately 50 km | 45 minutes by car