Villa | Marbesa | Marbella

Set back only a hundred metres or so from the sand in Marbesa, this villa is built around the idea that a beach house should feel like one from the moment you step through the door, with sightlines that run straight from the entrance through to the pool terrace and the pines beyond.

Marbesa sits within the quieter beachside pocket of Marbella East, the low rise residential belt running between Elviria and Cabopino that has resisted the high rise development seen further west along the coast. What stands out on a walk through the area is how little of it feels designed for passing traffic. The streets are for residents, the pine cover is old and unmanicured, and the beach itself, reached in minutes on foot, still has stretches of open sand even in high season. A short stroll in either direction brings a handful of long running beach clubs and restaurants, the kind locals return to season after season rather than a more transient scene further along the coast, while the village centre of Elviria supplies everyday shopping, cafes and a pharmacy without anyone needing a car. It suits a family wanting the beach as part of daily life rather than an occasional outing, and touring it on foot makes that immediately obvious.

The villa reads as more contemporary than many of its Andalusian style neighbours, with cleaner lines, larger glazed openings and marble flooring through the principal living spaces, though white walls and a pitched, tiled roofline keep it rooted in the same Mediterranean vocabulary as the rest of the urbanisation. South facing living and dining rooms take in light for most of the day, and the layout is built around a central axis that draws the eye, and the household, straight out toward the garden and pool rather than back into corridors. The kitchen is open to the main living space, finished for a family that cooks rather than caters, and the five bedrooms sit across a quieter wing, each with generous storage and several opening onto their own terrace or balcony.

What sets this villa apart is less any single room than the relationship between the house and the beach itself. With the sand roughly a hundred metres away, mornings here run to the rhythm of a short walk down for coffee rather than a drive, and the villa’s own outdoor spaces, a saltwater pool with timber decking, a jacuzzi, and a covered terrace shaded by mature pines, feel like an extension of that coastal life rather than a garden set apart from it. Light comes in low and warm off the sea for much of the afternoon, filling the terrace and the rooms behind it, and it is that quality of light, more than any fixture, that owners of beachside villas here tend to mention first.

The property includes a two car garage along with separate laundry and storage space, practical provision that keeps the main house free of clutter.

KEY FEATURES
Five bedrooms and five bathrooms
Contemporary Mediterranean architecture
South facing living and dining rooms
Saltwater pool with wooden sun deck
Covered terrace shaded by mature pine trees
Jacuzzi and upper solarium
Separate laundry and storage room
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