A Home overlooking Los Arqueros Beach in Marbella

The few new apartment complexes that overlook Los Arqueros Beach, a beautiful part of western Marbella, are small and offer great luxury at an amazingly affordable price. At around EUR 250,000 the mainly 2-bed, 2-bath apartments are within a short walk for the popular Los Arqueros Golf & Country Club, and are mostly within a 3 to 4 minute walk of the promenade and historic town centre of San Pedro de Alcantara, a typically Andalucía settlement with great charm and excellent amenities.

Forming part of the New Alcantara residential area that is gradually developing between established settlements of Marbella Beach and nearby Puerto Banus, Los Arqueros Beach apartments and penthouses boast spacious terraces, access to communal swimming pools suitable for adults and children, landscaped gardens and underground car parks, lifts and hot-cold air conditioning in every property.
 
The area has been well thought out and designed with both permanent and short-term residents in mind. There are generously proportioned avenues with cycling lanes, public gardens, retail areas, cafes to sit and while away a morning with friends, restaurants to enjoy an evening meal and good access to public transport for those who do not wish to hire a car during their holiday.

Within a 5 minute drive of the beach, the Los Arqueros 18-hole golf course, par 71, was designed by none other than Severiano Ballesteros himself and boasts beautiful sea and mountain views. The club house boasts an excellent and much-talked about restaurants and the whole complex offers great facilities such as tennis courts, a gym and a great place to meet new friends at the bar for a drink after a round of golf.

Los Arqueros Beach lies to the west of Marbella, along the route that runs to neighbouring resort Estepona and provides direct access to the Autopista del Mediterraneo. Located just 40 minutes from Malaga Airport and within a 5 minute drive of Puerto Banus and its famous Marina, this up and coming part of Marbella provides those looking for their first home at the Costa del Sol with plenty of choice and fantastic bargains.

Within a distance of 2.5 km into either direction there are great opportunities to enjoy Marbella nightlife at its best, with bars and restaurants, shops and night clubs providing plenty of entertainment of an evening. During the day the various beaches of this part of Marbella offer an amazing array of water sports facilities, sun bathing and beach amenities to those opting to buy a property at Los Arqueros.

Home construction in Spain has decreased by some 38% in the first five months of this year compared to the same period in 2012, according to Ministry of Development figures. Since home construction peaked in 2007, when the housing market collapsed, this sector has declined by 81%, which means that it will take a very long time before new development will expand the Los Arqueros urbanisation.

Those who buy now can enjoy the low prices and years of quiet residential living without the dust, noise and general nuisance that large scale construction work brought with it in the recent past, when most of Marbella seemed to be one gigantic building site.

Estepona, which is roughly a 30 km drive away, boasts a number of tourist attractions: there’s the traditional daily fish market and bull fighting throughout the summer, not to mention the famous Fiesta Feria, a whole week of summer celebrations held every July. Further inland, just another 8 km drive, Marbella residents can enjoy hill walking in the area surrounding Casares, a hill town complete with castle and traditional white-washed houses.

Also within a short drive further inland lies the pretty village of Manilva, boasting well preserved Roman sulphur baths with health-giving springs located in smelly underground caverns, upmarket villa housing and that typically Spanish outdoor living that permanent residents of the Costa del Sol prize above all else.