Who it suits
Nueva Andalucía suits you if you want Banús a few minutes away rather than outside the bedroom window. The valley is green, the houses sit apart and the streets are quiet in a way the coast is not. It has its own centre, its own shops and a Saturday market.
It suits you less if you want to walk to the beach, or if you would rather not depend on a car. The way down to the sea is downhill; the way home is not.
The Golf Valley
The valley holds several courses close together — Las Brisas, Aloha and Los Naranjos among them — which is where the name Valle del Golf comes from. Many properties sit directly on a course.
A fairway position reads well in a listing. Check where the balls actually land, what membership costs, whether it transfers with the property, and what the community pays to maintain the greenery around it.
What to check here in particular
- Which urbanisation it is. Nueva Andalucía is large, and the gap between a townhouse on the edge and a villa at Las Brisas is enormous.
- Community finances and minutes. Large developments with pools and gardens carry running costs and sometimes agreed special levies.
- Planning permission and registered floor area. Extensions and glazed terraces are common here and not always registered.
- Traffic to and from Banús in summer. Drive it on a Friday evening in July before you decide.
Getting around
By car. There is no train in Marbella municipality — the C-1 commuter line ends at Fuengirola, forty kilometres east. Bus M-220 runs Fuengirola to Marbella along the coast, but Nueva Andalucía sits inland from it.
The airport is about as far as from Marbella centre: fifty-odd kilometres on the AP-7.
The Nordic side
The Swedish School, the Swedish church and Club Nórdico are in Fuengirola, forty kilometres away with no train. Read our page on the school run if you have school-age children.
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