While much of the real estate focus has traditionally been on Marbella and its immediate surroundings, new areas on the Costa del Sol are coming to the fore as offering an equally enticing choice of modern new-build properties. Add beautiful settings between golf courses and beaches, a fine standard of amenities and quality of life, and excellent value for money, and it becomes clear that Marbella now has some serious competition when it comes to choosing where to buy your Costa del Sol home.
Beachside charm at the heart of the Costa del Sol
Mijas is one of the prime areas that is coming into its own in this way. Situated between Marbella and Fuengirola, it is at the heart of the Costa del Sol, also conveniently close to Málaga and its international airport, and surrounded by nature, beachside coves and an excellent choice of golf courses. The area that falls within the municipal boundaries of Mijas is extensive, and encompasses several distinct residential zones, including the pretty white mountain village of Mijas, which overlooks the coastal area from its position at the base of a mighty mountain range.
A lot of the land it surveys belongs to the Mijas municipality, whose town hall is very active in promoting tourism, sensible development and also excellent expat liaison and services in Spanish and English. A little downhill from the village is Mijas Golf, which lays within a verdant valley to its southwest and incorporates attractive residential areas bordering broad fairways. It is, however, further down towards the coast that you will come across most of the attractive new developments currently adding contemporary style and quality to this region.
La Cala de Mijas and La Cala Golf
La Cala is a little seaside village distinct from its mother town in the hills, and it is also the focus of much of the new projects being built in the area, extending from the charming beachside coves into the undulating hills and valleys just inland from here. The village of La Cala de Mijas offers charming restaurants, chiringuito beach bars and cafés, as well as shops close to leafy residential areas with apartments and villas, while La Cala Golf is a large country club with several courses and homes in a country setting with wonderful sea, golf and mountain views.
Fuengirola and the marina of Cabopino are ten minutes away, with Marbella 20 minutes to the west, putting this popular location within easy reach of a very wide range of amenities, including shopping, dining, beaches, sport and international schools.
New developments
The new properties for sale in Mijas Costa – as the area is also known – include some of the most exciting new-build and off-plan homes available in the greater Marbella area, with such fine examples as the spacious apartments and penthouses of the Grand View La Cala Golf Resort, whose hillside position affords fantastic golf and sea views as well as stylish open-plan interiors and attractive contemporary architectural styling.
Aria by the Beach offers modern style and luxury in an exclusive setting to ensure that these luxury Mijas beachfront apartments are among the finest to be found in the region. The exclusive gated community raises the standard in a beautiful beachside locations with fantastic sea views and first-class amenities within the complex and top-spec quality inside the apartments and penthouses themselves.
Great value is offered by Jardines de las Lagunas, which offers modern style homes close to the beach in a highly central, convenient setting close to shops, restaurants and everything else you’d want on the Costa del Sol. Even so, this is a development that is private and peaceful, with such facilities as sauna, expansive gardens, swimming pools, gym and private parking with storage rooms. You may also want to explore the 32 modern apartments that make up the tastefully styled community of Navigolf, which in addition to contemporary style and mod cons, offers truly panoramic views close to golf and beaches.
If you need more space for family living, the Horizon Golf Townhouses at the La Cala Golf Resort combine modern style and amenities with the country club facilities and ambience of this resort. In reality, these spacious, luxurious contemporary homes are more like villas than conventional townhouses, so contact us about this and the other fantastic new properties and modern off-plan developments for sale in Mijas Costa.
