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Four Seasons, Benahavis
Situated in the highly sought-after area of Los Flamingos, Benahavis, this luxury duplex penthouse offers a premium lifestyle on the Costa del Sol. With a tota…
Between us we have walked every block in Four Seasons more times than we can count — at midday, at dusk, in a February westerly. So ask us the awkward questions: which floors earn their premium, what the fees actually cover, which homes are over-priced and why. You will get a straight answer, not a brochure.
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The duplex penthouses here are the top-floor homes at Four Seasons, the gated enclave set around Tee 5 of Los Flamingos Golf, a short stroll from the Villa Padierna hotel. What sets them apart from the single-level apartments below is the second storey: a private rooftop solarium, usually with a plunge pool, an outdoor kitchen and a shaded dining corner, looking south and west across the fairways to the Mediterranean. Most run to two, three or four bedrooms over their two floors, with built areas that generally sit in the 200 to 233 square metre range before you count the terraces, and the master suite tends to sit upstairs on its own.
Layouts follow a consistent Andalusian template: an entrance hall with proper storage, a fitted kitchen with room for a real dining table, a living-dining room opening onto the main terrace, and en-suite bedrooms below the rooftop level. Buyers are typically families and couples wanting lock-up-and-leave space with a hotel resort on the doorstep, drawn here for the 24-hour security, the heated communal pools and the quiet between the holes. As a price band, duplex penthouses of this calibre generally start well above the standard apartments and can run from the low single millions into the higher reaches when the rooftop and the sea line are at their best — orientation and the exact terrace count move the figure more than floor area does, and we'll always tell you which ones are asking too much.
Four Seasons is a gated community inside Los Flamingos Golf Resort, in the municipality of Benahavís, on the slope that rises between the Cancelada junction of the A-7 and the Anantara Villa Padierna Palace hotel. The position is the point of it: midway between Marbella and Estepona, roughly a quarter of an hour to either, with Puerto Banús ten to twelve minutes east and the sand at El Saladillo less than five minutes down the hill. Málaga airport generally takes forty-five minutes to an hour on the AP-7, Gibraltar much the same the other way. Cancelada, just below, handles the everyday — bakery, pharmacy, a few honest menús del día — so you are not driving into town for a loaf of bread.
Duplex penthouses set the tone here, and they are what most buyers come for: two floors, the master suite upstairs, and a private solarium looking over the Flamingos course and its lake to the Mediterranean — on a clear morning the upper terraces take in Gibraltar and the African coast beyond. The larger ones run well past 250 square metres with terraces approaching a hundred more. Beneath them sit two- and three-bedroom apartments across a handful of low-rise blocks finished in the early 2000s, the ground floors with private gardens. The community keeps mature gardens, two large pools — one heated through spring and autumn — underground parking with lift access, and security on duty around the clock. Not every terrace earns the full sea line, though; we will always tell you which block and which floor justify their asking price, and which are trading on the postcode.
Golfers do well here. Villa Padierna Golf Club wraps three eighteen-hole courses around the resort — Flamingos, Alferini and Tramores, the last home to the Michael Campbell Golf Academy — and the hotel's spa, restaurants and racquet club are a few minutes away. Yet plenty of owners never swing a club; Four Seasons suits lock-up-and-leave second-home buyers from Britain, Scandinavia and the Benelux just as well, and families have Atalaya International School about ten minutes away on the New Golden Mile. On price, two- and three-bedroom apartments typically run from around €400,000 to €900,000, while duplex penthouses generally sit between €700,000 and €1.5 million, the largest four-bedroom units beyond that. Budget honestly for community fees too — the security, gardens and heated pool are paid for monthly, and the charge runs to several hundred euros; we set it out line by line before you offer.
We have spent twenty years on this coast, and Los Flamingos has been part of our patch since the first fairway was seeded. When a home in Four Seasons comes to us, we walk it at different hours before we describe it — morning light on the east-facing terraces, the evening breeze off the hill — and we will tell you plainly when a price reflects the view and when it merely hopes to. If you are weighing Four Seasons against La Quinta, Los Arqueros or an apartment nearer the sand, we are happy to talk through the trade-offs without a hard sell. To arrange viewings, or simply to ask what your money buys on this hillside, drop us a line.
Four Seasons duplex penthouses are spread over two floors and typically offer two, three or four bedrooms. Built areas generally sit in the region of 200 to 233 square metres, not counting the terraces and the rooftop solarium, which can add a great deal of usable outdoor space on top. The master suite is usually placed on the upper floor, often with its own bathroom featuring a Jacuzzi, shower and sauna.
The defining feature is the private rooftop. A duplex penthouse adds a second storey and a solarium that often includes a plunge pool, an outdoor kitchen and a dining area, with open views south and west over Los Flamingos Golf to the Mediterranean. Single-level apartments share the same architecture and communal facilities but do not have that top floor or the panoramic roof terrace.
Duplex penthouses at Four Seasons generally command a premium over the single-level apartments in the same development. As a rule of thumb you would typically expect them to start in the low single millions of euros and run higher when the rooftop, orientation and sea views are at their strongest. Position and the quality of the terraces tend to influence the figure more than the internal floor area alone.
Four Seasons is a gated community inside Los Flamingos Golf Resort, in the hills of Benahavís above Cancelada, midway between Marbella and Estepona. Puerto Banús is around ten to twelve minutes by car, Marbella and Estepona about fifteen minutes each, the beach at El Saladillo under five minutes, and Málaga airport typically forty-five minutes to an hour via the AP-7.
Four Seasons is made up of low-rise blocks of two- and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses, with duplex penthouses the signature home — two floors, a master suite upstairs and a private solarium with sea and golf views. Ground-floor apartments come with private gardens, and the community shares mature gardens, two pools (one heated in spring and autumn), underground parking and round-the-clock security.
Two- and three-bedroom apartments in Four Seasons typically range from around €400,000 to €900,000, while duplex penthouses generally sit between €700,000 and €1.5 million, with the largest four-bedroom penthouses going beyond that. Floor, orientation and the strength of the sea view drive the differences, and community fees of several hundred euros a month should be factored into any budget.
Yes — Four Seasons sits within Villa Padierna Golf Club, which runs three eighteen-hole courses around the resort: Flamingos, Alferini and Tramores, the last home to the Michael Campbell Golf Academy. The Anantara Villa Padierna Palace hotel, with its spa and restaurants, is inside the resort too, though many owners here never play and buy simply for the views and the quiet.
