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We've shown homes in Las Encinas long enough to know which terraces catch the afternoon light and which back rows feel quieter. We park up by the gate, walk the loop down toward the La Quinta fairway, and tell you plainly how each town house lives. When one is over-priced for the row it sits in, we'll say so.
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Las Encinas is a compact gated pocket within La Quinta, the country-club quarter where Benahavís meets the top of Nueva Andalucía, north-west of San Pedro de Alcántara. It is a handful of town houses arranged in a quiet loop, set frontline to the La Quinta golf course. This is not a large urbanisation; it is a tight, walkable cluster, which is much of its appeal.
La Quinta climbs the foothills behind San Pedro, roughly four kilometres up from the town and about five from the nearest beaches. Puerto Banús and Nueva Andalucía's Golf Valley are a short drive east; the A-7 coast road and the AP-7 toll motorway are both close, so the run to Marbella one way and Estepona the other is straightforward. Málaga airport is usually around 45 to 55 minutes depending on traffic. The Westin La Quinta Golf Resort, with its spa and restaurants, sits beside the development.
The enclave is town houses, almost entirely — multi-level homes, typically three or four storeys, several of them corner units with the extra width and light that brings. A common layout puts the open-plan kitchen, living and dining room on the entrance level opening to a terrace over the golf, en-suite bedrooms below facing the fairway, and the principal suite up top, often with a solarium that owners use for a plunge pool or hot tub. Two parking spaces and a storeroom are standard. Many have been renovated; finishes vary row to row, which is where it pays to compare.
It tends to suit golfers and families who want frontline fairway views and resort facilities on the doorstep without the upkeep or price of a detached villa. The gated setting and the walk-everything scale make it easy to lock up and leave, so it works equally for second-home owners. La Quinta's wider area is well served for international schooling, with English, Swedish and other curricula in the San Pedro to Estepona corridor within a reasonable drive.
As a guide, renovated frontline town houses here generally run in the high-hundreds of thousands to low-millions of euros, with the larger corner units and the best-positioned, most recently refurbished homes sitting toward the upper end. Condition and exact aspect over the fairway move the figure more than floor area alone, so two homes of similar size can be priced quite differently for good reason.
You'll want a car here, as you do across La Quinta. Day to day there's a convenience shop and the resort's restaurants close by, with the full supermarkets, clinics and the buzz of Puerto Banús about ten minutes down the hill. The La Quinta golf clubhouse and its 27 holes are right alongside, and membership can be arranged separately from buying.
We've spent twenty years on this stretch of the Costa del Sol, and we treat a small enclave like Las Encinas the way we'd want to be treated ourselves: walk the loop with you, point out which terrace gets the late sun and which row is quieter, and tell you honestly when a home is asking more than its position deserves. If you'd like to see what's available or simply talk through whether La Quinta fits, drop us a line.
Las Encinas is a small gated town-house enclave within La Quinta, in Benahavís, where Benahavís meets the top of Nueva Andalucía. It sits in the foothills north-west of San Pedro de Alcántara, roughly four kilometres up from the town and about five from the nearest beaches, frontline to the La Quinta golf course and beside the Westin La Quinta resort.
Almost entirely town houses — multi-level homes of three or four storeys, several of them corner units. A typical home has the kitchen, living and dining room on the entrance level opening to a terrace over the golf, en-suite bedrooms below facing the fairway, and a principal suite on top, often with a solarium. Two parking spaces and a storeroom are usual.
As a general guide, renovated frontline town houses here typically run from the high-hundreds of thousands into the low-millions of euros. The larger corner units and the most recently refurbished, best-positioned homes sit toward the top of that band. Condition and aspect over the fairway influence price as much as size.
Yes. It is frontline to the 27-hole La Quinta golf course, with the clubhouse alongside and membership arranged separately from a purchase. The Westin resort's spa and restaurants are a short walk away. You'll want a car: Puerto Banús and Nueva Andalucía are about ten minutes down the hill, with the A-7 and AP-7 close and Málaga airport usually 45 to 55 minutes away.
