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We know the Ronda road above San Pedro well, and Los Almendros is a pocket we know building by building: which blocks catch the morning sun, which terraces actually see the sea over the golf, where the breeze sits in August. When you ask us about a flat here, you will get the honest version, including which ones are over-priced and why.
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The penthouses here are the prize of the hillside. Because Los Almendros climbs the foothills of the Sierra de las Nieves above San Pedro de Alcantara, the top floors clear the rooflines below them, and a south-facing one looks straight down the coast — sea, Gibraltar on a clear day, the mountains at your back. Most sit within the low-rise apartment blocks of Altos de los Almendros and the Puerto del Almendro side, so you get a lift, a garage space or two, and a solarium without the upkeep of a villa.
Layouts run from comfortable three-bedroom flats with a covered terrace up to large duplex penthouses around 300 to 350 sq m, the upper level often given over to a private solarium with a jacuzzi, gym or chill-out corner. Specify the aspect carefully: a south or west terrace catches the afternoon sun and the long view, while north-facing units are cooler and cheaper for a reason — we'll always tell you which is which before you fall for the photographs.
Los Almendros sits in the Los Arqueros area of Benahavis, on the hillside just off the A-397 as it climbs from San Pedro de Alcantara towards Ronda. It is a small, settled residential pocket rather than a sprawling resort: a handful of gated blocks set among gardens, looking down over the Los Arqueros golf course to the Mediterranean, with the mountains rising behind. The elevation is the point here. You are a few minutes from the coast but lifted above it, which buys you long views, cooler evenings and a calm that the seafront streets do not have.
This is apartment country. The mix runs to flats and penthouses in low-rise communities, typically two and three bedrooms, with the penthouses taking the top of each block for the wider terraces and the best of the sea views. Expect generous terraces, communal pools set in mature landscaped gardens, lifts in the newer blocks, and private parking. Some of the stock is comfortably established and priced accordingly; some has been brought up to a more contemporary finish. We will walk you through which is which, because the gap between a tired apartment and a renovated one here is not always obvious from the photographs.
Los Almendros works for buyers who want golf and views without the price of a villa or the density of a beachfront block. Golfers like being a short drive or buggy ride from the Severiano Ballesteros course, the first he designed on the Costa del Sol. Families and year-round residents like the quiet and the easy run down to San Pedro for schools and shops. And because the entry point is far gentler than the surrounding villa estates, it draws people who want a lock-up-and-leave bolthole or a sensible first foothold in Benahavis.
As a guide, apartments in the Los Arqueros area generally run from the low-to-mid hundreds of thousands of euros into the high six figures, with penthouses and the larger, well-renovated flats sitting at the upper end and occasionally beyond. What you pay turns less on the postcode than on the floor, the orientation and the state of the terrace and views, so two flats in the same urbanisation can be worlds apart in value. We price every one against what has genuinely sold nearby, not against the asking prices around it.
The A-397 is the spine. San Pedro de Alcantara, Puerto Banus and Marbella are all comfortably under twenty minutes by car, with the beaches just below them. Estepona is a short run west. Malaga airport is roughly fifty minutes via the AP-7 toll motorway. You will want a car here, as you would across most of Benahavis, but the position is genuinely central: you are close to everything without sitting in any of it.
We are a family agency, Bianca and Omer, and we have spent twenty years on this stretch of the coast. We would rather you bought the right apartment than any apartment, so we will tell you when a place is over-asking, when the view will not survive the next phase of building below, and when something quietly better is about to come up. If Los Almendros sounds like your kind of quiet, drop us a line.
As a guide, three-bedroom penthouses in Los Almendros typically start in the mid-600,000s euro band, while the larger south-facing duplexes with a private solarium and panoramic sea views generally run into the low millions, with the most ambitious examples reaching the high-2-million-euro band. Size, aspect and the quality of the terrace move the price more than the bedroom count does.
The elevation. Los Almendros sits in the foothills above San Pedro de Alcantara, roughly five minutes from the beach and ten from Puerto Banus, so a top-floor home looks out over the coastline rather than across it. You trade the immediate seafront for a wider, open panorama of the Mediterranean and the mountains, plus more outdoor space — covered terraces and a solarium — for the money.
They suit buyers who want villa-style outdoor living and views with the lock-up-and-leave ease of an apartment — second-home owners, golfers drawn by nearby La Quinta and Los Arqueros, and downsizers who still want a solarium and a real terrace. The gated, low-rise setting and easy reach of San Pedro, Marbella and the international schools also make the larger duplexes workable for families.
Los Almendros is in the Los Arqueros area of Benahavis, on the hillside just off the A-397 road as it climbs from San Pedro de Alcantara towards Ronda. It sits above the Los Arqueros golf course, with sea views to the south and mountains behind, a few minutes inland from the coast.
It is mainly apartments and penthouses in low-rise, gated communities, typically two and three bedrooms. Homes generally come with sizeable terraces, communal pools in landscaped gardens, and private parking, with the penthouses taking the top floors for the widest terraces and sea views.
As a rough guide, apartments in the Los Arqueros area typically run from the low-to-mid hundreds of thousands of euros up into the high six figures, with penthouses and larger renovated flats at the top of that band. Price depends heavily on floor, orientation, condition and the quality of the view rather than the address alone.
Yes. It sits right by the Los Arqueros golf course, the first designed by Severiano Ballesteros on the Costa del Sol, and the A-397 puts San Pedro de Alcantara, Puerto Banus and Marbella all comfortably under twenty minutes by car. Malaga airport is around fifty minutes via the AP-7. A car is advisable, as across most of Benahavis.
