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Within Reserva del Higuerón the ground floor units sit mostly in the Higuerón West phases, where the buildings step down the hillside so each block has its own row of garden homes. The appeal here is simple: you open the living room doors onto a private garden rather than looking down on one from a terrace. Most run to two or three bedrooms, typically somewhere between 90 and 130 square metres built, with a generous covered terrace and then the planted garden beyond — olive, lavender and the usual Mediterranean planting the developer favours. A good number come with a private plunge pool and a gate straight onto the communal pools and gardens, which is the detail that tends to settle a decision.
They suit two sorts of buyer in our experience, and we'll tell you honestly which you are. Families with young children like the level access and the enclosed outdoor space you can actually use day to day. Older buyers and anyone thinking about a home they won't need to leave in fifteen years value the absence of stairs entirely. For a two-bed garden apartment here you'd typically expect a price band from the mid-€400,000s, with three-bedroom corner units and those with a private pool running comfortably higher. Ground floor stock is the scarcest format in the resort, so when a south-facing one with the right garden aspect comes up it rarely sits long.
Reserva del Higuerón sits on the rising ground between Benalmádena and Fuengirola, straddling both municipalities on the slopes above Carvajal beach. It is a planned hillside community rather than an old village quarter: gated blocks stepped down the incline so that the homes look out over the Mediterranean, wrapped around the Higuerón Resort with its hotel, sports club, spa and restaurants. The A-7 motorway runs along the lower edge, the Carvajal Cercanías station is roughly 300 metres from the resort's south entrance, and the airport is about fifteen minutes east. That combination — hillside views, a full resort, and a train into Málaga — is what defines the place.
The buyers here are a mix, and the resort framework shapes who they are. A good share are international second-home owners — Northern European, Scandinavian, British, increasingly further afield — drawn by the lock-up-and-leave security of gated blocks with 24-hour staffing and the convenience of having a hotel, gym and restaurants within walking distance. You also find people relocating full-time who want services on tap rather than the upkeep of a standalone villa, and a steady stream of investors who like the rental story that the resort brand supports. It tends to suit those who value managed, amenity-rich living over the quieter independence of an older urbanisation.
This is apartment country first and foremost. Penthouses and ground-floor apartments lead the mix, with standard apartments filling out the rest — and the architecture reflects a contemporary, master-planned resort: clean rendered facades, generous glazing, deep terraces angled at the sea, communal pools and landscaped grounds between the blocks. Penthouses carry the largest roof terraces and the most open horizons, sometimes with private plunge pools; ground-floor homes trade the elevated view for their own garden and direct access to the gardens and pool. Townhouses and a smaller run of detached villas exist on the upper plots, but the day-to-day character of Reserva del Higuerón is defined by terraced apartment living.
As a guide rather than a fixed quote, two-bedroom apartments here generally start in the mid-to-high hundreds of thousands of euros, with well-positioned three-bedroom homes typically running from the high six figures upward. Penthouses — the larger terraces, the best sea lines, the occasional private pool — sit at the top of the apartment range and frequently move past the one-and-a-half-million mark. The handful of villas and sky-villas reach higher still. What you pay for, more than floor area, is the view and the floor: an open Mediterranean outlook from an upper terrace commands a real premium over an equivalent home that looks into the block opposite, and we'll always tell you which is which before you commit.
Much of what makes Reserva del Higuerón distinctive is the Higuerón Resort woven through it. The Higuerón Hotel, part of Hilton's Curio Collection, anchors the development with its rooftop pool, spa and a spread of restaurants. The Sports Club is the other draw — a serious facility with multiple paddle courts, a tennis court, a 24-hour gym and large pools — and a beach club down on the Carvajal seafront extends the resort to the water. For owners it means a gym session, a long lunch or a spa afternoon are a short walk from the front door, with a shuttle linking the upper blocks to the beach and station.
The everyday geography is genuinely convenient. Carvajal beach and its long sandy run sit roughly a kilometre below the development, reachable on foot downhill or by the resort shuttle. The Carvajal Cercanías station puts you on the C1 line — westbound into Fuengirola in minutes, eastbound to Málaga centre, María Zambrano and the airport without touching a car. For golf, Torrequebrada is the closest of the championship courses, with El Chaparral and the Mijas Golf layouts a short drive on. International schooling on this stretch of coast is well served by established schools around Benalmádena, Fuengirola and Mijas, most within a manageable commute, and the A-7 reaches Marbella and Puerto Banús in around 25 minutes.
No development is all upside, and we'd rather you heard the caveats from us. The hillside is the whole appeal, but the view depends heavily on which block and which floor you choose — homes lower in the terrace can lose their sea line to the building below — and the A-7 is audible from some south-facing terraces on a quiet evening. Resort living also carries community fees that reflect the staffing and facilities, a real line in the budget worth understanding up front. We treat each block on its own terms, point you toward the terraces that keep their horizon, flag any home we think is priced ahead of the market, and explain the rental picture plainly. If a place in Benalmádena pueblo or down in Fuengirola suits you better, we'll say so. When you're ready to look properly, drop us a line
A ground floor apartment opens at the same level as its garden, so you step straight from the living room onto a private planted terrace rather than a raised balcony. Most in Reserva del Higuerón — concentrated in the Higuerón West phases — have a covered terrace plus a private garden, and many add a heated plunge pool and a private gate onto the communal gardens and pools. There are no internal stairs to the outdoor space, which is the main practical difference.
Two and three bedrooms are the common formats, generally running from around 90 to 130 square metres of built area, with two bathrooms. On top of that you get the covered and open terrace and the private garden, so the usable outdoor footprint is often as large as the interior. Three-bedroom corner units sit at the upper end of the size range.
Two groups, mainly. Families with young children, who want enclosed level outdoor space and direct access to the communal pools; and older or forward-thinking buyers who want a home with no stairs to the garden. Both benefit from the on-site spa, gym, sports centre and beach club shared across the resort. For a two-bed you'd typically expect a price band from the mid-€400,000s upward, with private-pool and corner units higher.
Reserva del Higuerón is a hillside resort community on the slopes above Carvajal beach, between Benalmádena and Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol, straddling both municipalities. It sits just above the A-7 motorway, roughly a kilometre uphill from the sea, with Málaga Airport about fifteen minutes to the east and Marbella around 25 minutes west.
The development is predominantly apartments. Penthouses and ground-floor apartments lead the mix, alongside standard apartments, with a smaller number of townhouses and detached or sky-villas on the upper plots. Most homes are contemporary in style with deep sea-facing terraces, communal pools and landscaped grounds, set within gated blocks with 24-hour security.
As a general guide, two-bedroom apartments usually start in the mid-to-high hundreds of thousands of euros, with three-bedroom homes typically from the high six figures upward. Penthouses with large terraces and open sea views sit at the top of the apartment range and often exceed one and a half million euros, while villas reach higher. The view and the floor level drive price more than floor area alone.
The development is built around the Higuerón Resort, which includes the Higuerón Hotel (part of Hilton's Curio Collection) with a rooftop pool, spa and several restaurants, plus a large Sports Club with multiple paddle courts, a tennis court and a 24-hour gym. A beach club on the Carvajal seafront extends the resort to the water, and a shuttle links the upper blocks to the beach and train station.
They are a real strength. The Carvajal Cercanías station is roughly 300 metres from the resort's south entrance, on the C1 line that runs west to Fuengirola and east to Málaga centre, the main station and the airport. The A-7 motorway along the lower edge puts Marbella and Puerto Banús around 25 minutes away and Málaga city in similar time, and the airport is about fifteen minutes by car.
