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Casares del Sol - Casares Golf, Casares
This exquisite apartment offers a harmonious blend of luxury and comfort. With two spacious bedrooms and two well-appointed bathrooms, including an en-suite, t…
We're Bianca and Omèr, and we know the homes between Estepona and Sotogrande inside out. We know Casares del Sol and Casares Golf street by street: which blocks face the golf, which catch the sea breeze off Playa Ancha, and which are priced for a quick sale rather than a fair one. We'll always tell you straight.
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The ground floor duplex is the format people reach for when they want a private garden under their own feet but not the upkeep or price of a detached home. Across Casares del Sol's gated phases — the runs of low-rise blocks set along the Casares Golf fairways, and the newer releases like SKYE and Camarate Hills with their elevated ground-floor gardens — these homes give you a main living level that opens straight onto a terrace and lawn, with bedrooms arranged below or alongside on a second level. Two and three bedrooms is the usual span, typically somewhere between 110 and 165 square metres of build, and the better ones pair a generous porch with a private garden that can run to 40 or 50 square metres.
Most carry a parking space and storeroom, and sit within communities built around a pool, landscaped gardens and gated access. Buyers tend to be families who want children and a dog on the grass without stairs to a roof terrace, and downsizers leaving a villa who still want outdoor space they can call their own. As a guide, ground floor homes of this kind in the area generally run from the mid-€400,000s upwards, with frontline-golf positions and the larger gardens sitting at the top of the band. We'll always tell you which ones are priced for the garden they actually have — and which are asking villa money for a flat with a lawn.
This is the green, unhurried end of the Costa del Sol — the Casares Costa, west of Estepona, where the coastline opens up and the building heights drop. Casares del Sol and the surrounding Casares Golf community were laid out in traditional Andalusian style, terracotta roofs and nothing above a couple of storeys, wrapped around communal pools and tropical gardens. The nine-hole Casares Golf course gives the area its name and its rhythm, and the Finca Cortesín estate, host of the 2023 Solheim Cup, sits just up the road. It feels a world away from the busier resort strips, yet Puerto Banús is under half an hour by car.
The mix here is genuinely international and relaxed: Northern European second-home owners — British, Scandinavian, Belgian and Dutch in particular — alongside a steady core of permanent residents who've decided this calmer corner suits them better than the bustle around Marbella. Golfers come for the course on the doorstep; families and retirees come for space, gardens and sea air without resort-town prices. A fair number of owners let their homes to holidaymakers and winter golfers, so there is a sensible buy-to-let case too. What you won't find is a party crowd — evenings here are a glass of wine on the terrace, not a night out in Banús.
Villas dominate the picture across Casares Golf and Casares del Sol — generally detached or semi-detached homes with private plots, pools and golf or sea views — and they set the tone for the area. Beneath them sits a healthy run of apartments and penthouses, the penthouses often carrying the rooftop solariums this part of the coast does so well, plus ground-floor apartments and ground-floor duplexes that open straight onto a garden terrace, ideal if you'd rather skip stairs and lifts. The look is consistent and traditional: terracotta roofs, whitewashed walls, marble or tiled floors, fitted wardrobes and generous terraces, set in gated, well-tended communities with pools, lawns and, in many cases, gym and security. Build quality is solid, and because nothing is high-rise, the developments keep their light and their privacy.
The Casares Costa offers some of the better value on this side of the Costa del Sol, which is a large part of its appeal. As a rough guide, two- and three-bedroom apartments and ground-floor homes typically run from the low-to-mid €200,000s up towards the €400,000s, depending on size, condition and view, with penthouses carrying a premium for that roof terrace. Villas span a much wider band — from roughly the high €400,000s for something modest into the low millions for the larger golf-front or sea-view homes — and the very top end near Finca Cortesín reaches well beyond that. Those are typical ranges, not a promise, and some homes here do come to market over-priced; we'll always tell you which ones and why before you fall for the view.
The Blue Flag beaches of the Casares Costa are roughly a kilometre and a half away — close enough to walk on a good day — with the La Sal chiringuito and Playa Ancha for long sandy strolls and a seafood lunch. Sabinillas and the marina at La Duquesa are about five minutes by car for restaurants, shops and a weekly market, while Estepona town, with its old quarter, is around ten kilometres east. Golf is everywhere: Casares Golf and Doña Julia on the doorstep, Finca Cortesín and the Sotogrande courses a short drive on. And the historic white village of Casares itself, with its hilltop castle and plaza, is fifteen minutes up into the Sierra Bermeja.
For families, the international schools sit in the surrounding towns rather than the village itself, with options around Estepona and San Pedro and the well-regarded Sotogrande International School all within a manageable run. The L-77 bus links Casares with Manilva, Sabinillas, Estepona, San Pedro and Marbella. Gibraltar airport is around thirty minutes by car for European flights, and Málaga airport sits about an hour east on the AP-7.
We treat this corner of the coast as home, not just a postcode on a portal, so when we walk you round a Casares Golf villa or a Casares del Sol penthouse we'll point out the things the brochure won't: the orientation, the community fees, which phase has the best gardens and which terraces get the afternoon sun rather than the wind off the water. We sell honestly — if a home is asking too much, or the view it's priced for disappears the day the next plot is built on, you'll hear it from us first. Twenty years here means we know the lawyers, the surveyors and the community administrators worth trusting, and we'll stay alongside you long after the keys change hands. If you're weighing up a move to the Casares Costa and want a straight, local opinion on what's really worth buying, drop us a line.
A ground floor duplex is a two-level home occupying the lowest floor of a low-rise block, with the living space connected internally by a private staircase and opening directly onto a garden, rather than the single-level layout of a standard ground floor apartment. In Casares del Sol the appeal is the same as the area's ground floor apartments — direct access to a private garden and terrace, no lift needed — but with the extra living level giving more separation between bedrooms and reception space. It is the closest format to a villa you will find within these gated golf communities.
Ground floor homes in the Casares del Sol and Casares Golf developments typically run two or three bedrooms, with built areas usually between roughly 110 and 165 square metres. The defining feature is the outdoor space: a private garden, often around 40 to 50 square metres, alongside a porch or terrace, plus a parking space and storeroom in most cases. Newer phases such as SKYE Casares Golf and Camarate Hills include ground-floor units with elevated gardens designed for added privacy.
As a typical guide, ground floor homes with private gardens in Casares del Sol and Casares Golf generally start in the mid-€400,000s and rise from there, with frontline-golf positions, sea or mountain views and the largest gardens commanding the upper end. Smaller two-bedroom layouts sit lower in the band; three-bedroom homes with substantial outdoor space sit higher. Exact figures move with the development and the specific plot, so treat these as bands rather than fixed prices.
It sits on the Casares Costa in the municipality of Casares, Málaga province, on the western Costa del Sol. The community lies just inland of the coast road between Estepona (about 10km east) and Manilva, beside the nine-hole Casares Golf course and a short drive from the Finca Cortesín estate. The historic white village of Casares is about 15 minutes up into the hills, and the beach is roughly 1.5km away.
Villas are the most common here, typically detached or semi-detached with private pools and golf or sea views, followed by apartments and penthouses (often with rooftop solariums), plus ground-floor apartments and ground-floor duplexes that open onto a garden terrace. The style is consistently low-rise and traditional — terracotta roofs and whitewashed walls — set in gated communities with shared pools and gardens.
As a general guide, apartments and ground-floor homes usually run from the low-to-mid €200,000s into the €400,000s depending on size, view and condition, with penthouses commanding a premium for their roof terraces. Villas range more widely, from roughly the high €400,000s into the low millions, with the largest golf-front or sea-view homes near Finca Cortesín going higher still. These are typical bands rather than fixed figures.
The Blue Flag beaches of the Casares Costa, including Playa Ancha and the La Sal beach area, are a few minutes away by car or a short walk. For golf, Casares Golf and Doña Julia are on the doorstep, with the championship Finca Cortesín course (host of the 2023 Solheim Cup) just up the road and the Sotogrande courses a short drive down the coast. Sabinillas and La Duquesa marina are about five minutes away for dining and shops.
Gibraltar airport is around 30 minutes by car and Málaga airport about an hour via the AP-7 motorway. The L-77 bus connects Casares with Manilva, Sabinillas, Estepona, San Pedro and Marbella. International schools are in the surrounding towns rather than the village, with options around Estepona and San Pedro and the well-regarded Sotogrande International School all within a reasonable drive.
