Marbella · 36.50° N · 4.97° W
Marbella's Golf Valley: five courses under La Concha, two minutes above Puerto Banús
Nueva Andalucía is the Marbella district between the Guadaiza and Verde rivers, running from the A-7 up the 'Golf Valley' towards La Concha. In the 19th century this land held the El Ángel and La Concepción ironworks, Spain's first civilian blast furnaces, and from 1881 the El Ángel sugar colony with its two reservoirs. In 1964 José Banús turned it into a 1,005-hectare national tourist centre with room for 75,000 beds, built in a white neo-Andalusian village style. Las Brisas golf course and the bullring opened in 1968, Los Naranjos followed in 1977, and Puerto Banús grew at the bottom of the valley.
A golf valley under La Concha, with a market by the old bullring and Puerto Banús at the bottom of the hill.
About 17,000 people were registered in the district in 2018 (a figure that also covers Puerto Banús). The share of Scandinavians is especially high, helped by the Swedish school, and Aloha College alone counts more than 50 nationalities. Life is split by altitude. Down by the A-7, Centro Plaza, the old bullring and the Saturday market form a busy centre of cafés, supermarkets, gyms and clinics. La Campana is the Spanish working barrio, with the district town-hall office, the health centre, a sports ground and the secondary school. Higher up, the golf urbanisations are quiet, gated and car-dependent.
Prices follow the same slope. The portals' index puts the district at €5,417/m² in October 2026, up 4.4% in a year. The cheapest sub-zone is Rodeo Alto–Guadaiza–La Campana at €4,379/m², which also rose fastest (+11.3%); Aloha (€5,626) and the Nueva Andalucía centre (€5,476) are the dearest. A one- or two-bedroom flat typically asks €455,000–695,000, and the detached villas around Las Brisas, Los Naranjos and Aloha have a median asking price of almost €4 million. Only ten of 2,213 homes for sale were new-builds.
The calendar is set by golf and by Puerto Banús next door. The courses stay open all year. Summer brings the Marbella Arena concert season in the old bullring, pool clubs on Avenida del Prado, rooftop bars and nightly live music at La Sala. Every Saturday morning the market fills the streets by the bullring, and on winter Sundays the Street Market Arena sets up inside it. La Campana holds its own feria at the end of July.
The drawbacks: there is no beach, though Puerto Banús's beaches are 1–2 km from the lower valley. Everything funnels onto the A-7 and a few roads up the valley, and above Centro Plaza almost every errand needs a car. The streets around La Sala, FITZ and the casino are lively late at night. There is no hospital in the district: the nearest A&E departments are the private HC Marbella at El Rodeo and the public Hospital Costa del Sol, 16 km east. Long-term rents are high: two-bedroom flats are typically listed at about €2,300 a month.
No beach of its own; the Puerto Banús beaches are 1–2 km below the valley
Las Brisas, Los Naranjos and Aloha (18 holes each), Magna Marbella (9) and the Banús par-3 course, all inside the district
La Sala's live music, FITZ nightclub, the casino and rooftop bars, with Puerto Banús a few minutes away
Aloha College, the Swedish school, state schools, indoor play centres and a bowling alley; but most of the valley needs a car
The upper valley is very quiet; the streets by the A-7 and the bullring are busy and loud at night
Centro Plaza and La Campana are walkable; the golf urbanisations climb steep, spread-out roads
€5,417/m² and rising 4.4% a year; La Campana is the only cheaper corner
Swedish school, Aloha College with 50+ nationalities, Les Roches with 80+, and a large Scandinavian community
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Live listings in Nueva Andalucía at three very different budgets.
median asking price of 1,137 apartments
median asking price of 1,066 houses
Portal index, all homes: €5,417/m², district including Puerto Banús
for a 2-bed (median of 111 listings); index €20/m²/month, +4.2% year on year
| Home | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 bed apartment | €380,000 | €890,000 |
| 3+ bed apartment | €460,000 | €2,495,000 |
| penthouse | €520,000 | €2,790,000 |
| townhouse / semi-detached | €540,000 | €2,950,000 |
| detached villa | €1,499,000 | €8,000,000 |
Ranges are the 10th to 90th percentile of asking prices (75th for townhouses, whose portal category includes large semi-detached villas) across 2,213 homes listed on the property portals on 2 November 2026 in the six Nueva Andalucía sub-zones, leaving out the Puerto Banús sub-zone; asking prices, not sales. The cheapest 1–2 bed flats started at about €184,000. portal index by sub-zone (October 2026): Rodeo Alto–Guadaiza–La Campana €4,379/m² (+11.3%), La Dama de Noche–La Alzambra €4,637 (−0.4%), Los Naranjos €5,270 (+1.3%), Las Brisas €5,421 (+9.1%), Nueva Andalucía centre €5,476 (+2.1%), Aloha €5,626 (+4.6%). The median 1–2 bed asking price runs from about €465,000 in Rodeo Alto–La Campana and €460,000 in La Dama de Noche–La Alzambra to €612,000 in the centre. Villas around the three big golf courses are the top of the market. Only 10 of the 2,213 listings were new-builds.
Photo: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0In 1964 José Banús planned a 1,005-hectare resort here, and golf has defined the valley ever since.
Las Brisas opened in 1968, the same year as the bullring, and Los Naranjos followed in 1977. Today five courses sit inside the district: Las Brisas, Los Naranjos and Aloha with 18 holes each, Magna Marbella with nine and the Banús par 3. They stay open all year, under La Concha at the head of the valley.
Before the golf, this land made iron. In 1826 Manuel Agustín Heredia founded the La Concepción ironworks to smelt Sierra Blanca ore in Spain's first civilian blast furnaces, and from 1881 the El Ángel sugar colony worked the valley with two reservoirs. One of them, built in 1883, is now the Lago de las Tortugas, a picnic spot with a straight view up to the peak.
Busy and walkable; noisy on summer nights
The flat lower valley just north of the A-7: Centro Plaza's shops and restaurants, the old bullring (now Marbella Arena), the Saturday market, the casino and apartment complexes along Calle Las Malvas and Avenida Manolete. portal average about €5,476/m².
Local, practical, mixed ages
The Spanish barrio by the Guadaiza, with the district town-hall office, the public health centre, the La Campana sports ground, IES Nueva Andalucía, small industrial units (the kids' play centres are here) and everyday bars. The cheapest sub-zone on the property portals (€4,379/m²) and the fastest-rising (+11.3% in a year).
Golf-course living with restaurants close by
Townhouse 'pueblos' and apartment complexes around the Aloha golf course and along Avenida del Prado, with its restaurants and pool clubs. The portals' dearest sub-zone at about €5,626/m².
Not-for-profit British school in El Ángel running from nursery to sixth form, where students choose the IB Diploma or A levels; more than 50 nationalities.
The Swedish school, in La Alzambra since 2013: preschool, years F–6 and supervised distance study for older pupils, with after-school club and its own AIK padel club. School day 09:00–15:00.
The district's state secondary school, in La Campana.
The district's public GP surgery (Servicio Andaluz de Salud) in La Campana.
Private medical company based in Nueva Andalucía for more than 30 years, running a 24-hour emergency and home-doctor service (+34 952 811 818) across the Costa del Sol.
Restaurant on Avenida del Prado built around live dinner shows, with a covered, heated terrace in winter and vegetarian and gluten-free options. Wednesday to Sunday from 17:00 (Sundays from 13:00), closed Monday and Tuesday.
Restaurant, bar and terrace garden just above the A-7, open every evening from 18:00; the same house runs the GROUND bakery-café and the AIR rooftop.
Sharing plates from Israeli chef Meir Adoni in the La Ruleta building near the casino.
Open-air rooftop for dinner, cocktails and late DJ sets on top of the Breathe building.
Garden café and bakery on the ground floor of the Breathe building, serving breakfast and lunch from morning until 16:00.
Cocktail bar and fusion kitchen on Avenida del Prado, set up for groups and events.
Restaurant and bar with live music every night, from Motown and Rat Pack nights to acoustic sets; popular with locals as well as visitors.
Nightclub in the Rimesa centre on the A-7 by the Río Verde (the town's nightlife listing places it at the former Dreamers site), with urban and electronic line-ups and VIP tables; it announced a summer 2026 programme and shows into October.
The town's casino, on the old N-340 at km 174 just above the A-7: slot machines, American roulette, blackjack and poker, with a bar and restaurant.
Six glass padel courts plus a premium gym, in Altos del Rodeo above the A-7.
Tennis club beside the A-7 at El Rodeíto with seven courts (three clay, two hard, two Plexipave) and two padel courts.
Town-hall sports ground in La Campana with a tennis court and a padel court among its facilities.
Robert Trent Jones Sr. design opened in 1968 with raised greens and many bunkers; two World Cups and three Spanish Opens; private members' club.
Robert Trent Jones Sr. championship course (1977) with big rolling greens and water on several holes.
Javier Arana design with wide fairways and a lake beside the par-5 10th; Andalucía Open 2007, 2008, 2012.
The romantic garden of the 19th-century El Ángel colony, next to Aloha College, kept for its old and varied trees.
Brick bullring built in 1965 by Luis María de Gana, architect of Bilbao's Vista Alegre, and opened in 1968 with El Cordobés; it hosted a Davis Cup quarter-final in 2009 and, renamed Marbella Arena in 2019, now stages summer concerts, events and open-air cinema.
The 1883 'Pantano Nuevo del Ángel' reservoir, now a turtle lake with picnic tables, trees and a straight view up to La Concha; a family picnic spot at the top of the valley.
More than 50 stalls of homeware, fashion and wellbeing goods with live music inside the old bullring, winter Sundays 11:00–17:00.
Twelve-lane bowling alley with LED lights, children's lanes with bumpers, a sports bar and a karaoke/party room, entered from Calle Luis Mazzantini at the Marbella Arena. Open from 17:00 on weekdays and from 12:00 at weekends, until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Soft-play centre for younger children with a three-level adventure maze, ball pools, slides and a toddler zone.
The district's open-air shopping and restaurant centre on Avenida Manolete, next to the bullring: a supermarket, a gym, cafés and Thai, Asian and American restaurants.
British groceries and brands, near the Rimesa centre by the Río Verde.
A Mercadona in the lower valley and another at Los Naranjos, Supersol in Centro Plaza and two Supercor stores; together they cover the weekly shop without driving to Marbella.
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Researched on the web in November 2026; every place was checked as open. Photographs from Wikimedia Commons and Flickr, used under the licences shown, and from the places' own websites and official tourism pages, credited on each card.
