Villa for sale in Marbella Este

At around 400 metres above sea level, La Mairena is the highest residential hill on Marbella's east side, and Villa La Mairena uses that altitude for uninterrupted views over the valleys, the mountains and the coastline below.

The villa offers 640 m2 built on a 1,517 m2 plot, with six bedrooms, six bathrooms and a guest toilet, plus a separate guest room for visitors who need their own space. A lift connects the floors, useful in a house built across levels that follow the slope of the hill.

Inside, open-plan living areas and large glazing keep the view present from the main rooms, and a fireplace covers the cooler evenings at this altitude, where the air runs noticeably cooler than on the coast. A cinema room and a gym round out the amenities, and solar panels help offset the running costs of a house this size.

Outdoors, the terraces and gardens face the pool and the mountainside beyond, with private terrace space arranged to take in the wider panorama rather than a single fixed outlook.

La Mairena was developed in the 1980s around a country atmosphere close to Marbella, and today combines a tennis club, a golf course and basic shops with genuine peace and quiet. Elviria's beaches and everyday services are down the hill, a drive rather than a walk away.

That drive is the trade-off for the altitude: nothing in La Mairena is walkable, and every errand starts with the car. What that buys in return is real quiet and a view the coast below cannot offer.