Living in Elviria: pine woods, beach, and a car for everything
The east side of Marbella, its international schools, its pine woods, and the drawback nobody mentions: in January it empties.
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Living in Marbella old town: what you do not see on a visit
An Andalusian old town with the beach ten minutes away on foot, and a parking problem you need to budget for.
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Living in the old town of San Pedro de Alcántara
One of the few places on this coast where you still live in a village: school on foot, a market, and prices that are not Marbella’s.
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Living in Puerto Banús: the neighbourhood with two lives a year
From May to September it is relentless; from November to March it is another place. What to check before buying here.
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Living in Benahavís: the Costa del Sol seen from the sierra
Real quiet in August, good food, and the beach a quarter of an hour away. In exchange, a winding road every day.
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Living in Nueva Andalucía: inside Marbella’s golf valley
What Nueva Andalucía is really like: who lives there, why you cannot manage without a car, and the costs nobody mentions up front.
