About Marbella West
Marbella West begins where the Golden Mile ends. San Pedro de Alcántara, once an independent fishing village with its own church and market, is now the green residential heart of the west, with the Guadalmina river and its golf course running through it towards the sea.
The area offers larger gardens and better value per m² than the Mile, with a genuine village atmosphere — tapas bars, a Tuesday market and chiringuitos on the beach at El Saladillo.
- Village life in San Pedro
- More garden and space per euro
- Golf at Guadalmina and La Alquería
- Between Marbella and the New Golden Mile
Schools & education
Schools near Marbella West
- Laude San Pedro International College — in San Pedro itself
- Aloha College — Nueva Andalucía, ±15 min
- Spanish state schools across San Pedro and Guadalmina
Everyday life
Practical to know
- Málaga Airport ±55 min · Gibraltar Airport ±40 min
- Hospital Costa del Sol (public) and Quirónsalud — ±10 min
- San Pedro and Guadalmina beaches, El Saladillo chiringuitos
- Golf: Guadalmina, La Alquería
- San Pedro Tuesday market, supermarkets and the A-7 to both towns
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- Schools & education
- Practical to know — airports, healthcare, beaches, golf
- History & future of the area
History
Where it began
San Pedro de Alcántara grew up around its 19th-century church and the sugar-cane and almond fields behind the beach. From the 1960s the first beachfront urbanisations — Costabella, Marbesa, Guadalmina — turned it into a residential coast, and in 1984 the village was absorbed into the municipality of Marbella.
Future
Where it is heading
Marbella's growth is running west. As the Golden Mile runs out of plots, buyers follow the coast towards Guadalmina and San Pedro, where boutique beachfront projects and the New Golden Mile beyond are steadily closing the price gap with the Mile itself.
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