Golf Beside the Beach Since 1959: Properties for Sale at Guadalmina Golf
Fairways under eucalyptus and old pines, a river running to the sea at the western edge of the course, and the sand close enough that a round can end with a swim. Guadalmina has been played since 1959, which makes it the second oldest course on the Costa del Sol and the one with the most history per hole. If you want to buy here, this page starts with the properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf: five new developments within a kilometre, from about 617,400 euros, each with the measured metres to the course.
I live in Estepona and have accompanied buyers along this coast since 2019. This address sells itself on two things nobody else here can offer together: a championship course laid out when the coast was still farmland, and the beach at the end of it. The properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf are priced accordingly, and the comparison with the courses twenty minutes west is worth doing honestly.
The properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf, by the metre
Our own measurement of 15 October 2026 counts five new developments within one kilometre of the course boundary and fifteen within 1.5 kilometres. New building is rare this close to a course of this age, which is the point: the properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf come up one at a time rather than in waves. The apartments for sale at Guadalmina Golf start at about 617,000 euros, and the villas for sale at Guadalmina Golf reach 2.17 million.
The distances below come from the course outline, not from a brochure. Where one of the new developments at Guadalmina Golf sits on the fairway itself, the metres say so; everything else is measured to the nearest edge of the course.
New developments at Guadalmina Golf
The homes for sale near Guadalmina Golf fall into two very different worlds, and the boundary between them is the coast road. Below it lies Guadalmina Baja, where the plots are large, the streets are lined with old trees and the beach is a walk; above it Guadalmina Alta climbs towards the hills with smaller plots, newer building and wider views. Prices differ by a third between the two for the same built area, and neither is the obvious choice: the lower part is for people who swim every day, the upper for those who want the panorama and the extra space.
What you are buying here is scarcity rather than choice. The neighbourhood was laid out sixty years ago and is essentially complete, so new projects appear on single plots between established gardens, usually small and usually sold before completion. If one of them fits, it is worth moving on it; if none does, the same golf is twenty minutes west at a different price, and I will say so.
The wider choice is listed under new developments in Marbella and new developments in Estepona.
Guadalmina Golf was laid out by Javier Arana in 1959
The South course opened in 1959 and came from Javier Arana, the most important architect in Spanish golf. Only one course on this coast is older. Arana worked with the land rather than against it, and the result is a layout that has needed no reinvention in nearly seventy years: trees that have grown into the strategy, greens that reward the approach from the correct side, and a finish that runs towards the sea.
It plays to par 72 over 6,037 metres from the back tees, 5,820 from the club tees and 5,033 from the front, and it has a reputation for asking real questions of good players. The North course followed in 1973, designed by Folco Nardi, an 18-hole par 72 of 5,660 metres from the back — shorter, gentler and the one most residents play on an ordinary Tuesday. Both courses have hosted international amateur and professional tournaments.
| Course data | The two courses at Guadalmina |
|---|---|
| South course, opened | 1959 |
| South course, architect | Javier Arana |
| South course, par and length | Par 72; 6,037 m back, 5,820 m club, 5,033 m front |
| North course, opened | 1973 |
| North course, architect | Folco Nardi |
| North course, par and length | 18 holes, par 72, 5,660 m from the back |
| Rank in age | The South is the second oldest layout on the Costa del Sol |
| Tournaments | International amateur and professional events on both courses |
| Position | Between San Pedro de Alcántara and the beach |
Javier Arana is worth a paragraph of his own, because his name explains why this course has aged so well. He was Spain's first golf architect and built just ten courses, all of them in Spain, among them Club de Campo in Madrid in 1956, Guadalmina Sur in 1959 and El Saler on the Valencian coast in 1968. Seven of the ten are ranked in the Spanish top hundred to this day, and two of them in the European one. Guadalmina Sur is his course on this coast.
Age matters here in a practical way. A course from 1959 has mature trees, settled soil and a neighbourhood that grew around it slowly, with wide streets and large plots. That is why Guadalmina Baja, the part between the course and the sea, is one of the most sought-after residential pockets on the whole coast.
How Guadalmina Golf fits into a day at the beach
This is the only address in our area where the golf and the sand are the same walk. The southern holes run towards the shore, and the beach path starts where the course ends.
- Two courses: the 1959 layout for the game, the 1973 one for the quick round.
- The beach: a few hundred metres from the southern holes, with chiringuitos open all year.
- San Pedro de Alcántara: five minutes, with the high street, the hospital and the boulevard.
- Puerto Banús: ten minutes east for the marina and the evening.
- Playing year: golf in every month, with the old trees giving shade in summer.
If you want to compare it with the other courses on this coast before you choose a home, the new developments on the golf courses between Sotogrande and Marbella are collected on their own page, each with the distance to its nearest course.
Six more courses within three kilometres of Guadalmina Golf
The western end of Marbella runs straight into the golf belt of the New Golden Mile. We measured boundary to boundary from the outlines of every course on this coast, so these are real distances across the ground and not driving times.
- Atalaya Golf & Country Club, about 1.2 km: two full courses, one of them from 1968, covered in its own guide.
- El Campanario, about 2.0 km: the short family course with the country club.
- El Paraíso Golf Club, about 2.4 km: the parkland classic of the New Golden Mile.
- La Quinta, about 2.6 km, El Higueral 2.6 km, Los Naranjos 3.0 km: the hills of Benahavís and the valley of Nueva Andalucía.
Counting the two courses here, that is nine eighteens within three kilometres — and the famous valley courses of Nueva Andalucía begin just beyond that circle.
Living beside Guadalmina Golf: San Pedro, the beach and Marbella
Guadalmina is a neighbourhood of wide streets and mature gardens between the course and the sea. It was planned in the sixties, when land was not scarce, and that shows in the plot sizes and in the trees.
The river that gives the neighbourhood its name runs along the western edge of the course and marks the end of the municipality. Walk across it and you are in Estepona, where the same golf belt continues with Atalaya and El Campanario. That boundary is invisible on the ground and very visible on the price per square metre, which is the single most useful thing to know before buying anywhere on this stretch.
San Pedro de Alcántara, five minutes east, is the town that makes the address practical: a proper high street, a weekly market, a hospital, sports clubs, and the boulevard built over the old motorway where the town walks in the evening. Puerto Banús follows ten minutes later, Marbella old town twenty, and the international schools of the western coast are all within a quarter of an hour.
The beach here is a long stretch of open sand with the river mouth at one end, quieter than the beaches east of Banús and backed by chiringuitos rather than hotels. Málaga airport is about 60 kilometres east, Gibraltar about 70 west, and the toll motorway keeps the first of those under an hour.
What the properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf cost
This is Marbella, and the figures say so. On our own survey of 14 October 2026 the New Build median stood at 7,960 euros per square metre in Marbella, across 99 projects and 335 units, against 6,709 in Benahavís and 5,118 in Estepona. In square metres that means a budget of 800,000 euros buys roughly 100 square metres of new build here and about 156 twenty minutes west.
In San Pedro de Alcántara the public price index recorded 4,651 euros per square metre for existing homes in September 2026, 5.1% above the same month a year earlier and 58.7% above the level of five years ago. Those are past figures for resale homes in the neighbourhood and say nothing about any single development, but they show a mature market that rises steadily rather than sharply.
Holiday letting earns well here, as it does across Marbella. Our own analysis of all whole homes let to holiday guests in the municipality of Marbella, over the 36 months to August 2026, measured 208 euros a night typically and 325 euros in the upper quarter, with occupancy between 38% and 63% over the year, from 5,166 active holiday homes. Across a full year that works out at 32,769 to 56,828 euros of revenue for a home let all year round. Set against the purchase prices here, the yield is lower than further west — which is the trade-off the address asks for. Those are measured figures for comparable homes in the neighbourhood, not a promise for a particular property, and how they fit into a wider plan is set out in my guide to investing in Spanish property.
See the properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf on one morning
Eighteen holes, a walk to the beach, then whatever is available. Because new building is scarce here, a visit usually means two or three homes rather than ten, and the decision is less about comparing and more about whether the one that exists is the one you want. You can buy off-plan and choose the finishes, or buy a home that is ready to move into; both come up beside the course, just not often at the same time.
One morning is usually enough for the golf and the homes together, and the second half of the day is better spent in the neighbourhood than in the car: walk from the course to the beach, have lunch at a chiringuito, then drive the ten minutes to Puerto Banús and the twenty minutes west to Estepona. The properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf are expensive in square metres and cheap in minutes, and only that drive makes the trade-off concrete.
Bring your questions about community fees, handover dates and the club's current terms, and bring an open mind about the western alternatives: if the golf matters more than the postcode, the homes beside Atalaya Golf and El Campanario Golf are a few minutes away at Estepona prices. An overview of how buying new works on this coast is in my guide to new developments on the Costa del Sol.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Guadalmina Golf in San Pedro de Alcántara?
The two courses lie in Guadalmina, at the western edge of the municipality of Marbella, between San Pedro de Alcántara and the boundary with Estepona. The southern course runs almost to the beach, Puerto Banús is about ten minutes east and Málaga airport around 60 kilometres away.
Which properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf are new builds?
All the ones we list. Our own measurement of 15 October 2026 counts five new developments within one kilometre of the course boundary and fifteen within 1.5 kilometres. The properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf run from apartments at about 617,000 euros to villas at 2.17 million.
Who designed the old course at Guadalmina?
Javier Arana, the most important Spanish golf architect, laid out the South course in 1959, making it the second oldest layout on the Costa del Sol. The North course followed in 1973, designed by Folco Nardi. Both have hosted international amateur and professional tournaments.
How long are the two courses at Guadalmina?
The South course plays to par 72 over 6,037 metres from the back tees, 5,820 from the club tees and 5,033 from the front. The North course is also an 18-hole par 72 and measures 5,660 metres from the back, which makes it the friendlier of the two for a relaxed round.
What do the properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf cost?
The properties for sale at Guadalmina Golf start at about 617,000 euros for an apartment and reach 2.17 million for a villa. Our own survey of 14 October 2026 put the New Build median at 7,960 euros per square metre in Marbella, against 5,118 in Estepona twenty minutes west.
How have prices developed in San Pedro de Alcántara?
The public price index recorded 4,651 euros per square metre for existing homes in San Pedro de Alcántara in September 2026, 5.1% above the same month a year earlier and 58.7% above the level of five years ago. Those are past figures for resale homes in the neighbourhood, not a forecast for any single development.
Sources & official links
- Andalucía: RCG Guadalmina, the epicentre of golf in Marbella since 1959 (checked 15.10.2026)
- Andalucía Golf: Guadalmina Sur, a Javier Arana designed masterpiece (checked 15.10.2026)
- where2golf: Real Club de Golf Guadalmina course data (checked 15.10.2026)
