Marbella is without doubt Spain's premier resort town; the Monte Carlo of Spain, with famous residents including Antonio Banderas, Sean Connery and Dolf Lundgren, and Marbella's marina at Puerto Banus known as a playground for the rich and famous. And if Marbella is Spain's premier resort town, then La Zagaleta is arguably, Spain's premier resort.
La Zagaleta is 900 Hectares of gorgeous Spanish countryside, a former country estate which has been lovingly crafted into a tasteful resort. The properties are built on plots of between 3000 and 10,000 square meters, with each plot being surrounded by a 10m radius of green space, which means at least 20m between each plot (note, plot, not property).
The estate is situated just a few kilometres outside Marbella, in one of the most beautiful areas of The Costa del Sol, yet just 60 km from Málaga airport by motorway. As a result the resort enjoys views of the Mediterranean, the Straits of Gibraltar, the North African coast, of its own splendid golf courses (two of).
As well as the golf courses La Zagaleta also has 4 trout fishing lakes, multiple tennis courts, and an equestrian centre offering horse-riding activities, as well as most properties having private pools.
In view of this magnificence, and of the fact that it offers the wealthy a supreme level seclusion, privacy and security, it is hardly surprising that you can't buy a property in La Zagaleta for any less than 1 million Euros.
In fact, arguably one of the top luxury villas in La Zagaleta has just become available, a 10 bedroom luxury villa upon an 18,000 square meter raised plot, enjoying spectacular views of the surrounding resort and out across the Mediterranean Sea, priced at £30 million Euros. The villa has a heated pool, double-height wood panelled library, piano bar and an entire floor dedicated to the master bedroom suite.
Whilst that is probably the ultimate example La Zagaleta luxury villas, practically every property is spectacular. Looking on the resort website you have a mouth-watering -- if much smaller -- villa on a 4,400 square meter plot, but it still looks like a home from the movies and the views from its swimming pool out over the golf course and wooded area are dreamy.
That is the perhaps the greatest thing about property on a former country estate; the resort is built into the natural contours of the land, which gives the views an unpredictable, and therefore particularly special beauty.
