R5251846Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella94 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 1,400,000Beachfront properties for sale in Marbella
Discover the best beachfront properties for sale in Marbella — your complete guide
Beachfront properties for sale in Marbella are the one thing in this municipality that cannot be reproduced, and the prices say so. Around 140 beachfront properties for sale in Marbella are listed at any time, from about 299,000 euros to 24 million, with the average close to 2.21 million. The category mixes apartments, penthouses and villas, which is why the range is enormous and why the filters above matter more here than on a single-type page.
Every Marbella beachfront property for sale that reaches us through the Resales network appears above, refreshed with every feed run. "Beachfront" is a category from the feed rather than a legal definition — read it as a strong indication and check the distance on the map before you travel.
Why buy beachfront properties for sale in Marbella?
Three reasons to buy beachfront properties in Marbella for sale, and the third holds the premium up through every cycle.
The walk, not the view
A sea view from the third row and a front door onto the promenade are different purchases. What people actually buy on the first line is the ability to go down for a swim before breakfast without getting into a car — and that is what resells.
The longest letting season on the coast
Beachfront properties in Marbella for sale let better and longer than anything inland, because the proposition works in April and October as well as August. A tourist licence is required and some communities restrict short lets, but the underlying demand is the steadiest here.
And the supply is fixed by geography
Twenty-seven kilometres of coast, built out decades ago. No more first line is being created, and every inland development makes the existing first line relatively scarcer.
Where the beachfront properties for sale in Marbella are
The whole coast of the municipality qualifies, and the beachfront properties for sale in Marbella differ sharply along it.
Puerto Banús and the Golden Mile: the dearest beachfront properties for sale in Marbella
The dearest stretch, where the marina and the hotels set the price. Dense, lively, and the part of the municipality where a first-line apartment is a trophy as much as a home.
Marbella town and the promenade
Buildings along the seafront walk, within reach of the old town. The broadest range of ages and standards, and the easiest part of the coast to live in without a car.
Los Monteros, Elviria, Las Chapas and Cabopino
The eastern beaches, where pine woods come down almost to the sand. Noticeably cheaper for the same proximity, quieter out of season, and the part of the market where a beachfront property in Marbella for sale is still a family purchase rather than an investment.
Factors to consider with beachfront properties for sale in Marbella
Three things separate a good beachfront property in Marbella from a regretted one. Noise and season: beach bars and summer events are part of the proposition, and August and February are different places on the front line. The community's maintenance record, because salt punishes neglect visibly. And the beach itself — ask how the sand in front of a specific building has behaved over the last decade, a question neighbours answer readily and brochures never raise.
Legalities and ownership costs
Have a lawyer check the tenure, the registry entry against what you were shown, and any closed terrace. Then budget IBI, rubbish, a community fee that is usually higher than inland, insurance and non-resident income tax if this is not your main home.
Potential for rental income
The best in the municipality and over the longest season, but the gross flatters: management, cleaning and vacancy take a large share. A tourist licence is required, and some communities restrict short lets in their statutes.
Tips for finding beachfront properties for sale in Marbella
A hundred and forty beachfront properties for sale in Marbella across three property types is less choice than it sounds once you fix the stretch of coast.
Decide the stretch before the property
Puerto Banús and Cabopino are twenty minutes and a world apart. Fixing the stretch turns the list into something you can actually compare.
Visit in August and in February
The first line changes more between seasons than any other position. If you can come only once, come in August — the winter version will not disappoint you afterwards.
Compare Marbella with Estepona and Benahavís
Beachfront in Estepona is the strongest alternative on this coast: more listings than Marbella at a lower average price, in a town that works year-round. Benahavís effectively has none — the municipality touches the sea but has almost nothing on the first line. And if nothing fits today, our property alarm mails you when it does. For the whole municipality see our Marbella page, or apartments in Marbella if the first line turns out to be a stretch too far.
Answers about beachfront property in Marbella
What do beachfront properties for sale in Marbella cost?
From 299,000 euros to 24,000,000, with the middle of the list at 1,400,000 for 197 square metres built. 139 carry the beachfront category at a time, and 1 of them are new build — there is no new land on this line. Mostly apartments: 60 middle floors, 33 ground floors, 14 penthouses, 10 villas. The figures per square metre in the table on this page are counted fresh each morning; west of here, beachfront in Estepona sits at 1,100,000 in the middle against 1,400,000 here. The beachfront properties for sale in Marbella in the list above are the complete first line we currently hold, and no more of it is being made.
Where are the beachfront properties for sale in Marbella?
Puerto Banús has the most with 44 — marina rather than beach in the strict sense, and priced accordingly. Marbella itself follows with 41 along the paseo and the Golden Mile, then Elviria with 16 and San Pedro de Alcántara with 13 on the quieter sides. Los Monteros, Guadalmina Baja and Cabopino add a handful each.
Is a beachfront villa still possible here?
Ten of the current listings are detached villas on the first line, and that is roughly the whole supply — they come up a few times a year and leave again quickly. The land was divided decades ago and nothing new is being made, which is the entire argument for the price. If a house rather than a flat is the point and the first line is negotiable, detached villas in Marbella is the deeper list by a factor of thirty-seven.
What should I check before buying beachfront properties for sale in Marbella?
Whether the title is freehold or a coastal concession, which a lawyer establishes and which is not a formality on this line. What salt has cost the building: the last façade works, when they were done, what the reserve fund holds. The quota, which on the first line is higher than inland for the same size. And in Puerto Banús the letting rules, which differ from scheme to scheme. Our agents on the ground will pull the paperwork. That goes for each of the beachfront properties for sale in Marbella we show.
What comes on top of the asking price of beachfront properties for sale in Marbella?
On beachfront properties for sale in Marbella, between 10 and 13 per cent for transfer tax, notary, registry and legal fees, reckoned on the price you agree. Then quota, IBI and insurance, all of them higher on the water. For the same line at a different level: Estepona, Casares — where nothing on the list reaches a million — or Manilva. If nothing fits yet, our property alarm will mail you when it does.
R5251846Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella94 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 1,400,000
R5407798Detached Villa in Cabopino254 m², 4 bed, 4 bath€ 1,695,000
NERE-A-3B2B-14Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella150 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 2,450,000
R5502208Ground Floor Apartment in Guadalmina Baja140 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 950,000
R5507902Middle Floor Apartment in Nueva Andalucía136 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 649,000
NE-DM-3B3B-202Apartment in Marbella483 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 5,200,000
R5506120Middle Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús60 m², 1 bed, 1 bath€ 445,000
R5259682Middle Floor Apartment in Guadalmina Baja260 m², 4 bed, 4 bath€ 1,895,000
R5293915Ground Floor Apartment in Los Monteros231 m², 3 bed, 4 bath€ 2,950,000
R5495806Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella40 m², 1 bed, 1 bath€ 325,000
R5292199Ground Floor Apartment in Las Chapas111 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 660,000
R5482717Ground Floor Apartment in Elviria98 m², 2 bed, 1 bath€ 750,000
R5410249Middle Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús204 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 4,950,000
R5434564Ground Floor Studio in Marbella54 m², 0 bed, 1 bath€ 329,000
R5492311Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella154 m², 4 bed, 2 bath€ 1,090,000
R5477374Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella49 m², 2 bed, 1 bath€ 530,000
R3700997Penthouse in Puerto Banús279 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 4,995,000
R5023396Middle Floor Apartment in Elviria98 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 670,000
R5441452Penthouse Duplex in Cabopino185 m², 5 bed, 3 bath€ 1,925,000
R5354266Middle Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús153 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 2,990,000
R5449642Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella42 m², 1 bed, 1 bath€ 400,000
R4415506Middle Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús370 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 5,100,000
R5381911Penthouse Duplex in Marbella135 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 769,000
R5483569Middle Floor Apartment in Río Real292 m², 5 bed, 5 bath€ 5,100,000
R5371627Middle Floor Apartment in Guadalmina Baja115 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 334,000
R5220139Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella169 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,425,000
R5139037Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella152 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 1,440,000
R5346670Townhouse in Puerto Banús222 m², 4 bed, 3 bath€ 5,460,000
R4992133Ground Floor Apartment in San Pedro de Alcántara231 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,450,000
R5402251Penthouse in Puerto Banús280 m², 3 bed, 4 bath€ 1,990,000
R5397421Ground Floor Apartment in Marbella196 m², 3 bed, 2 bath€ 1,100,000
R2344079Ground Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús352 m², 3 bed, 4 bath€ 1,995,000
R5467975Ground Floor Apartment in Elviria55 m², 1 bed, 1 bath€ 410,000
R4361245Penthouse in San Pedro de Alcántara260 m², 3 bed, 3 bath€ 1,995,000
R5129734Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella113 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 599,000
R5293069Middle Floor Apartment in Marbella202 m², 3 bed, 4 bath€ 3,050,000
R5427154Middle Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús125 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 895,000
R5335186Ground Floor Apartment in Los Monteros186 m², 4 bed, 3 bath€ 3,136,000
R5496550Middle Floor Apartment in Puerto Banús104 m², 2 bed, 2 bath€ 540,000What beachfront properties for sale in Marbella cost in October 2026
The table is counted fresh each morning from our Marbella apartment listings — most of the beachfront stock is apartments, so this is the closest honest reference.
Budget
Add 10 to 13 per cent for transfer tax, notary, registry and legal fees. On a 2.2-million-euro property that is 220,000 to 286,000 euros.
Salt, and what it costs
Sea air attacks metalwork, glazing, air conditioning and render faster than anywhere inland. A community that maintains its building properly costs more every month and far less every decade. Ask what the last facade works cost and when they were done.
The coastal law
Spanish law defines a public domain and a protection zone inland of the high-water mark. For most listed properties this is settled history, but a few first-line buildings sit under a concession rather than freehold — a distinction a lawyer must establish before you buy.
| Area | Typical | Range | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Monteros | 11,853 € | 10,349 – 14,544 € | 11 |
| Puerto Banús | 7,444 € | 6,130 – 9,934 € | 134 |
| Marbella | 6,206 € | 4,570 – 8,118 € | 267 |
| Nueva Andalucía | 5,562 € | 4,691 – 7,171 € | 272 |
| Elviria | 5,517 € | 4,042 – 7,022 € | 95 |
| San Pedro de Alcántara | 4,973 € | 4,177 – 6,436 € | 64 |
| Cabopino | 4,944 € | 4,397 – 6,584 € | 23 |
| Guadalmina Baja | 4,667 € | 3,725 – 5,645 € | 17 |
| Río Real | 4,658 € | 3,967 – 6,917 € | 11 |
| Guadalmina Alta | 4,187 € | 3,704 – 4,375 € | 21 |
These are asking prices across all apartments in each district, not only the first line, so read the beachfront premium as sitting above these figures. Districts with fewer than ten comparable listings are left out.