Frontline beach living in a six-unit building at Río Real Playa

Río Real Playa sits directly on the sand next to the Trocadero Arena restaurant, five minutes by car from central Marbella. Within this low-density complex, this 3 bedroom middle floor apartment in Río Real occupies one of the six-apartment buildings and looks straight out across the Mediterranean.

How the 155 m² built area is arranged

The layout covers a built area of 155 square metres, pairing three bedrooms with three bathrooms and an additional service toilet. Having a bathroom for each bedroom, plus a separate cloakroom for visitors, means guests never need to walk through a sleeping area. The en-suite bathrooms have underfloor heating, a practical detail that takes the chill off stone or tile during the winter months. The kitchen comes fully equipped and has an adjoining utility room, which keeps laundry machines and cleaning kit out of the cooking area. A combined living and dining room forms the main hub of the home and opens directly to the outside.

A 30 m² terrace and what the community includes

Stepping out from the living and dining room brings you onto a 30 square metre terrace with panoramic sea views. Thirty square metres is large enough to hold both an outdoor dining table for six and separate loungers without having to shuffle furniture around every time you sit down. Because the building is frontline beach with direct access to the sand, there is no road between the communal gardens and the shoreline. The complex is made up of small blocks of six apartments each, which keeps foot traffic around the grounds noticeably lower than in high-rise developments. Residents share communal gardens and two outdoor swimming pools, one of which is heated so it remains usable outside the summer peak.

Storage, parking and nearby golf

The property comes with an alarm system installed, a private space in the communal garage and a storage room. When viewing a 3 bedroom middle floor apartment in Río Real right on the coast, having a lockable basement storeroom makes a clear difference for keeping beach gear, bicycles and golf clubs out of the hallway. Three golf courses—Río Real, Santa Clara and Marbella Country Club—are a few minutes away by car, while Marbella's shopping centres are five minutes down the coast road and Málaga airport is a 35-minute drive.