by Most of the Costa del Sol sells you a view and a car journey. La Carihuela sells you a pavement. The district sits between Benalmádena and Torremolinos, and this project is placed so that the beach promenade and Puerto Marina are both about five minutes on foot.
| Town | La Carihuela, between Benalmádena and Torremolinos |
|---|---|
| Type | New apartment building with communal pool, gardens, gym and lifts |
| Bedrooms | 2 (the brief also describes 3-bedroom units and penthouses) |
| Bathrooms | 2 |
| Built | 95–103 m² |
| Price | €504,000 – €635,000 |
| Delivery | Estimated 2028 |
| Included | Two parking spaces and one storage room per apartment |
| Reference | HZR5133202 |
Render from the developer’s listing.
Why the location is the product
La Carihuela is one of the few stretches of this coastline where you can live without a car. The brief lists public transport, parks, bars, restaurants, supermarkets, shops and shopping centres within a few steps, and puts the beach and Puerto Marina at five minutes’ walk each. Puerto Marina is the largest leisure marina on this part of the coast, and the promenade at La Carihuela is a flat, shaded walk that runs for kilometres in both directions.
That combination — beach, marina, groceries, restaurants, all on foot — is what separates this from the dozens of gated developments on the hillside above the A-7. It is also what you are paying for.
The building
The scheme includes a large communal pool, gardens, a gym area and lifts, plus access adapted for people with reduced mobility. Apartments are described as two and three bedrooms, with penthouses that have their own private pool and large terraces. Every apartment comes with two parking spaces and a storage room in the price.
Note the discrepancy in the data: the listing’s structured fields show only two-bedroom units, at 95–103 m², while the text describes two- and three-bedroom flats and penthouses with private pools. The three-bedroom units and penthouses may not be released yet, or may have been sold. Ask which unit types are actually open.
What €504,000 buys here — and what it does not
At €504,000 for a two-bedroom of 95 m², you are not buying space, a view over open water, or a hillside plot. You are buying a walkable address in an established beach district, with parking and storage included — which on this coast is not a small thing, and is often charged separately.
The trade-off is the calendar. Delivery is estimated for 2028, so this is an off-plan purchase: you are buying a plan, a payment schedule and a developer’s track record, not a finished apartment you can stand in. The building is also in a dense, built-up area, so the outlook from a given floor depends entirely on what stands in front of it. Ask for the site plan and the position of the specific unit.
Questions worth putting in writing
- Which units are released, on which floors, facing which direction?
- What is the payment schedule, and is there a bank guarantee for the amounts paid before completion?
- What are the estimated community fees, and what do they cover?
- Do the community statutes restrict short-term letting, and how is that enforced?
- What happens if delivery slips past 2028 — what does the contract say?
- Is the private pool on the penthouses included in the quoted price?
Who it suits
Buyers who want a lock-up-and-leave apartment where a car is optional: a couple trading down from a house, a family that wants the beach without a daily drive, or someone buying for rental in a district with year-round demand. It does not suit anyone who wants quiet, a sea view guaranteed from the sofa, or a finished home this year.
See the full listing for La Carihuela (ref. HZR5133202)
Figures and descriptions in this article come from the developer’s listing for reference HZR5133202, read on 7 November 2026. Prices, availability and specifications change; confirm the current position with us before you rely on anything here.
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