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Illustrative image — the Costa del Sol. Not a specific property. Penthouse is the most misused word in Spanish property. It means the top floor, and nothing more. It says nothing about size, terrace, view or building — which is why two penthouses can both carry the word and differ by a factor of fourteen in price. Below are seven we currently have access to, from €795,000 to €11,400,000. The...

Skyvilla 6 at dusk. Photos: Solvilla. There is a number in this listing that tells you what kind of property it is before you read anything else. The built area is 425 m². The terrace is 536 m². The outside is larger than the inside by a quarter — and it makes up 56 percent of the 961 m² that is for sale. That is not a detail. In Marbella at eleven million euros, that number is the whole argument. And...

Cabopino is the part of the coast that people who know the coast choose when they stop needing to be seen. It has a marina, a beach that is protected rather than developed, and a golf course running through the middle of it — and because it sits between Marbella and Calahonda rather than on top of either, it has stayed quiet in a way that is now difficult to find west of Málaga. Cabopino Gardens is a...