The corridor

Six stretches of coast, drawn properly.

From Sotogrande in the west to Nerja in the east — sixteen towns, honest 2025 prices, and a local’s take on where your money actually goes furthest. My home patch is the middle of it: Málaga to the Axarquía.

The Corridor Map

The corridor, drawn properly.

Six stretches of coast, sixteen towns, the A-7, the C-1 and the airport — set down the way I actually drive them. Rest on a region to light it; choose it for its file.

Plate I · The Costa del Sol — Sotogrande to NerjaDrag to pan · Choose a region — six on file
The Costa del Sol, drawn properly — in six regionsLUNESSA HOMES · MÁLAGALA COSTA DEL SOLin six regions — drawn for the British buyer320 days of sun a year — counted, not promisedMMXXVI · ILLUSTRATIVE, NOT FOR NAVIGATION

2025 town averages — the same arithmetic as “The corridor, priced plainly.”

Drawn for the Almanac · simplified, not for navigation

The corridor, priced plainly

What your money buys, town by town.

NerjaWhere the corridor slows down — the best streets never reach the portals.€3,734/m²
BenalmádenaNew builds, the marina, Málaga twenty minutes away — where Francois & Maria landed.€3,903/m²
FuengirolaA working town with a twelve-month life — the corridor’s dearest, for good reason.€4,300/m²
TorremolinosQuietly rehabilitated — and La Carihuela still smells of grilled sardines.€3,740/m²
Mijas & CalahondaThe value ticket — the same sea, a hill higher, a third less.€2,500–3,500/m²
West of the corridor · for contrast
MarbellaThe famous name, priced like one — I’ll tell you honestly when it’s worth it.€5,258/m²
BenahavísQuietly beats Marbella street for street, for those who know.€5,205/m²
EsteponaThe coast’s fastest riser — buy before the arithmetic changes again.+15–17%/yr

2025 averages, not brochure talk — add ~10–11% buying costs on a resale.

The full town-by-town guide
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Not sure which town is yours?

That’s the first conversation — tell me the life you’re picturing and the budget, and I’ll tell you honestly where it goes furthest.