Nerja & Torrox
Costa del Sol area guide

Buying property in Nerja & Torrox.

The best streets out here never reach the portals — Torrox runs quieter and cheaper still, a few minutes up the coast.

€3,952Nerja · 2026 avg €/m²
35–55 minfrom Málaga airport
6local facts on file below
The place, plainly

A cliff-top town, with quieter Torrox next door.

Nerja is where the Costa del Sol slows down, at the coast’s eastern end. It averages €3,952/m² (2026), and its best streets never reach the portals — I walk them weekly. A few minutes back along the coast, Torrox runs cheaper still and quieter, at €3,123/m².

Málaga airport (AGP) 45–55 minutes east along the coast, or 35–40 to Torrox. See it in context on the Costa del Sol Map, or read the town-by-town numbers below.

White houses and palms along a clifftop, with the mountains behindFrom the area file
Towns · 2026 average €/m²
NerjaWhere the Costa del Sol slows down — the best streets never reach the portals.€3,952
TorroxCheaper still than Nerja, and quieter.€3,123

The full town-by-town price guide →

New-build homes

New developments in Nerja and the surrounding area.

Off-plan and newly finished apartments here, each one researched and assessed the same way as every property I work on.

Costa del SolEstepona to Nerja

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The areas, west to east

  • Areas
  • Towns
  • A-7 and AP-7
  • Airport

2026 prices from idealista · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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Two questions about new builds in Nerja and the surrounding area

Are there new-build villas in Nerja and Torrox?

Yes. One of the 3 developments here includes villas or houses. The cheapest on the developers’ lists is a four-bedroom villa of 220 m² at Las Villas de Capistrano, €1,550,000.

Can you get a garden with a new build in Nerja and Torrox?

One of the 3 developments here has homes with a garden of their own. The cheapest on the developers’ lists is a two-bedroom ground-floor apartment with 65 m² of garden at Sea Views, €295,000.

What I actually know about Nerja

  • Nerja averages €3,952/m² (2026) — the quieter, eastern end of the Costa del Sol.
  • Torrox, a few minutes back along the coast, averages €3,123/m² — cheaper still and quieter.
  • The Balcón de Europa is Nerja’s cliff-top heart, above wave-cut coves.
  • The streets out here reward walking — I cover them weekly.
  • The last stretch before the Costa del Sol becomes the Costa Tropical.
  • 45–55 minutes east of Málaga airport along the coast, or 35–40 to Torrox.

6 local facts on file — no brochure talk.

Updated 13 October 2026.

On the ground

Worth your time in Nerja.

A cliff-top town that still feels like a secret, even with the crowds.

  • The Balcón de Europa — the clifftop viewpoint the town is built around.
  • The Nerja Caves — prehistoric paintings, a short drive from town.
  • Burriana beach, for the chiringuitos and the calmer water.
  • Torrox’s old hilltop pueblo, a few minutes inland.
  • Maro’s coves, a short walk east, for the quietest swimming.
Working for the buyer

Looking for a buyer’s agent in Nerja?

That is what I do. I’m Michael from Lunessa Homes — a British buyer’s agent living in Málaga, fluent in Spanish, working on the buyer’s side of the search. One client at a time, and Nerja sits inside the stretch of coast I cover, Estepona to Nerja.

  • Viewings you don’t have to fly for. I walk Nerja myself and report back straight — including the places that aren’t worth your trip.
  • A viewing trip planned around real distances. Málaga airport (AGP) 45–55 minutes east along the coast, or 35–40 to Torrox, so a day of viewings is built around how this coast actually moves.
  • A price sense you can hold me to. Nerja · 2026 avg €/m² is €3,952. When an asking price ignores that, I’ll tell you.
  • The parts that trip people up. The NIE, the lawyer, the bank, the paperwork in Spanish — handled alongside the search, not left to you afterwards.

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