The atmospheric Andalusian town of San Pedro, made up of quaint squares and tightly packed village houses, is located just west of Marbella, a few minutes from both Puerto Banús and Benahavis, and also close to Nueva Andalucía and its Golf Valley. While the town is located on the inland side of the coastal road, beachside suburbs such as Nueva Alcántara and Guadalmina Baja are among the most sought-after in the region


San Pedro has everything on your doorstep, and is also just a short drive away from Marbella town, Benahavis and Estepona – just 40 minutes to the international airport in Málaga. San Pedro Alcántara is a municipal area within Marbella that extends from just west of Puerto Banús to Guadalmina, where a sea-fronting area known as the New Golden Mile begins. On its northern side, San Pedro borders the municipality of Benahavis, where the landscape rises into the foothills of mighty Andalusian mountain ranges

SAN PEDRO BOULEVARD

An attractive modern boulevard park extends parallel to the sea for two kilometres at the point where the town and the beachside area of Nueva Alcántara meet. In the process, this links the shops, cafés, bars and restaurants of San Pedro with new establishments that are making Nueva Alcántara a popular hub with trendy eateries and organic cafés to add to the beachside restaurants, chiringuitos and beach clubs located a little further down by the sea.

Taken together, the area combines such amenities as an open-air theatre, children’s playgrounds overlooked by modern café restaurants where parents can relax while the kids have fun nearby. You wouldn’t know it, but passing traffic on the coastal road is diverted away in a viaduct under the park, leaving this area free for pedestrians to enjoy. Plans are afoot to include more leisure facilities in the near future that will add further to the variety and appeal of San Pedro Alcántara

THE PASEO AND THE BEACH

From the picturesque main square in the centre of San Pedro it isn’t far to walk to the town’s coastal stretch, where you can substitute pavement for sand or follow the seaside promenade that extends in both directions past Guadalmina in the direction of Estepona, and eastwards through Puerto Banús to downtown Marbella. Here you will join strollers, joggers and cyclists exercising in the fresh air and enjoying the wonderful combination of seascapes and coastal views.

If San Pedro itself is a hub of cafés, shops and eateries, then the residential areas of Nueva Alcántara, Linda Vista and Guadalmina face the open Mediterranean Sea across long, secluded stretches of beach. This is a largely peaceful area in spite of its beachside location, but where Linda Vista is an established, older suburb of villas and townhouses, Nueva Alcántara is a newer beachside zone still in full development