Three Floors of Andalusian Calm for €247,000

Manilva is not a name that comes up in most Costa del Sol conversations. It sits at the western edge of the coast, past Estepona, past the golf developments and the beachfront towers. It is a real Spanish town — a place where people buy bread in the morning and sit in the plaza in the evening. That is exactly why this townhouse is interesting.

€247,000. Three storeys. Two bedrooms plus an independent room. A fireplace. A spiral staircase. And roughly 130 square metres of outdoor terraces — a south-facing patio with Moorish columns, a barbecue terrace, and a rooftop solarium with views across the mountains, the village rooftops, and the sea.

The town

Manilva sits between the vineyards and the coast. The beach at Castillo de la Duquesa is a ten-minute drive. Estepona is twenty minutes east. Gibraltar and the African coast shimmer on clear days. But the town itself is the draw — narrow streets, a weekly market, local restaurants where a three-course lunch still costs twelve euros. This is the Costa del Sol before the brochures arrived.

The complex sits steps from the centre. Gated, with a communal pool, but without the resort atmosphere. People live here year-round.

The house

You enter through a south-facing patio of around 60 square metres — columns in traditional Andalusian style, a covered terrace, and a storage room tucked away behind the facade. This is your outdoor living room. Morning coffee, afternoon shade, evening conversations.

Inside, a hallway leads to a bathroom and then opens into a living room with a stone fireplace and an open-plan kitchen. The dining area connects to a terrace with a built-in barbecue — the kind of space that earns its place from April through October.

A lower level — unexpected in a townhouse — offers another terrace of roughly 40 square metres, an independent room, an outdoor shower, and a laundry area. That independent room is worth noting: it works as a guest bedroom, a home office, or a rental studio.

From the living room, a spiral staircase leads to the first floor: two bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and a modern bathroom. Simple, functional, well-proportioned.

The rooftop

And then you climb one more flight. The rooftop terrace — around 30 square metres — opens up to a panorama that stops you mid-step. Mountains behind, white pueblo rooftops below, and the Mediterranean stretching to the horizon. On a clear day you can see the Rif Mountains in Morocco. This is not a terrace. This is a room without a ceiling.

Built-in benches, decorative balustrade, space for a table and chairs. The kind of spot where dinner starts at sunset and ends when someone finally looks at their phone.

The numbers

€247,000 for a three-storey townhouse with roughly 100 square metres built and 130 square metres of outdoor space. That puts the interior at approximately €2,470 per square metre — well below the Manilva average of €3,500/m² and a fraction of what you would pay twenty minutes east in Estepona.

The property is in good condition and move-in ready. Community fees, IBI, and running costs should be verified with the agency but will be modest — this is Manilva, not Marbella.

Who this is for

Someone who wants the real coast, not the curated version. A couple looking for a base that costs less per month than a city parking space. A remote worker who needs quiet, space, and a rooftop that makes video calls feel like a lifestyle statement. Anyone who has been searching the Marbella corridor and wondering whether their budget could stretch further if they just looked a little wider.

It can. This is how far.