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Buyers who want a town to live in year-round, a few minutes from Puerto Banús.
Costa del Sol Area Guide San Pedro de Alcántara: a real town beside Puerto Banús
A working Andalusian town inside the municipality of Marbella, with a street grid, a beach and a boulevard, priced below the resort addresses on either side.
Living in San Pedro de Alcántara
A town that works when the visitors leave
San Pedro was a town before the coast became a resort. It began in 1860 as an agricultural colony, which is why the centre is a grid of ordinary streets around a church square, with a market, schools and a health centre rather than a parade of restaurants. People live here through the winter.
It runs from the Guadalmina river in the west, where Estepona and Benahavís begin, to the Guadaiza in the east, where Nueva Andalucía begins. Between those two rivers the price moves far more than the distance does.
The Boulevard
The old coast road runs in a tunnel under the town, and the surface above it is a park.
Two Halves
Guadalmina and the beachside strip price like Marbella. The pueblo does not.
Check the Side of the Road
The A-7 still separates the beachside communities from the town centre.
Local Knowledge
What makes San Pedro different
Most of what sets San Pedro apart was here before the coast was developed.
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The boulevard over the bypass
The old N-340 was buried through the town and the surface handed back as a park of about 11,000 m²: fountains, a cycle lane, five playgrounds and an amphitheatre seating 500. It opened in 2014, and it is why the centre is as quiet as it is.
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Roman and early-Christian ruins
The baths at Las Bóvedas date from the second century and the basilica at Vega del Mar from the late fourth, both near the mouth of the Guadalmina. Little else on this stretch of coast is still standing from that far back.
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Guadalmina golf
The course opened in 1959, the first in Marbella and six years ahead of Río Real. The residential grid that grew around it is the most expensive part of San Pedro after the beachside strip.
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A colony rather than a resort
The agricultural colony of 1860 gave the town its grid, its street names and its industrial remains. It is why the centre reads as a Spanish town and not as a development.
Photography: Dcarolina.2000 -- via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Price Context
Current asking-price reference
Use the area average for orientation only. New-build pricing depends heavily on the exact location, specification and views.
San Pedro de Alcántara average asking price€4,600 / m²
Linda Vista, Nueva Alcántara and Cortijo Blanco€5,644 / m²
Guadalmina Baja€5,158 / m²
Guadalmina Alta€4,290 / m²
San Pedro pueblo€3,722 / m²
Indicative asking-price averages for resale homes in August 2026. Idealista revised its method in July 2026, so read these against the June 2026 figures on the other area pages as an approximation rather than a like-for-like comparison. The spread within the town is the point: the beachside strip asks about half as much again as the pueblo.
Current Match
Projects in San Pedro de Alcántara
Only projects currently matching this area are shown. Price and availability are confirmed before a viewing.
Salto del Agua Residences
Fifteen three-bedroom apartments still available in the centre of San Pedro Alcántara, with parking, storage and underfloor heating in the price.
Delivery
Q3 2026
Homes
3 bed
123–254 m²
Available
15 of 35
Current Release
Nueva Alcántara Residences
19 apartments and duplex penthouses in San Pedro Alcántara, a short walk from the beach, with a rooftop pool, gym and solarium.
Delivery
Q1–Q2 2027
Homes
1–3 bed
Available
6 of 19
Marbella West Garden Residences
A 139-home urban resort near San Pedro and Puerto Banús, with four pools, a full wellness hub and the beach within walking distance.
Delivery
Estimated Q2 2029
Homes
1–4 bed
61–239 m²
Available
20 of 139
Cortijo Blanco Villa Collection
Seven gated villas walking distance from the beach in Cortijo Blanco, each with four en-suite bedrooms, a private pool and an optional rooftop solarium.
Delivery
Q4 2026
Homes
4 bed
782–792 m²
Available
2 of 7
Phase 2
Alisios Residences
34 apartments and penthouses in Marbella's Guadalmina Golf Valley, moments from San Pedro and Puerto Banús.
Delivery
Q4 2026
Homes
2–4 bed
103–201 m²
Available
4 of 34
FAQ
What buyers ask us about San Pedro de Alcántara
How much does property cost in San Pedro de Alcántara?
The average asking price for resale homes was €4,600 per m² in August 2026, below the Marbella municipal average of €5,608 and well below neighbouring Nueva Andalucía at €6,048. The spread inside the town is wide: the pueblo averaged €3,722 while Linda Vista, Nueva Alcántara and Cortijo Blanco averaged €5,644.
Is San Pedro part of Marbella?
Yes. It is a district of the municipality of Marbella, roughly ten kilometres west of the town centre, with its own centre, services and identity rather than the character of a suburb.
What is the boulevard in San Pedro?
The old N-340 coast road was put in a tunnel under the town and the surface above it turned into a park, opened in 2014. It carries about 11,000 m² of green space, fountains, a cycle lane, five playgrounds and an amphitheatre for 500 people, and it is the main reason the centre is quiet.
San Pedro or Nueva Andalucía?
They meet at the Guadaiza river and they are not the same proposition. Nueva Andalucía is built around golf and second homes and averages €6,048 per m². San Pedro is a working town with a school run and a weekly market, and averages €4,600. Puerto Banús is minutes from both.
Which part of San Pedro should I look at?
It depends on what you are paying for. Guadalmina Baja and the beachside strip between the A-7 and the sea carry the highest prices and the shortest walk to the sand. Guadalmina Alta and the pueblo cost materially less and give you the town instead. Which side of the A-7 you end up on changes daily life more than the price gap suggests.
Can you walk to the beach from San Pedro?
From the beachside communities, yes. From the town centre it is a few minutes by car or bicycle, with the A-7 in between. The seafront promenade runs along the beach itself and continues west towards Guadalmina.
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