Shopping Centre :
Nearby is a large commercial park called La Canada where everything from designer clothes to groceries and fine wines are available. This centre has more than a hundred shops and also has hairdressers, restaurants, Alcampo Supermarket, a bowling centre, arcade hall, cinema and a state of the art gymnasium.
Quite apart from the nearby beach and the local attractions of the lovely town of Marbella, it is only a short drive into the mountains and to the ancient Andalucian white villages. Snow skiing and boarding is available in Sierra Nevada (2 hours) along with the beautiful city of Granada (2 hours). Many activity parks are near including Selwo Safari park (30 minutes), home to many wild animals and birds that live in relative freedom. The stunning gorge of Ronda is only 50km away and definitely worth a visit. Further afield Madrid, Seville and Cordoba are all within easy reach. East is Malaga where one may visit the Pablo Picasso museum (30 minutes) and west is Gibraltar.
Testimonials:
We have a visitors book in the apartment and the following are some of the comments written by departing guests:
'Wonderful peaceful apartment, well equipped. Fab. weather, great beach. Lovely 9 days. Many thanks. '
'Great apartment, lovely location.'
'We had a lovely relaxing week, a really nice place in lovely calm surroundings'.
'Had a lovely holiday. Facilities first class. Suited us down to the ground. Most relaxing. Will definitely revisit.'
Exact location:
From the airport take the N340 / A7 towards Marbella. Take the second exit after the Hospital Costa del Sol. Just having crossed over the Rio Real golf course, take the exit 'Torre Real, Cambio de Sentido' and you're there -apartments Coto Real Golf are on the right at this roundabout.
Marbella town centre is a further 2 minutes on N340 / A7. Puerto Banus is a 15 minute drive. La Canada shopping centre is 3 minutes by car. Estepona, Ronda and Gibraltar are all easily accessible. Back towards the airport, Cabopino harbour is 10 minutes drive. Fuengirola, Benalmadena and Mijas are also nearby.
Rio Real Playa (beach) is a short stroll away, the famous Silks restaurant can be found here.
Golf:
The apartment overlooks the beautiful Rio Real Golf Course. Rio Real is a lovely mature course whose front nine holes slope gently towards the Mediterranean. Even though the river Real crosses the course 4 times, it still does not cause too many problems.
Santa Clara (2 mins) with its imposing club house, has excellent practice facilities. Cabopino, Greenlife and Santa Maria Golf courses are each less than 10 minutes drive away. Cabopino has tight fairways and a lot of water. Santa Maria is a hilly course with stunning views. As with all courses on the Costa, fairways and greens are always in perfect condition.
Within 10 minutes you will find Greenlife, Los Flamingos, and Los Naranjos. While Greenlife is only 9 holes, it is worth a visit because of the views from its club house and its popular restaurant. 15 mins away is La Quinta and many, many more. While San Roque and Valderrama are 35 minutes drive, even if you don't want to spend the money to play them its worth stopping over en route to Gibraltar (45 mins).
Other Activities:
Excellent tennis facilities are five minutes down the road. Funny Beach is a short stroll along the beach with go karting through to bumper boats.
