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Rental good idea to start with as Spain v noisy at all times. ( mostly neighbours).
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:15pm
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lildaisymae wrote on Wed Feb 5, 2020 4:12pm:
First of all, THANK YOU to those of you who took the time to respond (AndyP, Andrew14, JJM08 and pricklyone)
I already knew what your answers would be, but I had to ask anyway. I knew the answer would be that it all depends upon each individual and their personal preferences. What could be right for one person may not feel "right" for another. However, I was hoping to get a very broad sense of what dist...
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...inguishes each town or area, for example, what is the "feel" or the vibe of a certain town as opposed to another, Nerja as opposed to Estepona? Each town tends to have a distinctive "signature": Is it vibrant or sleepy, is it upscale (posh) or modest, is it very developed and bustling or is it still rural with areas of wilderness, are most of the houses old or is there new construction happening, is the community artsy-hippy or is it a jet-setter's enclave? Is it steeped in history or is it a "modern" town? What is it known for nowadays? I think you all know what I mean!
Obviously everyone knows Marbella is all glamorous with nightclubs, luxury yachts, high-end boutiques, luxury villas and basically unaffordable for the commoner. It's been that way since I was a child. As I mentioned in my post, I myself grew up in Madrid and I remember visiting Puerto Banus and also Nerja decades ago, and I fell in love with the south of Spain. But I never really got to know the south. As you know, Spaniards tend to be very divided about WHERE in Spain they vacation... If you are originally from the North, then you NEVER go to beaches in the south! My father is from Galicia so we would always spend our summers in the colder (but beautiful) Galician coast. That is not where I would want to live, though.
Again, not having been to the southern Spanish coastal towns in decades, I have simply no idea what they look like today or how they have evolved in time. I know one week this summer is not nearly enough time to explore the entire coast, but we still have 4-5 years before my husband retires, so we will likely be back in 2021 and the years thereafter.
A few of you mentioned the different vibe between the area east of Málaga and the area west of Málaga. Would you mind elaborating, please? Could you describe in further detail how they are different, please?
THANK YOU once more to all!
Best regards,
Daisy
it depends very much on your interests and whether you want an expat community ,spanish community or both
Theres the saying "visiting a place and actually living there. is a different matter " so research visit experiance and talk to people and areas can vary on the time of day
a busting place on the first line of beach may sound good but the noise until the early hours may not prove so great
I favour the east side around from malaga to torre del mar -you have really good beaches ,cultural activities ,buzzy restaurants etc yet you can get a direct bus into malaga which means you miss the parking issue and the malaga road systems etc
Value for money -well prperty is more reasonably priced and Marbella you can keep -the best part is the old town and the rest is pretentious
Hi Daisy,
We very much enjoyed your thread and are interested in the outcome of your property location travails to date.
Any chance of an update, please.
Best wishes
Curtis
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