Contemplating the Rock of Gibraltar and the coasts of Africa while having breakfast on the terrace of a house in Malaga will be possible for more than one pocket, however, enjoying a Japanese garden, a champagne room where you can have a drink or

relax in the spa of a villa of 3,500 square meters

is only within the reach of a few.

The second is not only a dream villa in Benahavís, Málaga, but it is the most expensive house in Spain and access to it costs a whopping 34 million euros.

Located in the luxurious urbanization of

La Zagaleta,

22 kilometers from Marbella, it has 16 rooms, a 6,800 square meter plot and a garage for 15 cars.

Its value per square meter exceeds 9,000 euros, according to the Idealista real estate portal, which places it at the forefront of the ranking of the 10 most expensive homes in the country.

The second most expensive home is for sale for 29 million euros, in Benahavís, MálagaIdealista

The second most expensive property is also located in the same urbanization.

It costs 29 million euros and its price is equal to the house that in 2021 had the highest price.

The 3,000-square-meter mansion, with 11 rooms and an 8,000-meter plot, completes the luxury of its views with an infinity pool, a bowling alley and a movie theater.

As if that were not enough, when you leave home there is still the La Zagaleta urbanization, which has 900 hectares with authentic privileged views.

Their houses have views of the Mediterranean, the golf course or Gibraltar, and their land and homes cost from three million euros per plot to house what are, this year, two of the most expensive houses on the Peninsula.

The second most expensive home is for sale for 29 million euros, in Benahavís, MálagaIdealista

Sergio Azcona

, Director of Communication of the urbanization, assures that this type of property is acquired by clients whose assets, on average, reach 10% of the value of the home.

However, he affirms that the profile of buyers has changed over the years: "Before, people in their 60s and 70s predominated, large retired executives, while now they are 45-50-year-old families belonging to the technology sector. ", he assures.

This explains why the inhabitants of this town have been businessmen such as

Hans Snook

, founder of Orange Telecom, or the Silicon Valley computer scientist and guru

David Heinemeier Hansson

, who may have both a primary residence or one for vacations.

Housing in the Malaga urbanization of La ZagaletaLa Zalageta

But Malaga does not settle for less.

In fact, in the list provided by Idealista, seven of the ten properties belong to this area of ​​Costa del Sol;

the remaining three, to Mallorca.

According to the ranking, number five corresponds to a newly built villa in

Port d'Andratx,

a small town on the island with just over 3,500 inhabitants.

Paying for its 1,294 square meters built, its 25-meter pool and even a heliport costs 24.9 million euros.

The value of its square meter is heart-stopping: 19,281 euros.

"The special houses that have few comparables, in reality, are worth what the person most willing to pay is willing to pay," says the economist Francisco Barroso.

Villa in Calvià, Mallorca, priced at 16,640 euros per square meterIdealista

In seventh and tenth place are those located in the municipalities of

Valldemossa and

Calvià

.

The first is a stately estate from the 17th century with 300 hectares that include a garden, meadows, numerous orange, lemon, almond, olive and carob trees, as stated in the advertisement on the portal.

Although nature is expensive, because it is worth 23 million, while the Calvià mansion is worth two million less.


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