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Town guide · inland Málaga

Alhaurín el Grande

A working Andalusian town under the Sierra de Mijas, 25 minutes over the hill from Fuengirola.

Right now in Alhaurín el Grande:Now: 26°, clear, sunset 19:5227,552 people (1 January 2025) · 25 min to Fuengirola beach · 26 min to the airport

Photo: Tyk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Asking price
€2,190/m²August 2026, +9.3% on a year · idealista
Málaga airport
26 min23 km by road
Population
27,5521 January 2025 · INE padrón, via the town hall
Golf
1 courseeach with its own page
Mediterranean SeaWESTEASTAGPSotograndeManilvaEsteponaMarbellaBenahavísN. AndalucíaFuengirolaMijasBenalmádenaTorremolinosMálagaNerjaAlh. de la TorreCártamaCoínAlhaurín el Grande
Alhaurín el Grande on the real coastline, west to east. AGP is Málaga airport, and a dotted line marks an inland town's shortest distance to the sea.

Alhaurín el Grande sits on the southern edge of the Guadalhorce valley with the Sierra de Mijas at its back, about 27,500 people, and a life of its own that has nothing to do with tourism. The old centre is properly Andalusian, with the Thursday market at the fairground, seven pharmacies, two state secondaries and a health centre. Fuengirola is 20 km over the A-387, which in normal traffic is about 25 minutes.

It suits buyers who want a house with ground, a pool or a bit of campo within half an hour of the beach and the airport, and who would rather live among Spaniards than in a resort. It suits golfers too: Alhaurín Golf is in the municipality. It's less suited to anyone who wants to walk to the sea, or who wants to manage without a car.

Property

What your money buys here.

The average asking price in Alhaurín el Grande was €2,190 per m² in August 2026, +9.3% on a year earlier (idealista price report). The examples below were opened and read on 22 September 2026. Stock moves weekly, so treat them as the shape of the market, not as houses to buy.

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€2,190 per m²

The asking-price average across the municipality in August 2026, up 9.3% in a year.

Town-wide asking prices from the idealista index, not sold prices. A village townhouse and a villa with a pool sit far apart around that average.

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We'll open what's actually on the market at your number and tell you what's wrong with each one.

We don't publish example listings here, because they sell and the page goes stale.

Add 10 to 13% on top of any price for taxes and fees. The cost calculator gives the real number for a given price.

The practical page

Where things actually are.

Every link below was opened and checked on 22 September 2026. Drive times are measured on Google Maps at a normal hour, not guessed.

I.Getting there and around25 min to Playa de Los Boliches, Fuengirola, and the rest
  • 25 min to Playa de Los Boliches, Fuengirola (20 km, via A-387 over the Sierra de Mijas), the nearest proper beach
  • 26 min to Málaga airport (23 km)
  • 37 min to Málaga city centre (31 km)
  • 36 min to Marbella (33 km)
  • 12 min to Hospital Valle del Guadalhorce, Cártama (10 km), there is also a direct bus, the M-159B
  • 16 min to Cártama Estación, for the Cercanías C-2 (14 km)
II.Everyday life4 places, each link checked
III.Health4 places, each link checked

Residents register with the public system through the local health centre. How that works for Irish owners is in the healthcare guide.

IV.Schools4 schools, each link checked
V.Sport and outdoors4 places, each link checked

Golf

The course in Alhaurín el Grande.

Each has its own page: the courses, who can play, green fees where the club publishes them and how far it is from the airport. Every course on the coast.

Alhaurín Golf27 holes · Visitors welcomeCourse guide →

What we'd tell you on the phone

The parts that aren't in the brochure.

Plenty of the housing around the town is campo property on rustic land. Some of it was built without a licence and can only be tolerated, not legalised, through the AFO route under Title VIII of Ley 7/2021. Have a lawyer check the status before you go near a price.

The town hall has warned publicly that even a prefabricated or mobile home on rustic land needs a municipal building licence, and that breaches bring fines, demolition orders and referral to the prosecutor.

The town has a planning-corruption past: the Supreme Court upheld bribery convictions against a former mayor and a planning councillor who demanded €122,000 from a builder for a licence. It's history, but it's why paperwork here deserves a careful eye.

You're not at the beach. Fuengirola is 20 km over the sierra, about 25 minutes, and longer on a summer Sunday.

There's no train. The bus network is decent and there's a direct bus to the hospital, but plan on a car.

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