Casa Cuiabá

Monte Mayor, Benahavis, Spain

€8,150,000approx. £6,990,000approx. $9,450,000approx. AED 34,700,000 Listed at €8,150,000

Near golf
Built
Villa

Bedrooms: 7
Bathrooms: 7
Built: 1100 m²
Plot: 5127 m²
Listing ID: GHI00235

Floorplan

Highlights

Sea Views

About

Casa Cuiabá is a brand-new contemporary villa in Monte Mayor, a secure gated community in Benahavís. Set on a 5,127 m² plot, the house looks across the surrounding protected landscape to panoramic mountain and sea views.

Its eco-friendly modern design responds to the terrain rather than competing with it. The architecture and natural setting work together, giving a villa of this scale a strong sense of privacy and a clear connection to the landscape.

Inside are seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms within 1,100 m² of built area. The 500 m² of terraces carry daily life outdoors, with ample space for dining, conversation and quiet time against the wider view.

Monte Mayor’s security and seclusion are central to the appeal. Golf courses are also within easy reach, allowing Casa Cuiabá to combine a private natural setting with straightforward access to the area’s golf lifestyle.

Location

Monte Mayor, Benahavís

Linked golf courses

Monte Mayor Golf Club 18 holesMountain

Former mountain course in the Benahavis hills

Monte Mayor Golf Club was an 18-hole mountain course in a high valley above Benahavís, designed by José Gancedo and opened in 1989. Its routing crossed ravines, gullies and steep changes of level, using bridges and elevated tees to connect isolated playing corridors. That dramatic terrain made it a demanding target-golf course rather than a conventional coastal parkland layout; safe positioning and confidence over carries were central to the experience. However, the course closed for financial reasons and should not be presented to property buyers as an operating golf facility. Historical sources also disagree on its final par, variously listing 70, 71 and 72. The site remains relevant to the identity of the Monte Mayor residential area, but buyers should assess it as former golf infrastructure unless a verified reopening is formally announced.
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La Quinta Golf & Country Club 27 holesChampionship parkland

27 holes across three Benahavis loops

La Quinta Golf & Country Club provides 27 holes in the hills of Benahavís, between Marbella’s Golf Valley and the mountains. Manuel Piñero designed three nine-hole loops — San Pedro, Ronda and Guadaiza — which can be combined into different 18-hole rounds. Rolling fairways, elevated positions, doglegs and water hazards vary the strategic demands, while views extend towards the Mediterranean and surrounding ridges. The three-loop format is its practical advantage over single-course neighbours: regular players can change the sequence and character of a round without leaving the club. La Quinta has also hosted Ladies European Tour competition, including the Spanish Women’s Open. Current booking, membership and facility information should be confirmed directly with the Spanish club or resort, as these arrangements can change and are independent of nearby property ownership.
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La Zagaleta Golf Club 18 holesPar 72Parkland

Private parkland golf above the Alboran Sea

With 36 Parkland holes, the Old and the New course in La Zagaleta settle in an astonishing background of Mediterranean forests with breathtaking views of the Alborán Sea, Africa and Gibraltar. Both courses offer a dynamic design of doglegs, going either left or right, where hitting the fairways off the tee becomes vital in order to attack small but undulated greens from mid to short range. They are not long courses but they are very technical where a risk/reward strategy is present in many of its holes. The peace, tranquility and silence is only broken occasionally by the sighting of a pheasant, a deer, buck or mouflon, permanent residents in La Zagaleta.
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Los Arqueros Golf 18 holesPar 71Links

Seve Ballesteros design in the Benahavis hills

Los Arqueros is an 18-hole, par-71 course in the steep hills of Benahavís, designed by Seve Ballesteros and opened in 1991. At roughly 5,700 metres it is not long, yet narrow landing areas, pronounced elevation changes, ravines and well-placed bunkers make accuracy and conservative club selection important. The routing works with the mountain terrain rather than flattening it, producing changing levels and long views towards the Mediterranean. This creates a more exacting target-golf experience than the broader parkland courses closer to the coast. The club includes a golf academy, practice facilities, pro shop and clubhouse services. For an international property buyer, Los Arqueros’ defining characteristic is the close relationship between the course and its hillside residential setting, but owning within that setting does not itself establish membership or playing rights.
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Atalaya Golf & Country Club 36 holesTwo-course parkland complex

Two contrasting parkland courses near Benahavis

Atalaya Golf & Country Club is a 36-hole complex between Marbella and Estepona. Its Old Course opened in 1968 to a design by Bernhard von Limburger and is an established par-72 parkland layout with broad, tree-lined fairways and elevated greens. The shorter, hillier New Course followed in 1990, designed by Paul Krings; its undulating ground and tighter decisions give it a distinctly different rhythm. Both courses occupy relatively natural surroundings, with less housing immediately crowding the playing corridors than at many later residential layouts. The club also hosts the PG Golf & Sports Academy and substantial practice facilities. For an international buyer, Atalaya’s distinction is choice: two full courses of contrasting age and character rather than a single resort round. Access and playing arrangements remain club matters and are not implied by nearby property ownership.
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