Calahonda, Costa del Sol:
For the history of Calahonda see Calahonda
Calahonda can surely claim to be one of the finest developments along the Costa del Sol.
Since its foundation in 1963 Sitio de Calahonda has won several awards over the years including, an international award for the best Spanish urbanisation for the year 2000-2001, the Resident Tourism Award organized by Mijas town hall in 1986, and the Barclays Bank award for the best developer on the Costa del Sol.

Location and Communications:
Situated in the province of Malaga midway between Marbella and Fuengirola, Calahonda offers the possibility of living in an urbanisation of quality and prestige. Puerto Banus, southern Europe's premier boating and leisure centre, is only 15 minutes away and Malagas large international airport can be reached within 20 minutes via a fast modern highway.
Its situation and southern orientation, provides the area with the unique climate in Europe and, coming from the coast of Africa, clearly visible from the urbanisation, refreshing night winds.

The urbanisation extends gently from the coast up to the undulating hills 300 metres above sea level, offering fantastic views of the surrounding countryside running down to the sea, and along the coastline to Gibraltar and Africa. The atlas mountains and African coastline are often clearly visible.

Views from one of the highest points in Calahonda towards Marbella, Puerto Banus and the red mountains of Estepona

With its superb position, Calahonda enjoys, well run administrative services, financial stability, over 60 hectares of green zones that have been restocked with pine trees, parks and interior and exterior communications, analogue, RDSI [ISDN] and ADSL telephone lines are available.
Today Calahonda is captivated by the excellent climate, the natural and artistic riches, and by the possibility to carry out all there favorite open - air hobbies all over the year.

Due to its exceptional quality of life, Calahonda is the ideal place to spend long periods of the year or even to became your place of residence. Calahonda is known as one of the leading and most popular resident communities on the Costa del Sol its population varies dependent on the time of the year from a minimum of 14,000 to 45,000 at the highest, including a mixture of English, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Scandinavians etc.
In Calahonda, not only the typical pueblo look survived, but it has flourished. The urbanisation is a classic example of how to preserve the traditional splendor of Arabic Spain design, while blending it with modern touches and comforts that the discerning home-buyers desires.

The majority of houses on the urbanisation retain a Mediterranean style.
With the undisturbed elegance of the 18 th century homestead, El Campanario, standing stately sentinel at the entrances to Calahonda, the urbanisation sweeps away with a montage of houses designed to lift ones spirits. Authentic white architecture, with Moorish roofs, elegant chimneys and ample terraces. Spacious gardens which provide a sensation of freedom, complemented by carefull attention to the originality of the smallest details and adding a relaxing finishing touch to this scene, swimming pools with panoramic views.

One of the most emblematic spots in Calahonda is Club La Naranja, a social club founded many years ago and was one of the first meeting points for residents who came to live in the urbanisation. The club arranges numerous activities, sports competitions, cultural events, etc.
Club La Naranja is situated in the centre of the urbanisation and is surrounded by beautiful well kept gardens.

Cortajado is of the established developments enjoying spectacular coastline views. Today Calahonda remains the ideal place to establish your new home, in fact, becoming day by day even more of a delightful paradise in the sun.

For the golf lovers, the Costa del Sol constitutes an international meeting point. The fantastic spring weather all over the year, the large accommodation and amenities offer, together with the super quality of more than 40 golf courses, convert into one of Europe's best golf centres.

Golf courses in Calahonda include.
Club de Golf La Siesta with 9 holes, practise range, putting green, chipping green, paddle tennis, restaurants and bar.
Cabopino golf built in 2001; situated a few metres away from the N-340. Pay and play with 18 holes par 71, which covers an area of 5,170 m². Designed by Juan Ligues Creus.
Within 5 minutes by car are, Artola golf, Santa Maria golf [Elviria], Miraflores golf, [Riviera del Sol] and La Cala golf

Calahonda has is own harbour, Puerto Cabopino where you may practise any kind of nautical sports and activities, like sailing, wind surfing, paracending, kite surfing, boat trips, dolphin watching and skin diving.
	Puerto de Cabopino offers 170 berths for small and medium size vessels and has many excellent restaurants from most corners of the world
From Puerto Cabopino the fine sandy beaches stretch to Calahonda, and to the west past you can walk along the beach all the way to Marbella, passing the Artola dunes [a protected national park] with it´s restored moorish lookout tower
	Puerto Cabopino is surrounded by wide, fine sandy beaches, in the main season life guards watch the activities. On the beach are Chiringuitos, bars and restaurants for your pleasure.
On the Marbella side the sand dunes are a protected which incorporate a nudist beach. A very tranquil area where wild plants and flowers grow in the sand. Dunes that have witnessed the passage and footprints of many cultures which create a semi wild environment due to the lack of any kind of construction.
	One of the restored beacon Moorish towers, part of the protection dating back to Roman times. Their purpose was to give warnings of the presence of enemy vessels.

The Sierra Nevada, a well known winter station, is a favorite skiing destination, only two hours away by car.

Local services include
Telephone communications within the urbanisation are achieved through a fibre optic network
28 kilometres of well maintained roads.
30 electricity transformers have been installed since 1963.
Puerto Cabopino offers 170 berths for small and medium size vessels.
3 medical centres open 24 hours
3 commercial centres with shops: decoration, sports, souvenirs, hairdresser, hardware, etc.
Banks: Solbank, BBV, Atlantico, La Caixa, Barclays, Santander, Deutsche Bank.
50 hostelries such as Restaurants, Pubs and coffee houses.
several supermarkets
1 nine hole golf course inside the urbanization, 3 under construction, 6 under project and 5 finished in a radius of 10 Km.
Lawyers, Economists, etc.
Foreigners department from the Mijas Town hall.
Nursery.
Language school.
Rent a car and garage.
Travel agency.
Maintenance and rental offices.
Security guards 24 hours.
Post office.
3 Public parks.
Tennis courts.
Riding club.
A Tourist train travels through the urbanization.
2 Chemists.

For the history of Calahonda see Calahonda

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