The apartment is bright and well laid out, with sea views from both the main terrace and a second terrace of the property, a rare feature in this development, and one that makes a genuine difference to how the space lives day to day. Morning coffee, evening drinks, chasing the sun or shade: it’s a home that gets used outdoors as much as in.

Inside, the layout is practical and comfortable, with the two bedrooms well separated for privacy. A dedicated utility room keeps laundry and storage out of the main living space, and there’s a separate storeroom for the things you don’t need to hand; bikes, beach gear, suitcases. Air conditioning is fitted throughout for year-round comfort, and secure parking comes with the property.

La Duquesa itself has quietly become one of the western Costa del Sol’s most sought-after addresses, and it isn’t hard to see why. The marina is the heart of it, a working harbour with restaurants, cafés, and boats moored right along the walkway, giving the whole area a relaxed, lived-in feel rather than a manufactured resort one. It’s a place with a genuine daily rhythm: fishermen bringing in the catch, families out for an evening walk, sailors readying their boats for the weekend. From here, Sotogrande is a short drive east, with its polo fields, marina, and international schools, while Estepona, with its old town, seafront, and growing restaurant scene, is equally close to the west. Few locations on this coast offer that kind of positioning between two such different, well-regarded towns.

That location, combined with steady infrastructure investment along this stretch of coast and consistently rising interest from both Northern European and domestic buyers, has made La Duquesa one of the areas we’re watching most closely for market growth. Prices here have historically sat below neighbouring Sotogrande and Estepona for comparable properties, and that gap has been narrowing, which is exactly the kind of pattern that tends to interest buyers thinking as much about the medium-term picture as the day-to-day living.