THESE amazing houses are for conquerors and explorers and those who reign the world and need to sometimes detach themselves from the hustle and bustle.
Almost all of them front line, they collectively guarantee amazing views across oceans and seas.
Scattered along Spain’s 4964 kilometres of coastline, they are all available to buy this month.
Whether you want to guarantee yourself amazing holidays for years to come or are looking for a new place to call home, this carefully curated list by the Olive Press is for you…
40 hectares, 3km of coastline… and a private cove
This waterside estate in Mallorca has its own private corner of the Mediterranean – some 3kms of it, in fact.
Perhaps it’s more accurate to call it a hamlet than a home. With 40 hectares of land, three kilometres of coastline and a private bay, it has all the scale of a small municipality.
Close to Cala d’or by Cala Mitjana the house has a dozen bedrooms and 12 bathrooms and is surrounded by greenery and palm trees.
After having a long stroll inside your estate, you can sun-bathe at your infinity pool where you can watch your superyacht as it anchors at your private bay.
And, as if you needed more, the house has a private cove. A deep, sheltered, mediterranean cove that detaches you from the hustle and bustle of the world, offering a sanctuary no human-made retreat could ever provide.
The property has been in the same family for almost a century. So, you are not just buying a piece of land or a big house, you are buying a slice of history.
For sale via La Cala Mallorca or Sotheby’s
Flying over the eagle’s nest
High on the hills above the Costa Brava you’ll find this stunning eagle’s nest for sale.
Villa Sinfonia is built high above on the cliffs of Ambolo, in Javea.
Close to the famous Cabo de la Nao lighthouse, the villa has cascading terraces and also an uninterrupted panoramic view that on clear days reaches Ibiza.
Spread over nearly 2000 sqm it is 450 metres built and counts on four bedrooms and an incredible six bathrooms.
Price: € 4.2 million
The house is Sold by COSTA HOUSES Luxury Villas, for more information click (here)
Breathing museum, heaven on earth
Built on a 6,300 sqm plot, every aspect of this stunning home, near Barcelona, is meticulously designed.
The kitchen, with its submarine-like rounded window, opens onto the vast Mediterranean horizon, while the Gaudi-inspired broken black tiles add authenticity to the house.
The entrance hall is currently a private art gallery, with a beautiful red tree installation beneath a curved skylight.
Call it whatever you like, this eight-bed home feels like a breathing museum to us. Almost heaven on earth.
Price: €15.9 million (here)
When beauty defines the space
Located in Benissa in the Valencian community, this modest three-bed villa is an extension of the lush greenery surrounding it.
The house is maintained to perfection, with all aspects of an authentic Spanish finca: thick walls, terracotta tiles, white sandwashed walls and begonias that embrace the whole villa.
The view is as breathtaking as the villa itself, with the iconic Peñón de Ifach, the towering limestone headland in Calpe, dominating the horizon.
Price: €3.49 million (here)
The Great Gatsby of Marbella
This five-bedroom time machine is one of the most precious treasures of Marbella’s past.
Built in the 1950s for Carmen Franco, daughter of Spain’s former dictator, it was bought a decade later by the Count of Romanones.
His wife Aline Griffith, was an aristocrat who later became a CIA spy, and her guests included Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and Wallis Simpson.
Like the fabled home of the Great Gatsby, in F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, it was long a gathering place for the creme de la creme.
Elegant whitewashed facades, graceful domes, Moorish arches and palm-filled gardens give this villa the timeless grandeur of a true Mediterranean palace in Los Monteros.
Price: €20 million (here)
A place defined by art
A palace seems a fitting description of this work of art, and it has an artwork believed to be entirely unique.
The la Danza pool features the world’s only submerged Picasso artwork, a sketch of Antonio Ruiz Soler, a flamenco dancer and the original owner of the villa.
Antonio, also known as Antonio el Bailarin, cherished the drawing and had it copied onto tiles and placed it at the bottom of his pool, where it remains to this day.
The home, just a stone’s throw from Puerto Banus, in Marbella, counts on 10 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms and is genuinely a frontline gem.
Price: €31.5 million (here)
Like Teide, like son
This mansion occupies one of the most spectacular locations on Tenerife’s northern coast.
Inspired by the island’s volcanic landscape, its pyramid-like roofs recall the slopes of Mount Teide, Spain’s highest mountain, rising in the near distance.
The La Quinta home is built on a 19,735 sqm plot and enjoys an additional 11,800 sqm of cliffside right by the sea.
Price: €24.8 million (here)
Grand designs at work
Have you ever dreamed of owning one of those extraordinary homes featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs. This house could easily be one of them.
Built high on the cliffs of Tossa de Mar, the six-bed villa blends art and nature to create a cosy home unlike any other.
The colours and design enhance the feeling of a Grand Designs home created by an architect inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic masterpiece, Fallingwater.
Price: €2.65 million (here)
When the world lies at your feet
Set in the hills above Marbella, Casa Orquidea may not be front line but it’s a nice addition to this selection.
Meticulously designed for both indoors and outdoors you should feel submerged in its vastness and at the same time feel on top of the world.
The open-plan living space with only an accented orange fireplace emphasizes that vastness, while seven bedrooms and 12 bathrooms sums it up.
And if you want leisure, you can go downstairs where there is a wellness and entertainment floor featuring a cinema, gym, spa and games room.
Price: €19.88 million (here)
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