This four-bedroom beachfront penthouse for sale in Estepona sits in the gated Torre Bermeja complex, with a wraparound terrace and direct beach access. Torre Bermeja was designed by Melvin Villarroel and completed in 2003, low-rise and Mediterranean in style, on the New Golden Mile between Marbella and Estepona. The apartment is turnkey, currently in the final stages of a full renovation, with a security and maintenance team on site year-round.
The open-plan living and dining area connects directly to the main terrace, which wraps around the apartment with room for both outdoor dining and lounging, looking out over the gardens and pools below to the sea beyond. An electric fireplace anchors the living space, and a Bang & Olufsen sound system runs throughout. The kitchen has a double dishwasher, an integrated wine cabinet and an invisible hob, with a separate laundry room and storage room to one side. The four bedrooms are arranged privately at one end of the apartment, with three bathrooms between them. The principal suite has its own terrace, a walk-in wardrobe and a bathroom with a freestanding bathtub. Above, a private solarium terrace forms a separate entertaining level, with a sauna, jacuzzi and built-in barbecue, furnished with Kettal outdoor furniture and facing open sea and sky.
Torre Bermeja sits on Estepona's New Golden Mile, a stretch of coast that has become one of the more established beachfront addresses between Marbella and Estepona. For buyers weighing Estepona against Marbella, this part of the coast offers a quieter, beachfront setting within easy reach of both: Puerto Banús is a ten-minute drive, Marbella's old town twenty-one minutes, and Málaga Airport around 48 minutes. Atlas American School and Laude San Pedro are both within a nine-minute drive, and golf courses including El Campanario and La Resina Golf are a similar distance away. Community facilities are extensive: three swimming pools (two outdoor, one indoor), two gyms and communal saunas, set within mature, densely planted subtropical gardens that are one of the complex's defining features and a large part of why owners here tend to stay long-term.
For buyers looking for a turnkey, renovated apartment for sale in Estepona directly on the beach, within an established gated complex, Torre Bermeja is worth a closer look.
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