This former aristocratic family residence, celebrated for its sleek interiors and verdant grounds, has been re-conceptualised into an ultra-luxe resort hotel. It's ideally positioned on Marbella’s fabled Golden Mile, and spoils guests with top-tier pampering, VIP activities and gourmet cuisine.

Marbella Club is truly a nature lover’s paradise, set on a sprawling resort featuring ancient trees, acres of regional flora and lavish seaside beach club just minutes from your doorstep. If the mood strikes, visit Puerto Banus, best known for leisure shopping and port side sightseeing or the vibrant Marbella old town — both reachable in just under 10 minutes by car.

The 4,090-square-foot villa, built in 2003, sits in the top right corner of a walled 0.34-acre lot in the Málaga mountains. Below, the old fishing village of El Palo bustles with shops, markets, tapas bars and fish restaurants along a string of sandy beaches. The two-story house faces south, with views over the Mediterranean Sea and, on a clear day, to the Rif mountains of Africa.

“My goal was to build a house that had every modern amenity but in a style of the old, classic palacetes found throughout Andalusia,” said Stephen K. Gomez, the owner, a novelist and real estate broker from San Francisco. With his wife, Marisa Moret, an attorney, Mr. Gomez wanted to build “something that represented a family home in Spain,” since his paternal grandfather was born in Málaga.

Marbella has long been a hotspot for the Middle East’s elite, ever since the Saudi Royal family first arrived in the Spanish coastal city in the 1970s, and set the trend for buying up property along Marbella’s ‘Golden Mile’ beachfront strip. Offering both privacy and unspoilt views over the Mediterranean, it’s also the location of one of the Costa del Sol’s most exclusive hotels, the Puente Romano Beach Resort.

The unique architecture of the property is based on the region’s famous – and very beautiful Andalusian pueblos blancos (white villages) which decorate the mountains surrounding the south coast. Within the hotel’s white village, privacy is also integral to its design, with each suite and villa situated in a unique whitewashed Andalusian-style low level building, offering views up to the Sierra Blanca mountains, the Medditerranean or the hotel’s picturesque gardens and cobbled pathways. In another nice nod to the region’s history, each area within the hotel’s ‘white village’ is named after a village or town in Andalusia.