Mijas Golf: the course and homes for sale nearby

The two courses share a broad valley north of Fuengirola, about 3.5 kilometres inland, and play quite differently. Los Lagos is the longer – 6,536 metres from the back tees, par 72 – and essentially flat, with wide fairways and few trees in the way. Its defence is sand and water, true to Trent Jones's idea of a hard par and an easy bogey, and since the rebuild several lakes affect more than one hole. The greens are large and fairly flat.

Los Olivos is tighter: shorter, with less water, narrower fairways lined with olives, casuarinas and figs, and smaller, raised, sloping greens. A stray shot here tends to end up behind a tree rather than in a lake, so accuracy counts for more than length.

The club aims Los Lagos at low handicappers, though it can be set up for any level, and Los Olivos mainly at mid and high handicaps. Reviewers mostly prefer Los Lagos, often calling it forgiving but still demanding around the water, and recent comments on its greens and fairways are largely positive. Los Olivos gets more mixed reviews, with recurring complaints in some seasons about its greens and bunkers. A few players mention slow rounds on busy days.

Los Lagos is easy to walk; the club also hires out trolleys, including GPS electric ones, and buggies with GPS screens. Practice is well served: a range of over 300 metres with open and covered bays and Trackman, a 500 m² putting green and a chipping green with its own bunker, renewed in 2024, with lessons from the PG Academy. The restaurant is in the clubhouse, an old Andalusian cortijo with a large terrace, and serves local and Mediterranean food. Spring and autumn are the popular months; in summer, book an early tee time.

Both courses sit inside the Mijas Golf urbanisation, in the golf valley of Mijas Costa. Fuengirola's beaches and centre are a short drive south, the club gives about 20 minutes to Málaga airport, and Mijas Pueblo looks down from the hills behind.

Detached villas make up the largest share of homes for sale near the course, followed by apartments and townhouses, with a handful of fincas in the surrounding countryside.

We work for the buyer alone, and before any viewing we check how close to the course a home really is.