Los Álamos Property Prices 2026: Torremolinos Beach and Airport Zone Guide

In Los Álamos, the registered sale price, what buyers actually paid at the notary, averaged 4,704 EUR/m2 across all property types in June 2026, with apartments at 4,773 EUR/m2 and villas at 3,375 EUR/m2 (listyco notarial data, 2026-06, Consejo General del Notariado). New-build villas registered n/a this month: no reliable figure is available for the zone. These are real closing prices, not asking prices, and they make Los Álamos the highest-priced of the Torremolinos zones with notarial data, a position driven by scarce beachfront apartment stock on the airport-side coast.

What did property actually sell for in Los Álamos in 2026?

Registered notarial sales averaged 4,704 EUR/m2 across all property types in June 2026: 4,773 EUR/m2 for apartments and 3,375 EUR/m2 for villas (listyco notarial data, Consejo General del Notariado). New-build villas registered n/a. The apartment figure exceeds the villa figure by a wide margin, the widest apt-villa spread among the Torremolinos zones with notarial data, a gap that signals beachfront apartment scarcity rather than detached-house discounting.

Property type	Registered price (EUR/m2), Los Álamos, June 2026
All property types	4,704
Apartments	4,773
All villas	3,375
Resale villas	3,595
New-build villas	n/a

Source: listyco notarial data, 2026-06 (Consejo General del Notariado). The resale villa figure of 3,595 EUR/m2 sits above the all-villa figure of 3,375 EUR/m2. No new-build villa transactions registered, consistent with a fully developed beachfront where land for new detached construction is effectively unavailable.

What kind of place is Los Álamos?

Los Álamos is the westernmost beachfront district of Torremolinos, sitting between El Bajondillo to the east and the municipal boundary with Malaga to the west. The beach, also called Los Álamos, runs for more than a kilometre with an average width of 60 metres (Turismo Costa del Sol), making it one of the wider urban beaches in the municipality. A broad promenade lines the sand, and the district functions as the last Torremolinos beachfront before the coast continues into Malaga city, a position that gives it a distinct, more local character than the central zones closer to the town’s tourist core.

The defining feature is the beach-club and nightlife scene. The official Torremolinos tourism guide describes Los Álamos as the most remote part of the town, a youthful and cosmopolitan neighbourhood whose beach is the epicentre, with beach clubs where music plays from the sand through the day and into the night (Turismo Torremolinos). This is not the quiet residential feel of Montemar or the old fishing-quarter character of La Carihuela: Los Álamos is the zone that draws a younger, leisure-driven crowd, and the property stock reflects that demand. Apartment blocks near the promenade are the premium product, with sea-view units and beach-club access commanding the top of the registered price range.

Torremolinos covers 19.9 square kilometres with 71,270 residents in 2025, of whom 15,610 are foreign-origin (Instituto de Estadistica y Cartografia de Andalucia, SIMA, 2025). The municipality registered 1,566 property transactions in 2024, split between 148 new-build sales and 1,418 resales (SIMA, 2024). Los Álamos sits roughly 7 kilometres from Malaga airport by road (Alamo Costa del Sol), and the Cercanias commuter rail line connects the Los Álamos station to the airport in one direction and to Torremolinos centre and Fuengirola in the other, a connectivity advantage that few Costa del Sol beachfront zones can match. For Los Álamos specifically, the buyer profile splits between two segments. The first is the short-let investor, drawn by the beach-club demand, the airport proximity and the rail link. The second is the year-round resident who values the more local, less tourist-saturated feel of the western edge, plus the direct train commute into Malaga city.

What drives property prices in Los Álamos?

Three factors shape the zone’s price structure. First, beachfront apartment scarcity is the distinguishing value driver. Los Álamos is a narrow coastal strip where the apartment stock sits directly on or near the promenade, and the supply of seafront units is finite. The registered apartment figure of 4,773 EUR/m2, which exceeds the villa figure by a wide margin, reflects the premium that buyers place on direct beach proximity in a zone where the apartment stock is the prime residential product. Unlike El Bajondillo, where the cliff setting lifts the villa segment to a comparable level, Los Álamos has no cliffside villa stock to balance the price ladder: the villas sit inland, and the apartments sit on the beach.

Second, the airport and rail connectivity sets Los Álamos apart from every other Torremolinos beachfront zone. The district is the closest to Malaga airport, and the Cercanias station gives it a direct rail link that the central zones reach only via the main Torremolinos station. For a short-let investor, the combination of a 10-minute airport transfer and a walk-on train is a tangible yield advantage: the zone can capture weekend and short-break demand that zones further down the coast cannot. The connectivity premium is built into the registered apartment price level.

Third, the beach-club and leisure economy drives rental demand and supports the price level. The kilometre-long beach, the beach-club scene and the promenade connection make Los Álamos a strong short-let location, especially for the younger, leisure-driven segment that the district caters to. A buyer evaluating the zone should weigh the rental income potential against the community-approval requirements for short lets under Andalusia’s VFT rules. For the full rental regulatory framework, see the renting-out guide for non-resident owners.

How does Los Álamos compare to neighbouring areas?

Los Álamos’s all-type registered average of 4,704 EUR/m2 is the highest among the Torremolinos zones with notarial data, sitting above El Bajondillo, La Carihuela, Montemar and Torremolinos Centro (listyco notarial data, 2026-06, Consejo General del Notariado). The gap over El Bajondillo, the next-highest zone, is driven by the apartment segment: Los Álamos apartments exceed El Bajondillo’s by a wide margin, reflecting the tighter beachfront apartment supply on Los Álamos’s airport-side strip and the beach-club premium the zone commands. For the El Bajondillo comparison in detail, see the El Bajondillo property prices guide.

To the east, Torremolinos Centro registered a lower all-type average, reflecting its broader stock mix that includes inland residential properties without beach proximity (listyco notarial data, 2026-06, Consejo General del Notariado). A buyer choosing between the centre and Los Álamos trades the town-centre commercial density for the beachfront and the airport-rail premium. For the Centro comparison in detail, see the Torremolinos Centro property prices guide. Across the municipal boundary, the Benalmadena Centro property prices guide covers the neighbouring coast to the west.

Why are registered notarial prices lower than asking prices?

Registered notarial prices are lower than asking prices because they record every signed transaction across the full mix of resales and transfers, rather than the prime, newly listed stock that sets the headlines. Asking prices on property portals for Los Álamos sit above the registered average (asking, not closing), a gap typical of Costa del Sol beachfront zones where the listing stock skews toward renovated sea-view apartments and beachfront units, while the transaction mix captures the full range of older residential stock that needs updating.

For broader market context, the Tinsa IMIE Local Markets report for Q2 2026 recorded 15.2 per cent annual growth in Spanish completed housing values, the highest year-on-year rate since the third quarter of 2006, with a quarterly advance of 3.7 per cent (Tinsa, IMIE, Q2 2026). The INE Housing Price Index reported a 12.9 per cent annual rate nationally for Q1 2026, with new homes up 9.1 per cent and second-hand homes up 13.5 per cent (INE, HPI, Q1 2026). The two indices measure different things: the notarial figure is a closing price for this specific zone, while the Tinsa and INE figures track broader market trends at the national level. Los Álamos’s registered average sits at the top of the Torremolinos beachfront price pattern. For the broader regional transaction and price trend, see the Costa del Sol quarterly market tracker.

How should a buyer read Los Álamos’s numbers?

Start from the registered notarial figure as your floor of reality: it is what comparable homes actually closed at. Treat asking prices as the seller’s opening position and adjust for the specific property’s distance to the beach, view, floor level, condition and refurbishment state. A buyer evaluating a renovated apartment with a sea view on the promenade should expect to pay above the 4,773 EUR/m2 registered apartment average, which captures the full stock mix including older units set back from the sand. A buyer looking at a detached house inland should weigh the resale villa figure of 3,595 EUR/m2 as a benchmark, while recognising that beach-proximate properties will command a premium over that average.

The n/a for new-build villas is itself a signal. In a district where the beachfront is fully developed, new-build villa transactions are too rare to report. That tells a buyer that Los Álamos is a resale market, not a development pipeline, which has implications for specification levels: most stock is existing and may require refurbishment to reach current standards. For the full acquisition-cost breakdown, see the cost of buying guide. For rental yield context across the Costa del Sol, the Marbella rental yields guide covers the buy-to-let landscape.

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change and individual circumstances differ. Verify current requirements with an independent lawyer (abogado) or tax advisor (gestor/asesor fiscal) before acting.