Villa La Torre, Luxury Villa for Rent in Benahavis, Marbella

Villa La Torre is located on an exceptionally private estate of almost 1,400 acres situated close to the traditional town of Benahavis. Villa La Torre has welcomed many famous guests over the years, including Lady Diana, Princess of Wales, British Prime Ministers, Presidents of the United States, and other prominent dignitaries.

The refined country estate comprises an extensive and historic Spanish manor farmhouse and a more recently built guest house, both centrally heated and furnished with Spanish antiques and Mallorcan fabrics. Incorporating the ruins of a Moorish tower, the house is surrounded by a beautiful and well-known terraced garden which still has the original Moorish irrigation streams and channels. The remainder of the estate consists of several hundred hectares of completely private and totally unspoilt indigenous Iberian woodland, incorporating a small organic farm and productive organic kitchen garden. The full time staff comprises: the estate manager, cook, 3 housekeepers and several gardeners, farm hands and handymen.

The main house has a principal drawing room, dining room, kitchen, two family TV/sitting rooms, Sky TV and Wi-fi, six double bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms and a further double bedroom and single room with a shared bathroom. The guest house, with its own kitchenette, has an additional three double bedrooms, each with an ensuite bathroom. The bedrooms are air conditioned.

Throughout the property the numerous shaded terraces and patios for outside dining and sun loungers for relaxing, surround the two swimming pools: the main pool, 11 metres long and heated; and the guest house pool, 12 metres and unheated.

Between the main house and the guest house, there is a spacious and very well equipped games room with billiards table, dartboard, table tennis, refrigerator, sound system and movie screen. Behind the main house there is a tennis court with a shaded viewing area, and a helicopter landing pad behind the tennis court providing easy access to the estate. The farm and the vegetable gardens provide home-grown organic meat, vegetables and fruit.

A very historic villa close to Benahavis yet located on an exceptionally private Estate.