Europe’s Best True Beachfront Opportunity
Take the causeway from Ayanmonte and you’re driving from mainland Spain onto a very special island that—until we discovered it—was a secret to international real estate investors.
By Ronan McMahon
SubType RAR
Take the causeway from Ayanmonte and you’re driving from mainland Spain onto a very special island that—until we discovered it—was a secret to international real estate investors.
Pull up a map of Spain and Portugal’s southern coasts. Draw a thick line from Malaga in Spain to Lagos in Portugal. This line rolls through some of Europe’s prime resort and second-home destinations. Your line covers many dozens of golf courses and marinas, thousands of hotels and multi-million-dollar villas. But you will struggle to find true beachfront, luxury condos for less than $1 million. That’s why I’m bringing you a unique opportunity—a RETA first.
Mention “El Club” in Panama City and everyone knows what you’re talking about.
The Club is an institution. Though most folks are not members.
I’m on location at Santa Maria Golf & Country Club, which is perhaps the most exclusive address in Panama City—and the site of one of our most exciting deals. I like this deal so much I shot an impromptu video on site to show you how it stacks up…
You won’t often find me in a vegan juice bar, but when you’re thirsty in the neighborhood of Laureles, Medellín, that’s where you go. Or I guess you could hit one of the trendy cafés popping up all around this leafy neighborhood.
In your latest Notes from the Field podcast I’m speaking to you fresh from our annual RETA Gathering.
This podcast is special.
It was happening outside. In the corridor and around the coffee stations, over lunch and in whispers at the back of the Grand Ballroom.
The first gasp of the day came early. On stage was Ronan McMahon with his Portugal insider.
Last night at the rooftop bar of the Reef 28 hotel with views of the beach and the Caribbean in Playa del Carmen our Gathering IV began.
Pale blue flowers cascade down the high mustard walls of the Church of The Immaculate Conception. The locals call the church “Las Monjas.” It means “the nuns” and the 264-year-old complex is still home to a convent.