Mar Menor, Spain - A Place in the Sun

2025 / Mar Menor, Spain, Leah Charles-King on 5 February 2025

Mar Menor, Spain, Leah Charles-King

Teaching assistant Marie and IT manager Peter from Sussex, met 10 years ago and since then they have both shared the dream of buying a holiday home abroad. Now they feel there’s no time like the present to turn their dream into a reality and they’ve set their sights on the area around the Mar Menor. Leah Charles-King is tasked with finding them their dream property for their budget of £65,000 but will any of them hit the mark?

About the area

The best way to get to the Mar Menor in south eastern Spain is to fly into Murcia airport – which takes just over 2 and a half hours from the UK – and then it’s around half an hour’s drive. The Mar Menor, which translates as “lesser sea”, in relation to its huge neighbour the Mediterranean Sea is actually Europe’s largest salt water lagoon, separated from the Med by a 14 mile long strip of land called La Manga. The lagoon’s normally calm waters make it popular with watersports enthusiasts – and away from the sun sea and sand there are more than 20 golf courses in the surrounding area – and loads of places to enjoy a drink and a bite to eat after all that exercise!

Property 1

2 Bedroom Apartment in Los Cuarteros

As well as access to the communal pool, this apartment has its own private balcony. Inside there’s a living and dining room, a separate kitchen, the main bedroom, a slightly smaller second bedroom and a bathroom.

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Valued at £68,261 at the time of filming.

Property 2

2 Bedroom Duplex Apartment in La Herrada

This duplex apartment definitely gives some good private outside space with the partly enclosed terrace plus this massive roof terrace up top which has views over the nearby salt lakes. Inside there’s a light and airy living and dining room, a separate kitchen, the main bedroom, a second bedroom and a shower room.

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Valued at £71,304 at the time of filming.

Property 3

3 Bedroom Duplex Apartment in Formentera del Segura

This duplex apartment has access to a communal roof terrace with a pool and great views as well as a small private balcony. Inside on the upper floor of the duplex there’s a living and dining room, a separate kitchen with an adjoining utility room and a toilet; and on the lower level there’s the main bedroom which has an en suite shower room, two more bedrooms one of which is currently used for storage, and another shower room.

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Valued at £69,522 at the time of filming.

Property 4

3 Bedroom Beach Apartment in Lo Pagán

This top floor duplex apartment has a large roof terrace with an al fresco dining area. Inside on the lower floor there’s a living and dining room, a separate kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom. Upstairs there’s the main bedroom which has its own balcony and a shower room next to the roof terrace.

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Valued at £73,913 at the time of filming.

Property 5

2 Bedroom Apartment in Algorfa

As well as access to the communal pool and courtyard, this second floor apartment has its own private balcony. Inside there’s a spacious light and bright semi open plan living dining and kitchen area, two similar sized bedrooms one of which has a Juliette balcony overlooking a football pitch, and a bathroom.

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Valued at £76,517 at the time of filming.

Hot Property

3 Bedroom New Build Villa in Ciudad Quesada

This new build three bedroom three bathroom villa is full of funky and stylish design features!

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Valued at approximately £1,043,391 at the time of filming.