The former home of American socialite Aline Griffit hand her husband, Luis Figueroa y Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, Count of Romanones., Villa Annabel was the backdrop to some of Marbella’s glitziest parties. She had a circle of high-powered friends that included Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and Wallis Simpson, many of whom she hosted at this beach-front house.

The story of this splendid beachside villa leaps off the pages of a novel, for it was originally built for the daughter of a Spanish head of state, who settled here in favour of Madrid in the 1950s, attracted by the benevolent climate and lifestyle of Marbella.

The villa, built in privileged private proximity to the beach – a feat that can no longer be copied – stands alone in offering the most stunning views and personal experience of beach, sea, skies and privacy, surrounded as it is by extensive manicured grounds.