The town of Benahavís is considered as Complejo Serrano de Interés Ambiental. It belongs to the district of Costa del Sol Occidental, and it is located in the
Serranía de Ronda, to about 160 m. of altitude.
Three rivers run in its lands -Guadaiza, Guadalmedina y Guadalmina-,that they make them fertile and productive.
Benahavís is in an area of a beautiful landscape of mountains and valleys.It has a Monument of Natural Interest called Las Angosturas.
The tourism is its main source of wealth, in spite of being a small moutain town, and proof of that they are its hotels and its golf fields. Besides the tourism, the
agriculture and the livestock supplement the economy of Benahavís.
It has a surface of surounding 145 km2. Its population is about 2.400 inhabitants. Its mean temperature is of 17º C.
It is advisable to visit: The Castle of Montemayor -X c.-, Palace of XVI century, Church of Virgen del Rosario -XVIII- and some watch towers.
For who wants a vacations in a mountain town near the beach, Benahavis is the ideal place.