A contemporary two-bedroom apartment in a gated community in Cabopino, on the eastern side of Marbella. The plan is the modern one and it works: living room, kitchen and entrance hall run together as a single open space, so the 123 m² reads larger than the number, and the glazing carries you straight out onto a covered terrace that is usable in winter as well as August. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms. Two assigned underground parking spaces come with it, plus a storeroom. That detail is worth pausing on — most two-bedroom apartments on this coast come with one space, and the second is what makes the difference when you have a second car, a guest, or you let the place out. The community is the other half of the purchase: a swimming pool, a spa and wellness area and a fully equipped gym, inside secure, well-kept grounds. If you are here part of the year, those facilities get used far more than a private pool you have to maintain the other ten months. Cabopino is one of the better-balanced spots east of Marbella — a small marina with restaurants, the protected dunes at Artola, a golf course, and the beach itself among the best on this stretch. The town centre is about fifteen minutes west and Málaga airport around twenty-five minutes east, which is the practical argument for the east side. This suits a couple, a part-year owner or a buyer who wants a low-effort property that looks after itself. Two bedrooms is two bedrooms, so a growing family should look at the townhouses instead. 123 m² built. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, open-plan living, covered terrace, two underground parking spaces and storeroom, communal pool, spa and gym, gated community.