Property for sale in Roldán

Buying a house in Roldán means buying in a village that is not a municipality of its own: Roldán belongs to Torre-Pacheco, which has the town hall and the offices for registration, taxes and licences. The village lies on the plain of the Campo de Cartagena, surrounded by orchards and greenhouses, with an eighteenth-century church, its own surgery and a market on Monday mornings. Two golf resorts lie around the village. Corvera airport is quicker to reach from Roldán than from the coast of the Mar Menor.

In the village you live among Spanish neighbours, on flat ground, with the church, the surgery and the Monday market close by. La Torre Golf Resort lies around a short golf course with plenty of sand and water, and a British school stands on the edge of the resort. Las Terrazas de la Torre lies right against the village, between Roldán and Balsicas, around a course with a large lake in the middle; that course is now called Saurines, and you come across both names in adverts. Both resorts were built by the same developer, with courses from the same design firm.

The resorts were largely built in the first decade of this century, with homes along the fairways, and more projects are being added; current projects are on the new-build page for Roldán. The village itself has village houses and flats, and beyond it farmhouses and country homes among the fields. With a resort home, ask which community runs the resort and what running costs come with it. If a house stands on farmland, an adviser can find out for you whether everything on it is licensed.

Roldán is a good choice for golfers who want to step straight onto the course, for frequent flyers who want Murcia and Cartagena both close by, and for families with children at the British school next to La Torre. If you want the sea on the doorstep, it is less of a fit: the Mar Menor beaches, at Los Alcázares, are about twenty minutes away by car. The land around is farmed intensively, and you see and notice that. Mind the water too: heavy downpours did a lot of damage in the municipality of Torre-Pacheco, so ask about the flood map for each address.

Corvera airport is about a quarter of an hour away by car. Via the A-30 you reach Murcia in half an hour, and Cartagena is quick to reach too. For the train you drive a few minutes to Balsicas station, on the Murcia-Cartagena railway. For hospital care you go to Pozo Aledo, on the San Javier side; Roldán itself has a small surgery. The British school at La Torre also offers the International Baccalaureate. Read more about the area on the page about the Costa Cálida.