Without giving away too much, whereabouts in Spain are you?
Vista hermosa!
We live in a town called Almuñécar on the Costa Tropical. We chose that area specifically because of the way the mountains come down to the sea, which means you can get a spectacular view without having to put up with the noise and traffic of a frontline beach house. We are a 600 meter walk from the water but on a quiet street with no traffic except for neighbors.
All those rocky outcrops also guarantee that we will never get the type of urban sprawl you see in places like Benidorm or Marbella.