Facts
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Villa
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1 bedroom
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Sleeps 5
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1 bathroom
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50 m² living area
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30 m² terrace area
Services
Villa CASA GOLONDRINA is a wonderful retreat from today´s hectic world, set in a peaceful location with 15000m2 of avocado, orange, lemon ; almond and mango trees. Ideal for a perfect relaxing holiday.
It´s wonderfully positioned being 20 minutes from the palm fringed beaches and ‘hidden’ coves of Almuñécar, Salobreña and La Herradura. Beautiful Sierra Nevada is only 90 mins drive door to door, with skiing/snowboarding in the winter and excellent hiking the rest of the year.
Nearby is Marina Del Este with a variety of excellent waterside restaurants overlooking the pretty harbor.
The Costa Tropical remains Spain´s best kept secret, it is very popular with Spanish families and is delightfully unspoiled
This is an excellent base for exploring the rugged Costa Tropical.
Granada and the World Heritage Alhambra Palace are 60 mins away and nearby are the pretty, whitewashed, Moorish villages of Otívar, Lentejí and Jete with their traditional bars and restaurants.
Wine Connoisseurs - Visit the local Bodega which produces some excellent wines, one of which is featured in Neil Becket's annual tome '1001 Wines You Must Try Before You Die'. They are also stocked by the "Best Restaurant in the World" - El Bulli in Barcelona.
The Alpujarras, made famous by Chris Stewart in Driving Over Lemons are 30 mins away.
It is a perfect location for rural pursuits, beach activities or for a relaxing, get away from it all break.
From the villa watch the spectacular sunsets over the mountains. There are stunning views from every place.
Straight out of the front gates there is a huge variety of hill & mountain walks, for those wanting more gentle slopes to those looking for more challenging or longer hikes.
You may well be lucky enough to see some of the diverse wildlife including deer, mountain goats, and birds such as the colorful bee-eaters, eagles, honey buzzards and kestrels. The scent of wild thyme and rosemary will accompany you.
The waterfalls of Otívar are well worth visiting, and for the more adventurous crayoning is available. The famous 5 million years old Nerja Caves are 40 minutes away, a must see is the centre column in the Sala del Cataclismo (Cataclysm Hall) which reaches a height of 32 metres.
For the more culturally minded there is the poet Lorca’s house/museum near Granada, and the Picasso gallery/museum in Málaga.
And for history lovers the area is steeped in Moorish influences, as well as some of the darker moments of the Spanish Civil War where until the 1950s men were still hiding in the surrounding mountains.
Nearby there is boat hire, golf, riding, tennis, paraspenting, water skiing, sailing, windsurfing, diving, quad bike hire, archery, 4x4 trips, and a Kite Surfing School.
The villa has a fantastic swimming pool a DVD player and a selection of books and age related children's toys.
Babysitting/child minding available during high season.
We would like to thank all our summer guests who were, without exception, delightful.
This is a rural type holiday as the setting is peaceful and in the Andalusian hills above Almunecar. The road up to the house is a 20 minute drive on tarmaced road winding its way slowly up into the hills with spectacular do recommend that your hire car is at least 1.4 litres to cope with the road is for the biggest part concrete with some parts with sand