Frigiliana is one of the most popular white villages in eastern Axarquía. A traipse
around the old quarter involves a remarkable meandering up and down narrow streets
with bars, restaurants and little shops selling local crafts, wine and cane honey.
As befits a typical Andalucían village, the church occupies prime position,
high and central, and a little below at the end of an arched alley, we find this property. It is a successful example of what may be done to make limited space interesting
and homely. It is cheerful and just slightly eccentric.
From the quiet street one enters past pot plants to a small sitting room with
old leather furniture, fireplace and a blue-beamed ceiling intersticed with cane.
Off here is the double bedroom and a little showeroom/WC, its decoration possibly owing
something to Barcelona's most imaginative artist, Gaudí.
Wooden stairs go up to a cheerful kitchen-and-breakfast room, painted in pastel
colours. The window lets in light, a view to the surrounding hills and an intoxicating
scent of jasmine. From here stone steps rise to a square of roof terrace with
a sweeping vista. It has traditional cane shading and a barbecue. Nearby are the
owner's house, shops, bars, restaurants - and a superb public swimming pool for
those summer days when one prefers not to drive the short distance down the sea.
