Property Description
This is a beautiful villa in a lovely Andalusian setting, a real home created with care and passion by its English owner. She has lived in Spain for most of her adult life and has built several properties during her time here. She knows what works and what doesn't, and this is her latest and very best labour of love.
Superbly situated on the hillside in its own two acres of grounds, a kilometre above the little hamlet of Ermita Nueva, all is peace and tranquility here. There are no near neighbours at all, just joyous countryside as far as the eye can see. Views are far and wide, across the patchwork of fields in the valley below to the mountain ranges of Jaén and Granada beyond, culminating in the dramatic, snow-capped peaks of Sierra Nevada.
There's something very soothing about looking over mile upon mile of olive groves under an azure blue sky. This is rural Spain at its very best, a part of the country where life is still lived at an appropriately slow and relaxing pace.
The villa is every bit as beautiful as the view. It's immaculately furnished, full of exquisite antiques and original works of art. Fully equipped with everything you would expect in such a desirable home, it's also spacious, warm, friendly and very comfortable. The owner lives here when it's not rented out and everything is of the highest quality.
One enters to a magnificent and very spacious kitchen / dining room with marble work surfaces - and a marble-topped dining table too. It's classy, clean and uncluttered, a superbly crafted kitchen. Fine china is immaculately displayed on an antique wooden dresser and a colourful collection of ceramic plates runs right around the room above attractively tiled walls. It's very well equipped, a kitchen where you will be happily creative.
Doors open to to a long, covered veranda with very comfortable wicker armchairs and another marble topped table for dining alfresco. It's impossible not to feel completely relaxed here, gazing over the olive groves and cornfields in the mid-distance to the magnificent sweep of mountains beyond.
This terrace is also accessed from the living room which is just sublime, a graceful and utterly charming room. Sunny and colourful, very relaxing, it is classically furnished with exquisite pieces of great elegance and comfort. The owner has been a passionate collector of fine furniture and decorative accessories all her life … it shows!
Thick walls and double glazing keep it beautifully cool in summer, warm and cosy in winter. And just to make absolutely sure, there's central heating throughout, as well as the cheering open fireplace around which the sofa and armchairs are arranged.
Both bedrooms lead off the living room. Hand carved doors open to two beautiful rooms, one with pretty twin beds, the other has a double with an intricately carved headboard which wouldn't look out of place in the Palace of Versailles! Both have TV and gorgeous en-suite bathrooms with a shower over the bath tub and fitted wardrobes.
To the side of the house a big pool terrace, equipped with sunloungers, is a wonderful, south-facing sun trap and, as elsewhere on the property, is completely private. The azure-blue waters of the swimming pool beckon you in for a refreshing dip.
On the other side is a huge garage and courtyard reached by a short driveway which leads up from the little country road that meanders gently through the hillsides above the village.
Ermita Nueva is a charming rural hamlet famous for its delicious, plump cherries as well as its olives. Still an agricultural area, the people here are friendly and the lifestyle remains unhurried. As yet, few tourists have found their way to this part of Andalucía and welcomes are warm and genuine. The village boasts a little supermarket, a bakery and a bar.
Just below the village lies the main Granada to Córdoba road, so from here it's very easy to visit either of these great cities. Granada is just 40 kilometres to the south (little more than half an hour away by car), with Córdoba some 120 kilometres to the northwest.
There are some fantastic places to visit around and about, too: Montefrío and the surrounding rural beauty of the Poniente Granadino lies to the southwest of the house, a region which leads naturally on to the Subbética de Córdoba, a lovely area of pretty villages set amongst rolling hills and small mountains, a place to enjoy a glass or two of the local Montilla sherry.
Just five kilometres away is Alcalá La Real, a Moorish fortress town dominated by its magnificent 15th Century hilltop castle. These days it's an unpretentious, authentically Spanish market town, with a handful of quite decent (and very reasonable) restaurants.
This is a beautiful and very peaceful home in a lovely part of Andalucía, a great place to come home to after a day out exploring the great historic cities and countryside joys all around.
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Property Details
All on one floor :
Kitchen / dining room
Living Room
2 bedrooms : both are double bedded (one has a 4-poster bed), both with en-suite bathrooms (shower over bath tub)
Covered terrace (furnished)
Planted entrance courtyard
Garage
Pool terrace, Gardens and Grounds
Facilities
Spanish TV, in both bedrooms
Open fireplace in the living room • Central Heating throughout • Double glazing
Electric Oven • Gas hob (4 rings) • Fridge / freezer • Dishwasher • Toaster • Juicer • Kettle • Coffee machine • Cooking utensils • Cutlery • Crockery
Washing Machine • Iron & board
All linen is provided (including pool towels) • Hairdryer
Filtered swimming pool (6.5 m x 3 m, 1.4 - 1.7 m deep)
Pool terrace • Gardens • Sunbeds • Barbecue • Outdoor dining and garden furniture • Parking
Notes
Weather permitting, the swimming pool will be open throughout the year (although, because it's not heated, the normal swimming season is from April to September, inclusive)
Prices are inclusive of central heating costs and firewood
The house is full of antique furnishings and so not suitable for young children (under 12) in our opinion
Prices are inclusive of a starter pack of essential groceries etc.
Maid service is provided weekly (inclusive in the price)
Rentals for this property normally run from Saturday to Saturday
Location
1 km above the village of Ermita Nueva (very basic facilities); 5 km from Alcalá La Real (all facilities)
Granada 30 mins; Córdoba 1¼ hrs; Málaga 1¾ hrs; Sevilla 3 hrs
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Airports
Granada 45 mins; Málaga 1¾ hrs hrs
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