cheerful and just slightly eccentric

This little holiday house is a good example of what can be done to make limited space interesting and homely … Read more below

ZX 20: 1 bedroom, sleeps 2

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Property Summary

Bedrooms : one, double bedded

Swimming Pool : N/A

Location : in the village of Frigiliana, 15 mins from Nerja on the Costa del Sol in La Axarquía region (Province of Málaga)

Price : (per week) : £370. Click here for full details

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Property Description

Frigiliana is one of the most popular white villages in the eastern Axarquía. A traipse around the old quarter involves a remarkable meandering up and down narrow streets full of 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, a fireplace and a blue-beamed ceiling intersticed with cane. Off here is the double bedroom and a little shower room/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, in season, 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 if you prefer not to drive the short distance down the sea. Although we think the beaches at Nerja may just tempt you …