We had a delightful week’s holiday 11-18 June 2022. Stephane, gave us accurate coordinates of the house as the location does not appear on our TomTom. head for the village of “Villafranco de Guadalhorce” (signs have “franco” painted over) the roads degenerate into dirt tracks but nothing too steep nor bumpy for an ordinary car. Look for signs for the road called Navette and that will take you to the house – nothing to worry about. One enters the property through a large black iron gate up a tree-lined drive to the house.
The agent’s son who gave us an excellent briefing on the property.There is a written guide produced by the owners is in French only. The house is set in an area of small properties each in small private individual plots behind wire and screened off by hedges and trees. All very private. We had a grand view of the other side of the valley and the hills beyond. The furnishings are plain and practical or minimalist but comfortable, we slept so well in the double bed. The Air Conditioning is very effective so one can retreat into the cool house if needs be. Be aware there is no local TV, and no DVD nor Tape/CD players supplied but of course one can easily find music using the YouTube facility on the huge satellite TV. There is a handful of board games available in French (only) such as Trivial Pursuit. The fig tree was producing a lot of delicious ripe figs whilst we were there. It was a pleasure to take a long siesta in the garden on a hot summer’s day listening to the cicadas chirping away and seeing the pipistrelles dipping and skimming across the swimming pool after sunset. The garden can be lit up at night with flood lights mounted on the house. The swimming pool is fresh clear water with the option of underwater pool lights. Be aware that the pool maintenance guy attended the pool at daybreak on Friday morning! The village, Villefranco is a ten minute walk East along a dirt track, one small supermarket, one hardware store a modern church with a bell tower (striking the hours) a school and a tapas bar. The folk are friendly in that easy going Andalucian way.
We loved our stay in spite of the heat wave we encountered and would love to stay again.
L&R W
(UK)