Traditional mountain village house with large terrace in Bubion

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This fine old house, and the lower reaches of Bubion where it sits, breathe history. It was built and inhabited by Moors over 500 years ago, predating much of the rest of the whitewashed village and its 16th century church. These days, the house is offered as a traditional holiday home: quality accommodation in the most tranquil and pleasant quarter of the village.
 
Here, at the foot of the village, cars can reach but go no further. You can normally leave the car by the church with its very quiet square, 50 metres away from the house. The church and the square have an enchanting simplicity. There is a bar with chairs and tables to sit out in the calm plaza, well below the main road running through the top of Bubión.

Notwithstanding its antiquity, the house is comfortable, clean and well equipped for holiday stays. Along with many original features, you’ll find a great deal of newer handcrafts and attractive additions.
 
The ground floor is all open plan, cooking, dining and living areas forming a unified space. It opens to a private terrace with an uninterrupted view down the valley and across to the Mediterranean Sea: spectacular. There is also a very pleasant en-suite twin bedroom here and a WC with washbasin.
 
Like many a house in La Alpujarra built on the hillside, stairs go down and up to different levels. Downstairs is a double-bedded room, tasteful and cosy with whitewashed stone walls. A hallway leads to a complete bathroom tiled beautifully in Arabic style.
 
Upstairs, the large roof terrace provides an excellent opportunity for sunbathing on loungers or admiring the remarkable views of the Porqueira Gorge and Sierra Nevada mountains.
 
Bubion is a very well preserved village with excellent examples of popular traditional architecture. It enjoys a superb mountain location within the Poqueira Gorge, with views of the distant Mediterranean and up to the formidable summits of Sierra Nevada over 3,000 metres high, snow-capped for most of the year. 
  
This is an excellently tranquil location to disconnect from rushed city lives, and ideal also for those seeking active holidays, with some of the best trekking options in Europe and a unique Mediterranean mountainous landscape.

Facilities
4-ring gas hob and oven; kettle; coffee machine; fridge-freezer; washing machine; radiators; satellite TV; DVD; 2 furnished terraces with sunloungers; all linen provided

Distribution
On three floors:
Ground floor: entrance hall; spacious open-plan living dining room / kitchen (with open fireplace); doors open to shaded terrace; twin-bedded room;  WC & washbasin.
Lower floor: double-bedded room; complete bathroom (shower over bathtub / WC / bidet); storage space.
Upper floor: access to large roof terrace

Notes
-Please note that small children may find the house non-user-friendly on account of the stairs between the different floors.
-Parking is close by on the village square, or in a large (free) car park by the main road higher up the village.

Locations & Distances
On the lower edge of Bubion, in the old quarter of the mountain village.

Bubion's bars, restaurants, pharmacy, basic shopping	2 mins walk
Sierra Nevada National Park	7 km
Orgiva (most facilities)	20 mins
Beaches (Costa Tropical)	1 hr
Granada and Alhambra	1 hr 15 mins
Granada Airport	1 hr 30 mins
Malaga Airport	2 hrs 15 mins
Almeria Airport	2 hrs 30 mins

Booking information for this property
Changeover day: has some flexibility.

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