Delightful garden apartment for two on secluded mountain estate

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The mountain world of Las Alpujarras has a sunny enclave just ten minutes beyond the Poqueira Gorge.

La Taha is as quiet and bucolic an Andalucia holiday destination as you can find, while providing local hostelries with good food and tapas.

In a very quiet estate even by local standards, surrounded by hills, olive groves and farmland, this is the largest of three independent garden apartments.

It’s just the place to sit back and soak up the mountain energy, when you’re not out walking the paths and byways that link La Taha’s seven little white villages.

As you can see from the pictures, the decoration is playfully colourful and imaginative. And yet the building has typical local elements, being structured with old chestnut beams and a slate stone floor.

You have two comfortable sofas in a living room, which is divided by a curtained archway from a double-bedded room.

There’s a good-sized kitchen and equally spacious dining area.

Two outdoor areas with a shaded porch make this a very pleasant option. It’s close to the huge swimming pool, yet screened from it by bamboo. Trees populate the land, affording more shade in the hotter months.

Both pool and gardens are shared, but they’re impressively large and shared only with two other couples.

The gardens are well-kept and fed by freshwater springs, one of which tumbles down rocks into a very large swimming pool.

Both pool and gardens are shared with the other two one-bedroom apartments. There are barbecues and sunloungers for your holiday enjoyment.

The Spanish owners, who live on site, are unintrusive and likely only to appear to offer fresh fruit juice on the house. They speak a little English if you have no Spanish and are pleased to help out with local information.

They also provide you with a complementary welcome pack, which typically includes fruit from the local trees, vegetables from the estate’s own plot, wine, canapés, cheese and olive oil.

There are two small villages within walking distance of the country estate. Each has a café-bar/restaurant with outdoor terraces where good, well-priced food is to be had.

Walking is wonderful here, with paths linking up to other villages in the Taha. It’s all very tranquil, and the climate is milder than the nearby Poqueira Gorge, where the villages of Pampaneira, Bubion and Capileira can be visited.

Pitres, the capital of the Taha area, although it musters only 600 inhabitants, has a supermarket, bakery, bank, arts centre, health clinic and simple bar-restaurants, some with WiFi. It’s just 3 km from your accommodation.

The Alpujarra location is ideal for getting away from it all in the mountains, but day trips to Granada for the Alhambra, and the Costa Tropical, are also possible.

Facilities
Vitroceramic hob; microwave; electric coffee-maker; selection of books and magazines; hairdryer; TV; radiators; fireplace; garden furniture, including sunloungers and barbecue; welcome basket; fireplace; radiator; shared use of swimming pool (14 m x 8 m; 0.30 – 2.0 m deep) and paddling pool; all bedding and towels provided (except for pool use); private parking within the estate.

Distribution (55 m²)
All on one floor: double bedroom (with an extra bed for a child); open plan living and kitchen area; bathroom (walk-in shower)/WC.
Exterior: shaded, furnished porch; semi-private garden area with sunloungers; shared gardens and pool area.

Notes:
-The swimming pool is normally open during summer months only.

All the Apartments on the garden estate:

AP15(1) sleeps 2 plus child (36 m²)
The most private of the three.

AP15(2) sleeps 2 plus child (55 m²)
The most spacious of the three.

AP15(3) sleeps 2  (50 m²)
With private garden and spa bath.

Location and Distances
In a private, countryside estate, 300 metres from Mecinilla and Mecina villages (typical Alpujarra bar-restaurants).

Mecinilla village (one country bar/restaurant with terrace)	300 metres
Mecina village (two bar/restaurants)	350 metres
Pitres (supermarket, bank, market, health centre)	3 km
Barranco de Poqueira (Capileira, Bubion, Pampaneira)	10 mins
Orgiva (most facilities)	35 mins
Granada	1 hr 15 mins
Granada Airport	1 hr 30 mins
Beaches (Costa Tropical)	1 hr 30 mins
Malaga Airport	2 hrs 25 mins
Almeria Airport	2 hrs 40 mins

Booking information for this property
Start and finish day: has some flexibility.

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