Alpujarras holiday cottage for 2 in mountain hamlet

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A private hideaway for couples, this is a charmingly furnished and quite romantic cottage in little Atalbeitar (see Alpujarras map), a sleepy hamlet at the end of a country road in the pretty Taha area of the high Alpujarra (at 1,100 metres).

The mountainside from here is criss-crossed by paths that lead to market gardens, acequias (irrigation channels), out-of-the-way farmhouses and other villages.

The independent, recently-built self-catering accommodation occupies an elevated position on the edge of the village, by the old church. Car parking is on the street below (quite safe: it’s extremely quiet and everyone knows each other here!), from where steps go up past the church to a garden entrance.

The house is accessed via a shaded, furnished porch terrace, from where views range over the hamlet below, to a ruined mosque on the brow of a hill, the disused Mines of the Oath, and all the way out to the southern Contraviesa mountains: the last range before the Mediterranean Sea.

The open-plan design makes full use of its 50 m², with a long wall of windows that look out to the mountain views and let the light flood in.

A nicely made kitchen area is complemented by a breakfast/dining spot by the window, and the cottage then continues to a cosily recessed sitting area, furnished in Moroccan style.

At the far end, simply curtained off, is a pretty, wooden floored bedroom decorated in mauve. Its double bed has an iron bedstead, overhead fan and mosquito netting. Balcony doors opposite open wide to fill the room with natural light, while remaining completely private and intimate.

A shower room leads off directly from the bedroom.

Outside are semi-wild gardens planted with flowering shrubs, where two recliners invite to spells in the sun.

Bread is delivered three times a week to Atalbeitar and fish once. Atalbeitar’s population is too small to maintain a permanent bar or restaurant, although in the summer months a small tavern in the square usually opens to provides cold drinks for the thirsty and an interesting new bar has just opened at a restored mill 600 metres down the path from the village!

You have very good places to eat in nearby Mecina (including a French vegetarian restaurant) and tapas bars both there and in nearby Pitres, which is the place for your shopping and most other needs, including internet. There is fairly good mobile cover at the holiday cottage.

In Pitres, there is also a garden restaurant that opens from spring to autumn, currently with a Moroccan chef. 

Walks from the village are along pathways that meander through the mountainside, crossing gullies, down through ancient chestnut trees and along the acequias, eventually linking up with other little villages such as Ferreirola or Mecina, or going high up into the wilds.

Popular excursions take you to the spectacular Poqueira Gorge just 10 minutes away, further up the Sierra Nevada mountains to the Seven Lagoons or the summit of Mulhacén; to Granada for the Alhambra; to the high Buddhist centre of O Sel Lin; or down to the Mediterranean coast for beaches. Local horseriding and pottery classes are also available.

A romantic week in La Alpujarra is a very affordable luxury at this cheery apartment-style cottage.

Facilities
5-ring vitroceramic hob & table-top electric oven; toaster; kettle; blender; small fridge; washing machine; CD/radio/MP3; open fireplace; radiator; iron & board; terrace furniture; 2 sunloungers; all linen provided.

Distribution
All on one floor: kitchen; dining area; sitting area; large double-bedded room; shower room/WC.
Exterior: furnished, shaded porch terrace; garden

Location & Distances
Up steps from parking, on the edge of Atalbeitar village (no facilities), 3 km from Pitres (shops, café-bars, bank, health centre, Friday market)

Pitres (shops, cafés, tapas bars, bank, baker's, health centre)	3 km
Mecina Fondales (3 good bar-restaurants with terraces)	3 km
Poqueira Gorge (Capileira, Bubión, Pampaneira)	10 mins
Trevélez (Spain's highest village)	25 mins
Orgiva (Low Alpujarra, most facilities)	35 mins
Granada and Alhambra	1 hr 15 mins
Beaches (Costa Tropical)	1 hr 30 mins
Granada Airport	1 hr 40 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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