Andalucia villa with pool for visits to Granada, Cordoba, Sevilla

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For those planning a classic Andalucia holiday visiting Sevilla, Cordoba and Granada, the Antequera area is an ideal strategic location. Our rural choice here (see video) is La Joya (430 inhabitants) on the verge of El Torcal Natural Park.

The holiday home is located centrally in this quiet, authentic Andalusian village. It’s very untouristy, very Spanish, easy-going. Just 2 km away an associated hotel offers a number of very interesting facilities from a range of spa treatments to tennis and bicycle hire.

If you’re coming with another family or friends, the house divides neatly into upstairs and downstairs apartments, interconnected by internal and external staircases. A large rear patio has an equally large (10 m x 4 m) swimming pool with sunloungers and a shady, furnished pergola for refreshing relaxation after a day out. It also has a brick-built barbecue.

When the property is rented by six people or less, the accommodation comprises only the (more spacious) upstairs apartment. When more than six people are coming, the entire house is open and used. Although there are five bedrooms in all, we offer the property for a maximum of eight people for comfort’s sake.

The main door open to a reception lobby and thence to a large open-plan living and dining room with kitchen. There’s room for four people to dine, six people to sit and a hallway leads to two bedrooms. One is double-bedded and has an en suite bathroom (full bathtub); one is twin-bedded with shower room in the same hallway; both bedrooms have a window onto the patio.

Stairs to up to a second set of complete apartment facilities. The living room has comfy seating for five people, a 32” TV and DVD and glass-fronted fireplace. Decorative elements have been nicely chosen. An archway leads to a kitchen with seating for six people; it’s a very pleasant space and overlooks the patio. There are three bedrooms: two are twin-bedded (one with a shower room opposite the room, one with en suite shower) and one is double-bedded with en suite bathroom (full bathtub).

From the upstairs hallway, a door leads out to external steps, which go down to the patio and pool area. You can take it easy sitting under the shady pergola at one side, or enjoy long swims in the large pool. It’s quite private as neighbouring windows don’t look directly onto it.

Shops are walking distance and a restaurant just round the corner serves drinks and meals from breakfast to dinner time.

Rustical Travel has a close relationship with the local spa hotel which not only makes available to our clients a variety of bath and massage treatments, but also bicycle hire and tennis, with racquets and balls provided. The Reception can also arrange horseriding for you, in addition to being an invaluable source of local information.

The immediate area is of great interest: El Torcal Natural Park (see detailed map) is but a few minutes away, offering signposted walks through phantasmagorical rock formations! Strongly recommended.

Further afield, you can also visit the impressive El Chorro limestone gorge, famous for a death-defying (and now strictly off-limits) high altitude walkway, but more interesting for the reservoir area with its outstanding views.

Also of distinct interest is Laguna de Fuente de Piedra: Andalucia’s largest lagoon and a Natural Reserve is the breeding ground for flocks of pink flamingos.

Antequera town is only 20 mins away, where the dolmen caves (see Antequera area guide) are an ancient curiosity well worth visiting.

But it will probably be one or more of the three great jewels in the Andalusian crown that attracts you here. All are within day-trip reach. Classical Granada with the Alhambra is 1½ hrs from La Joya, orange-blossomed Cordoba and its magnificent mosque takes the same time, while quintessentially flamboyant Sevilla is a little further at 2 hrs.

For arrival, Malaga Airport is 1¼ hrs by hire car.

Facilities
Washing machine; double kitchen; normal oven and microwave; iron & board; satellite TV (Astra channels only); DVD; CD player; private swimming pool (10 m x 4 m, 1.15 – 1.8 m deep, with steps); sunloungers; large patio with barbecue, pergola and garden furniture; all linen provided.

Distribution
On two floors
Ground floor: reception lobby; living / dining room / kitchen; hallway to twin-bedded room; shower room; double-bedded room with en-suite bathroom (full bathtub). Staircase to:
First floor: living room; kitchen / diner; double-bedded room with en-suite bathroom (full bathtub); twin-bedded room with en-suite shower room; twin-bedded room; shower room.
Exterior: external staircase and rear ground floor access to rear patio; swimming pool; shaded sitting area.

Notes:
-The swimming pool is open from Easter week until mid-October, weather permitting.
- When the house is booked by six people or less, the accommodation consists of the upper, larger apartment only (the downstairs apartment remains unoccupied and closed), plus all the exterior and pool facilities.

Location and Distances
In La Joya village, 15 km from Antequera.



A short Antequera video
 

Nearest bar-restaurant	2 mins walk
Associated hotel (spa baths, tennis, bicycle hire)	2 km
El Torcal Natural Park (signposted walks)	20 mins
Antequera	20 mins
El Chorro (gorge and reservoir)	40 mins
Laguna de Fuente Piedra (flamingos)	45 mins
Malaga Airport	1 hr 15 mins
Granada	1 hr 30 mins
Cordoba	1 hr 40 mins
Sevilla	2 hrs

NOTES ON AVAILABILITY FOR THIS PROPERTY:

When the property is booked for less than 7 people, the accommodation consists of the main upstairs apartment only, in addition to the exterior patio and pool facilities.