Natuurhuisje in Polopos

The house is a restored traditional cottage-style house, with chestnut beam ceilings and terracotta tiled floors. It is probably over 100 years old and has all the irregularities and character of a traditional-style Andalucian village house. It is furnished simply not luxuriously with pine furniture, with three rooms and a shower room downstairs, and two rooms upstairs, one of which opens onto a terrace about 12 feet square with a bamboo sunscreen, which has a panoramic view of the hills and the sea and is not overlooked. There are two bedrooms, one has a double bed and the other a single bed. It has all amenities : both electric and butane gas heaters, hot water, shower, fridge, cooker, a granite kitchen worktop and also a wood-burning stove. There is no TV or washing machine. There is limited wifi (OK 3G/4G signal in part of the house). There is wifi access in the village bar. The steps up to the first floor are quite steep. There is an atmosphere of peace and quiet. The thick walls keep the house cool on hot sunny days.

The house is in the village of Polopos in beautiful wild hilly countryside in the Alpujarra region of Andalucia, Southern Spain, South from Granada in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The village is set on 788m high hills about 6 miles from the sea (on a good winding road), and about 4 miles away as the crow flies. It is about 20 mins drive from the coast, which here is almost completely undeveloped. There are no golf courses, discos etc. As it is so high up there are spectacular sea views, (on some exceptionally clear days in winter you can see the African coast), with massive hills, deep valleys, olive and almond trees, orange trees, vines and goats. You can walk over the hills down to the sea in about one and a half hours. The whole village is painted white.