Grazalema holiday house: Olvera

White Village townhouse rural location in the foothills with terrific views

Description House, 154 m²,
3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6, 2 Bathrooms, 1 Separate Toilet
Facilities rural, village, pool, terrace, TV, DVD
Rates per property (GBP)
£200 - £300/week 
Jacqui Rathore
+0044 (0)207-8209504
+0044 (0)7958-004901
Speaks: English

Photos and Description of this Grazalema holiday house 3 Bedrooms (1 small,suits older child), sofa bed lounge, 2 bathrooms, sleeps 8.

Typical Andulucian townhouse in the heart of the 'Pueblo Blanco' (white village) with outstanding terrace views of the surrounding rolling hills, neoclassical church (originally built over a mosque in the 14th century) and 12th century Castle. Situated in the old quarter it is a large and airy house with a lower patio, kitchen terrace and roof terrace. It retains much of the original Andalus tiling throughout and is furnished with a mixture of modern furniture and antique market finds. The surrounding countryside is full of olive groves, wild flowers and farmland with excellent trails for those who love walking. For those who love birdwatching the Griffon vulture can be seen on the Via Verde which is popular amongst walkers, cyclists and begins in Olvera. We have 2 bikes for your use & more can be hired at the Via Verde. A traditional Spanish house in a working Spanish village it has many bars and restaurants. It is very central and perfect for exploring between the coast and Seville.
Grazalema house rental - View from roof terrace

View from roof terrace

Grazalema house rental - Front of house

Front of house

Grazalema house rental - Lounge

Lounge

Grazalema house rental - Kitchen

Kitchen

Grazalema house rental - Dining room

Dining room

Grazalema house rental - Central entrance/reception room

Central entrance/reception room

Grazalema house rental - Bedroom

Bedroom

Grazalema house rental - Main bedroom

Main bedroom

Grazalema house rental - Lower ground patio

Lower ground patio

Grazalema house rental - Roof Terrace Church + Castle Views

Roof Terrace Church + Castle Views

Grazalema house rental - Local village Pool 10 minutes walk.

Local village Pool 10 minutes walk.

Grazalema house rental - Kitchen Terrace

Kitchen Terrace

Location: Grazalema in Spain

Nearest Airport: Seville&Jerez (prefered), Malaga (nearest) at 79 Kilometres
Nearest Ferry: Cadiz at 107 Kilometres
Nearest Train: Seville at 80 Kilometres
Nearest Motorway: Antequerra at 50 Kilometres
Nearest Beach: beach at 100.0 Kilometres
Car: necessary
Olvera is a stunning village nestling in the foothills of the surrounding Sierra on the edge of a national park. With beautiful countryside stretching as far as the eye can see you will truly believe you have at last discovered Spain. Nearby is Grazalema from where you can go walking in the hills, Zahara with its wonderful lake for swimming, Ronda with the oldest bullring in Spain, Setenil where the houses are built in to the hillside with overhanging rocks which act as the roof & many more amazing villages, caves & ruins. The surrounding area is also great for bird watchers. The house is located in the medieval part of town, amongst the winding streets of the old quarter, situated just off the main street where there is no shortage of banks, restaurants or local shops. The local village pool is walking distance & both the natural spring lake at Zahara & a camp site in the mountains 1500 metres above sea level with swimming, horse riding, climbing & archery are 20 mins drive
Grazalema map
marks the location of the property in Sierra de Grazalema

Availability for this holiday house rental in Grazalema, Spain

Updated:
Feb 5, 2009
Changeover Day: flexible
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Rental Rates for this holiday house in Grazalema, Spain

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Rental rates quoted in:
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Dates Rates
Name of Period Begins Ends Weekly Week
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Weekend
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Minimum Stay
autumn 26 September 2009 - 18 December 2009 £200 - - 1 Week
christmas 19 December 2009 - 15 January 2010 £300 - - 1 Week

Additional information about rental rates

  • Payment - a 50% deposit is required at the time of booking (non refundable). Balance is due 8 weeks before your holiday departure date. For our overseas customers we prefer payment by paypal which levies a 3.9% cross border charge to us so we will have to add that to your rental. We will deliver or post the keys to you by special delivery 2 weeks before your holiday and ask that you return them to us in the same way. Breakage Deposit - We ask that £150 deposit be paid. This will be refunded 10 working days after the end of your holiday or after we have received the keys back(if later than 10 days). We are happy for visitors to replace any items that may be broken after discussing it with us. We hope no one is offended by this.
  • Arrival and Departure - we can be flexible on change over days although you will need to let me know what time you intend to leave the house before booking as it will depend on my cleaners availability too! During high season Saturday -Saturday is preferred however we are up for discussion!
  • Basic cleaning of the house is included but we ask that you leave the property the same as you found it. We do not have a property manager but there is someone on hand should there be an emergency.

Accommodation and facilities for this holiday house rental in Grazalema, Spain

Property Type:
  • house (terraced)

Accommodation Type:
  • self-catering

Floor Area:
  • 154 m²

Location Type:
  • rural
  • village

Theme:
  • away from it all
  • historic

General:
  • towels provided
  • linen provided

Kitchen:
  • oven
  • fridge
  • washing machine
  • 2 ring stove
  • freezer
  • grill

Living Room:
  • sofabed
  • comfy seating for 5 people

Dining:
  • dining room
  • seating for 6 people

Bathrooms:
  • 2 Bathrooms, 1 Separate Toilet
  • Bathroom 1 - Bidet, Bath with Shower, Toilet, en suite
    Bathroom 2 - Shower Enclosure, Toilet, Bidet
    Bathroom 3 - Toilet
  • BR 1-is en suite and has full length shuttered windows, BR 2- small bath tub suitable for sitting in only. Water from shower is a bit slow but works! Ground floor toilet in wash room. We now have a new water pump that makes the water really really fast! Its noisy when in use and does go off intermittedly during the night. Its situated on a small roof terrace accessible only by the spare upstairs room window. We sometimes turn it off by leaning out of the window - don't worry its a very wide window sill and you won't fall out! You may decide that you don't need it and are happy with the trickle, its up to you.

Bedrooms:
  • 3 bedrooms, sleeps maximum of 6 people
  • Bedroom 1 - 1 Large Double Bed, with ensuite
    Bedroom 2 - 2 Single Bed, no window
    Bedroom 3 - 1 Large Double Bed
  • Bedroom 1- 2 bedside tables, wardrobe, chest of drawers, full length mirror, full length shuttered windows. Bedroom 2 - no windows whilst charming is more suitable for children/teens. Chest of drawers, hooks and hangers to hang clothes. Has French style double doors. Bedroom 3 -bedside table, chest of drawers and hooks & hangers to hang clothes. We have a 4th bedroom which is tiny but a fold up bed fits in there suitable for a child/teen. There are items for the terrace and spare bedding stored there but nothing too difficult for you to move if you wanted to squeeze one more in! Shelves and bedside table. Water heater is in this room on the wall. This is the room where you can access water pump should you want to turn it off. All rooms have plug in fans. In living room there's a single sofa bed. We also have a blow up single bed and double bed.
Entertainment:
  • stereo system
  • radio
  • TV
  • DVD
  • CD

Outside:
  • terrace
  • barbecue
  • 3 garden chairs
  • 6 deck chairs
  • 2 bicycles

Swimming Pools:
  • communal pool

Suitability:
  • not suitable for elderly or infirm
  • long term rentals available
  • non smoking only
  • wheelchair inaccessible
  • pets not allowed

Local Activities:
  • sailing
  • mountain biking
  • paragliding
  • swimming
  • tennis
  • walking
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • horse riding

Notes: Kitchen has old style 3 ring cooker. Oven & grill is a separate plug in. Food blender; Toaster; Picnic cold boxes & equipment; Trolleys for food shopping; Electric heaters & radiators; Terrace cushions, deck chairs, sun loungers-all stored inside design terrace as you wish. DVD- films; Fans; Lower ground patio, kitchen terrace, top floor sun terrace. Smokers welcome if they smoke outside. Local pool is a short walk from the house with baby pool, restaurant, surrounded by grass & umbrellas.Natural spring lake 20 mins drive. Although 'away from it all’ this is a working Spanish village & has all of the noise that life brings with it! This is an old property & has all the quirky charm that an old property brings. It has all modern conveniences but with a Spanish twist! It's very much our 2nd home & everything we use is there for our guests too. Our clothes etc will be stored out of your way. It's a very spacious house with a large central lobby that even at full capacity is still spacious

Further details for this holiday house rental in Grazalema, Spain

Olvera: The people are very friendly and welcoming, the ladies on our street are great and always up for a chat should you want to practise your Spanish.There is everything that you could possibly need in Olvera i.e banks, supermarkets etc. and there is a market every Saturday.This is the real Spain where Siesta is strictly observed between 2-5pm.Lunch is from 2pm, dinner- most restaurants start filling up around 9pm but you can order much later if you like. Some bars don't start to get busy until midnight. It is cheap to eat out in Olvera, much cheaper than the coast or more tourist towns like Ronda. Its a very traditional Spanish house, the plumbing's a bit crazy and we have installed a special pump to update the water from a trickle to a waterfall! It makes a whirring noise that can be heard upstairs and goes off in the middle of the night once in a while.Electric still on low voltage so if overloaded flicks off, remedied by simply flicking switch back on at the junction box. Safe and easy

Surrounding Area & Day Trips: Olvera is very well placed to explore Seville, Cadiz, Jerez - about an hours drive. We fly in to Seville or Jerez (Ryanair) and often spend the day or a night there. Cadiz is the best bet for a day trip to the beach, although Estepona looks closest on the map it's actually quicker to get to Cadiz (1 hr 15 mins). Ronda, Arcos are both very close. The village pool is lovely, surrounded by lush grass its only 10 mins from the house. Lunch is served in the attached restaurant. It also has a smaller kiddies pool. About 20 mins drive away there is a camp site in the hills which is amazing, it has 2 pools (one for the little ones), 2 restaurants (one more formal), horse riding, archery and climbing. it's fantastic to lie in the pool whilst looking at the mountainside. Again 20 mins drive away is the natural lake at Zahara where you can go swimming and horse riding;surrounded by grass,trees,picnic points, sand pit and restaurant. There are also barbeque points.

General Info: Go to nearby Zahara where in the tourist office you can arrange horse riding, mountain biking and other activities. Ask there re visiting the Gargante Verde - a spectacular gorge where numbers are limited to 30/day to avoid disturbing nesting griffon vultures (for experienced walkers only). Ronda La Vieja - situated on a lofty ridgewith magnificient views over the surrounding areas, in the Roman times it was an important settlement, the most striking evidence of which is a semi circular theatre believed to have been constructed 1900 years ago. Ronda - balloon flights Via Verde/ Greenway(old railway lines) - connects villages of Puerto Serrano, Montellano, Coripe, El Coronil, Olvera & Pruna. Its 36km long and great for cyclists, hikers and horse riders (we have 2 bikes although more can be hired in Olvera). There are restaurants and lodgings at Olvera, Coripe and Puerto Serrano in the old stations.

Other Activities: motor racing,birdwatching, hangliding

Reviews for this holiday house rental in Grazalema, Spain

Rating
5 out of 5

Comments from Owner Guestbook

HRGuestBook67501 HR GuestBook
Review Submitted: December 6, 2007 Date of Stay: December 2007
There is a folder in the house with information about the town and surrounding area, please feel free to add any addresses of wonderful restaurants or activities you may come across!

We would appreciate any feed back positive or negative as this venture is new to us.
Enjoy!
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Rating
5 out of 5

Absolutely lovely

Cayte London, UK
Review Submitted: August 10, 2009 Date of Stay: August 2009
Just got back from a family stay (1 week) at this delighful home. We are a family of 5 with 3 children ranging from 10 to 18.This isn't just another 'holiday property' kitted out as blandly (and cheaply) as possible but is very obviously a reflection of the owner's taste - which is excellent ! Lots of quirky touches from the 50's and 70's. It's an old house with many original features. But this doesn't include the bathrooms or kitchen which are modern. The plumbing didn't inconvenience us for a nano-second. It was also spotless - everything, kitchen, bathrooms, floors, terraces, was newly cleaned. There was lots of info in the house on local places to visit, activities and restaurants.

It also isn't a holiday home in that it is located in the middle of a 'real' Spanish village and you are surrounded by village life. Everyone is very friendly. We communicated in a mixture of phrasebook Spanish and sign language which worked fine.

The only slight negative for us was that there isn't that much for teenagers to do in the village and what there is - the local pool and the riding stables - is not within walking distance in the summer heat. We organised activities as suggested in the nearby national park, which was fine, but it meant that we spent a little more time in the car than we might have hoped (we live in London and rarely go anywhere by car). This wouldn't stop us visiting again, I would just be more organised.

We visited the local swimming lake, as recommended, and again were treated to a slice of Spanish life.

All in all I would go back in a heart beat and have already been recomending the house to my friends.

I could also mention that it is possible to visit Granada (for the Alhambra) from the house. We did it by train; there isn't a station in the village but there are good connections from Antequerra, about an hour's drive away.
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Rating
1 out of 5

Not set up to cater for visitors

Pouchie Ireland
Review Submitted: July 9, 2008 Date of Stay: May 2008
Dissappointing accommodation. Drainage system poor. Very dangerous staircase, unstable. Property was not clean or well maintained.
Owner's Response: I feel that some renters may have unrealistic expectations for their holiday. Many people have stayed at the property and not complained!
The property is very old and if you've never stayed in an old village property then you wouldn't realise that over the winter months, especially if its not lived in, the house can get a bit musty (this year in particular as the road outside our house was dug up simultaneously to lots of rain so living room wall got a bit damp).I myself noticed it when I went in March but as house was closed up for a month it was still there at the end of April.It had never smelt damp like that before so i must attribute the smell to that and renter did seem to mean living room in particular.
During winter months the inside plaster blows out and little bits crumble off (but only in a few downstairs corners), there's nothing we can do about that unless we re-plaster each year! The remedy is...sweeping!
Also with old properties there's always something to maintain and I feel that the very competitive price relects that! If the house was at full capacity (6 people) that'd be £33 each!! I think thats a great price, if I charged more then I'd afford a full time property manager. In my opinion the property is well maintained!
We're almost at the top of the village and the water pressure is difficult, we have an electric pump thats drains water out of the kitchen pipes, its not poor, thats the only way to do it and it does work albeit sometimes a little slowly.
We have a cleaner who comes in and does a basic clean, as the property is so large if she were to clean every dusty corner then I'd be paying you to stay!! All the important things are done: dusting, bedding, sinks, toilets - as I say I've never had anyone complain before.
Staircase in my opinion is fine, at the top on the very wide landing its a bit wobbly but secure as its sunk in to the floor unless of course you shake it like a loony in which case it'll wobble.
Accomodation would be disappointing if you wanted an unimaginative empty box with no personal or creative touches; lots of self assembly furniture, no 180 degree views and absolutely nothing quirky. If your thing is air conditioning, lots of marble tops, spic and span, 'designer', everything built in and flush to the wall then this property isn't for you. Please don't be offended by this..............................
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