Villa in the hills of Andalucia
Review Submitted: March 22, 2009
Date of Stay: March 2009
Earlier in the year I fell in love with the description of this villa from the website and reading the few reviews. Excellent communication via email with the owner Margaret and I felt I knew this place inside and out before our visit. I have never seen a better equipped holiday home. We have just spent 12 days (chosen as flexible to fit in with flights in the low season). We had glorious non stop sunshine around 75 degrees heat, relaxing on a choice of 4 patio areas, on the same level, and we can now relate to the photographs that are on website.
In the villa there is a review diary written by previous visitors which is fun, informative and interesting to read and many have returned, which is a testimony on how many people love this villa....therefore you will be lucky if you can find availability.
It is a great base if you want to relax, drawing and painting, or hillwalker. Several trips were taken with a hillwalker who lives locally in Winter and Spring and can take you on a variety of walks both long and short to suit everybody and is very informative on local points of interest. The scenery is picturesque with houses perched on the surrounding hillsides and villages with narrow and often steep with steps paedestrian streets. The newly surfaced road from villa to the village is steep, yes it is a challenge, but even I managed it. It is hard to write a short review, come and visit the villa and read my much longer version.
This house lives up to its name La Casa de Flores, I would love to return here later in the year and see the trees at their most fruitful, and a different selection of flowers in bloom.
Owner's Response: Thank you for your lovely comments Rosemary, it was a pleasure to have you and your family in our holiday home. We do have a lot of guests returning, particularly honeymoon couples returning for future anniversaries, but with a bit of forward planning I am sure that we will always be able to welcome you back. Your weather certainly was superb, the Axarquia is one of the sunniest areas in Spain and it really does make sense to make use of the cheaper flight and car hire prices outwith the peak summer months to get yourself some sunshine at a more reasonable price. The guided walks are a new facility that we have been able to offer this year, in the main walking months from November to April, and I am delighted that you enjoyed using it.
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