Highly recommended for star-gazers
Review Submitted: August 26, 2008
Date of Stay: August 2008
It depends what you want from a holiday - we wanted peace and beauty and got it! There's you and little else within 3 miles, so if you're afraid of stars, mountains, cicada sounds or compost toilets, go to Marbella. The cortijo is small (you'll bump your head a few times) and lovingly restored - the photos don't lie. Gig and Ri are often around, living in the attached bigger section of the building and are wondrous people, full of fun and love for the place. This location demands a car for getting to the cortijo and for shops and beaches, and there's a fresh water spring a mile away for all the drinking water you can handle (with friendly bees to make you feel you've done something brave) . At night the whole sky is above you, and during the day the swimming is provided in an irrigation pool filled with spring water and regularly visited by (friendly) dragonflies and swallows (you're swimming in their drink). Solar panels provide the hot water so if you're into green living, this is your place. Orgiva is the nearest town with supermarkets,shops, internet cafes and restaurants (about 8 miles) , and you can cook basic meals in the cortijo (and they taste great outdoors) . Take a few books and musical instruments and you'll have a wonderful time. We'll be back !
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