Riverside villa, panoramic views, pool, secluded mountain location — Property 63755

Riverside villa, panoramic views, pool, secluded mountain location

5/6 Bedroom villa in its own grounds with studio and private pool. Private secluded riverside beach 20m below the house. Breath-taking panoramic views from a huge kitchen/dining-room with cosy sitting area, leading down to a traditional paella kitchen & herb garden. Large sitting room leads to a covered veranda, with alfresco dining/sitting area. Pool garden, with bougainvilleas, vines, cardoons, a swing-seat, a ´Bedouin´ tent with table, sun-loungers & Spanish tiled BBQ, is reached from the house by a romantic wooden Japanese bridge. Terraces with mature figs, plum, pear, cherry, persimmon, lemon, walnut, mimosa & nispero trees. Our bridge over an acequia (irrigating orange groves) leads through oleander & bamboo to the river Serpis. It's an adventure playground; a walker's, fisherman's, ornithologist's, botanist's, geologists & artist's paradise. Opposite, orange terraces flanked by almond trees lead up to Moorish terraces & huge limestone crags. Screened car park; 3 cars.

Location Villalonga nr Gandia Gandia < Valencia < Valencia - Costa del Azahar < Spain

Villalonga nr Gandia Gandia < Valencia < Valencia - Costa del Azahar < Spain

 marks the location of this property in Gandia

Availability for the villa in Gandia, Valencia - Costa del Azahar, Spain

Last updated on:

Friday, 29 August 2008

Changeover day:

negotiable

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All Year

Rental rates for the villa in Gandia, Valencia - Costa del Azahar, Spain

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• Private, secluded riverside beach at the house. Last minute bookings welcome. The house being all on one level, we are family friendly and it's suitable for the elderly or infirm, whilst being in an area of outstanding beauty and in an adventurous place. The disused railway trail makes for excellent walking or cycling holidays, to suit most abilities, along 13 km of unspoilt national parkland, following the river Serpis, among limestone crags and orange groves. Blossom, wild flowers, birds & butterflies in profusion. Large fish can be seen near the house. Golf 9 km. A cot & high chair are available. Laundry service is available if required. Daily/weekly maid service is available on request (negotiable). There is no extra charge for linen, towels, cot, high chair etc. We offer a baby sitting/child-minding service. The 'Hovel' Studio flat is not let separately if the house is let. Private fishing from the house. A huge 10kg mirror carp was caught near the house recently.
  
• The house is available to rent all the year round. Change over day is usually Fri/Sat (negotiable). Self-catering if you wish or use our catering service incl. breakfast, packed lunches & evening meals. Organically grown, local or homemade produce used where possible. Special diets? No problem, a specialty of the chef. Home made cakes on request. (Over 9 people in the house - Add £30 p.p.p.w). The 'Hovel' studio flat available to rent separately, only if house is not let (sleeps four, including two children). It has a wheelchair friendly wet room shower (en-suite), french doors opening onto a courtyard, with a balcony, overlooking the river gorge, its own kitchenette & garden furniture. There's a shady walnut & mimosa tree (£400-£500, depending on the season). To book Villa or 'Hovel' studio flat, a non-refundable deposit of 25% will secure your booking, followed by the balance at least eight weeks before arrival. (Discounts for early payments, 2 week bookings, or 2 people)
  
• If you would like to rent the whole house, including the studio flat, for the winter, a special rate of £1000 per month is available. Please negotiate with the owners. If you are interested only in the five bedroom house, the rate is £800 per month. If you only want the use of the studio flat (sleeps 2 adults and 2 children), the rate is £500 per month. Christmas is a magical time here with local fiestas, artisan markets and great shopping. Although we are below the snow line the Circ de la Safor is spectacular when covered with snow but it never goes below freezing where we are. I can make you a homemade Christmas cake on request. Perfect peace and inspiration await you here in El Raco del Duc. Or just come for Christmas and New Year. 'The most beautiful place we have ever been'. Comment from our visitor book - Jane and Martin, Market Rasen. 'The views from the kitchen/dining room are stupendous'- the Sutton family from Wales (Easter). For more pictures please e-mail us.
  

Accommodation and Facilities for the villa in Gandia, Valencia - Costa del Azahar, Spain

Something different - Romance and Adventure

100m above sea level & 20 minutes from blue flag (duned) beaches at Gandia & Oliva. Nestling in the 'Circ de La Safor', a breathtaking limestone Caldera, featuring 'La Finestra' (Valenciano for 'the window' - a huge hole at the top of La Safor 1013m). 'Casa de la Finestra' is approached by a lush, wooded, wildflower strewn, adventurous track. The house stands 10m above the river Serpis (teeming with trout, carp & barbel), as it tumbles out of the wooded gorge of El Raco Del Duc; great swimming. Passing close to the house, the disused-railway trail from Gandia to Alcoi, forms an eco-tourist route [warranting an entry in 'Lonely Planet Guide': Gandia]. Sixteen k. of unsurpassed scenery, waterfalls, birds, flora & fauna, following the river's course. It's a paradise for walkers & cyclists of ALL abilities, anglers, bird watchers, botanists, geologists, climbers, mountaineers (Gandia boasts famous pitches) and don't forget children! Golf course/8 k. All will find this area spellbinding.

Flora & Forna

Sitting in the comfort of the 'panorama' kitchen, count kingfishers, egrets and purple herons; daily visitors! Marvel at the antics of crag martins, swallows & bats as they admire their reflections in the windows and the pool. Watch out for hoopoes, red kites, peregrines and eagles. At night, framed in the arches of the kitchen windows, the sun sets and moon rises over El Raco Del Duc. You'll be enthralled by the chorus of frogs and cicadas and enchanted by the song of the nightingale. Pine martens, otters & wild boar are native here. Butterflies, insects, lizards and geckos will delight you. Walking along the disused railway trail, you will discover a myriad of flowers you're used to seeing cultivated in gardens, only here, they're wild, as nature intended, orchids, hyacinths, lilies, succulents, cacti, sweet peas, fennel, thyme, rosemary, cistus, lillies, bamboo & oleander. In this limestone area we are blessed with unbelievable diversity of flora, fauna & geology second to none.

History

El Raco Del Duc (see Google) means 'the retreat of the Duke', the father of Lucretia Borgia & grandfather of the Borgia Pope. The disused railway from the Ducal town of Gandia to Alcoi, one of the first British inputs locally, was built to bring coal from Newcastle, to fuel the textile industry. Only the flat wooded path remains, punctuated by five exciting tunnels, ideal for cycling and walking; ALL abilities. Anyone wanting something more intrepid only needs to wander off the green track to discover routes up the mountains to 1013 mtrs and 'La Finestra' itself. Ten minutes walk from the house is a magical place where the track meets the river Serpis. Here is 'Mare de due de la Font', a pilgrimage site where a 15 century wood cutter, discovered a small wooden casket floating upstream. Inside he found a statue of the Virgin Mary. There is a shrine here, among the crags, lagoons to fish & swim in or just sit and count the fish, birds and flowers. A tile in our kitchen depicts the scene