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| Romantic and historic Castle/villa in the Alpujarras nr Orgiva, south from Granada, commanding views from battlements, sleeps 10 (+4 in outshouses) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain - in Andalucia near Granada in the Alpujarras between the Costa Tropical and Granada. The property sleeps 10-14. Beautiful restored Castle with large pool and all mod cons overlooking the ancient olive groves of Orgiva and looking up to the Sierra Nevada and views to the surrounding foothills; 30 mins to the sea, 90 mins to the snow; with 2 acres of gardens girdled by terraces of olive trees, almonds, oranges, figs and vines.. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Castillo Helios is a sun coloured castle, with 14 airy rooms kept cool by thick walls and the original tiled floors each of a different and strikingly beautiful design. There are six varied patios and roof terraces and a pool shaded by palm and vine, which provide a variety of delightful places to breakfast,lunch and dine, and to watch the sun rise or set, and to survey the clear night skies; to sit and be, morning or night, in the balmy perfumed air; or listen to the nightingale rhapsodise, the swifts scream, the scops owls pipe, the frogs croak. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The castle is cloaked in some mysterious history: built in 1932 as a monument to a beautiful lady, used as a luxury hotel, sanatorium, and later as military HQ and radio station; it was fortified during the Civil War: bullet-proof window shutters and trap door are extant. Three entertaining writers have described life in the surrounding Alpujarras: the classic C19th Spaniard, Pedro Ruiz de Alarcon:Journey through the Alpujarras (1870s); Gerald Brennan -(of Bloomsbury Group connections)South from Granada (1920s);Chris Stewart: Driving over Lemons (and its 2 sequels: life around Orgiva in 1990 - today). All well worth a previsit read; available in English paperback. Human night life:Orgiva boasts 10 discos. Fiestas - ie free eats and dancing available - somewhere within 20 mile range most nights in July-August. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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