Vacation Rental Description
Carefully and patiently renovated to the highest standard, Casa Esquina is a stunning house offering boutique-style accommodation at fantastic value. Our house has many of its original features including wooden beams and terracotta tiled floors but is also modern, comfortable and stylish. For summer swimming there's a local outdoor pool with shaded/grassed area and little bar. There's another outdoor pool next to a restaurant less than 10 minutes drive away. In the gorge there are lovely swimming holes in the Rio Alhama, a short and very attractive walk from Alhama. And, of course, you can take a picnic and swim in the beautiful Lake Bermejales.
Casa Esquina has a great little supermarket 3 doors down. Five minutes away, the centre of Alhama has banks, shops, bars and restaurants. There´s a busy market with local crafts, fruit, veg, plants, flowers, clothes, etc every Friday.
Alhama de Granada, in the fertile heart of the Poniente Granadino in Southern Andalucia, is the perfect holiday destination. The town of Alhama offers history dating from Roman times through Moorish reign and up to modern days. Alhama is very attractive, traditional, bustling and precariously positioned running along the edge of an enormous limestone gorge, Los Tajos. Along the bottom of the gorge run the Rios Alhama and Merchan. Nearby, hot springs gurgle into four thermal pools next to the Rio Merchan. The town has grand, imposing Medieval architecture and lively bars surrounding attractive squares. Surrounding Alhama are soft, pastel shaded rolling hills, attractive small villages and stunning views extending to looming mountain ranges.
Alhama is perfectly situated, close enough for: an easy day or overnight trip to the splendid cities of Granada and Malaga; the sea air of the attractive seaside towns of Nerja and Almunecar; and the striking and exhilarating mountain regions of the Sierra Nevada and the Sierras Alhama, Tejeda and Almijara which offer great walking and wintersports.
Everywhere you look the view stretches as far as the eye can see and takes in gentle hills, green valleys and craggy moonscape mountain peaks. The Natural Park of the Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama offer secluded picnic areas, usually next to a river or lake, and lovely walks. For hiking, the peak of La Maroma is at 2,080m and offers year round snow in chasms at the summit and wonderful views of the area.
The attractive towns of Loja (40 mins), Montefrio (1 hour), Antequera (1 hour) and Archidona (1 hour) are all an easy, scenic drive away.
Fabulous Sevilla and Cordoba are only 2 hours away.
Bike hire, walk/hike/cycle tours available.
Facilities
Cooking Utensils
DVD
Heating
Kitchen
Open Fire
Amenity Parking
Refrigerator
Sterio
Washer
Casa Esquina has lots of books, CDs and DVDs. There is a log burner for getting cosy in winter evenings. There is a bbq on the terrace with comfortable seating and a lounger. We have Alhama wi-fi internet access so please do bring your own laptop. We have a cot, highchair and stairgates.
Activities
Adventure Sports
Biking
Playground
Fishing
Gym
Horse Riding
Mountain Biking
Night Clubs
Restaurant
Shopping
Snow Boarding
Water Sports
We can put you in touch with local people who do bike hire and have lots of information about walking/hiking/biking routes. You can go on a guided tour of the area if you wish or go out unaccompanied. We can also put you in touch with people who do adventure sports and horse-riding in the area.
The beach is only one hour away with access to water sports and rental of equipment.