Luxury Private villa Floor Area: 378 m² (4521sq/ft) internal self-catering villa nestled in a rural aread with mountains and olive groves.
Offering Rural 'away from it all' family holiday with provision for children, close to skiing resorts, wonderful walking, mountain climbing, beaches nearby and Malaga, Marbella, Granada, Sevilla and Cordoba for sity architecture, cuisine and culture
General: air-conditioning, central heating, quality towels and English linen provided
Kitchen: Dishwasher, freezer, 2 fridges, Double range cooker, grill and gas hobs, microwave, washing machine, dryer, juicer, blender.
Living Room: Wood burning fireplace, living area seating for 8 people Dining Room: ‘Banquet’ style dining table with seating for 12 people, child's highchair,
Bathrooms: 2 bathrooms (one ensuite) plus 2 further shower rooms (one ensuite) Bathroom 1 (ensuite to bedroom 1) - Toilet, Double bath with hand shower attachment, walk-in shower, his and hers washbasin, bidet and hand-painted Andalusia tiles throughout. Bathroom 2 (en suite to bedroom 2) - Toilet, Shower, handpainted washbasin and traditional tiles from Andalusia. Family Bathroom 3 - Toilet, small 1.2m bath with hand shower. Downstairs cloakroom and shower room 4 - Toilet, walk-in shower, pretty dressing unit with integrated hand-painted basin This shower room serves the bedroom 5 situated downstairs Bathroom notes: All bathrooms have been finished with colourful and traditional Spanish tiles and high-quality fittings.
5 bedrooms sleeping a maximum of 12 people: Bedroom 1 - 1 Double 4 Poster Bed, full en suite and French windows onto private southerly terrace Bedroom 2 - 1 Double Iron Bed, en suite shower room and small panelled door to westerly terrace idea to watch sunsets over the olive groves Bedroom 3 - 2 Single Beds Bedroom 4 - 1 double futon which sleeps 1 teenager or 2 smaller children. There is a further sleeping area on a mezzanine level access via a steep wooden staircase. The restricted height mezzanine sleeping area has 2 single beds but we don’t consider it is suitable for children under 6 yrs old due to the steepish stairs. The mezzanine level also gets hot during July and August as it is at the top of the house with heat rising. The A/C just does not seem to cool it down very effectively. Bedroom 5 – Situated downstairs with 1 Double Bed and double aspect views Bedroom notes: All bedrooms have independent AC/heating units, double glazing, built-in mosquito nets and blackout blinds to the windows. Travel cot available on request.
Entertainment: Amplifier with 6 speakers and 3.5m jack connection for playing music via mobile devices, DVD player, satellite dish with UK channels, Terrestrial Spanish TV channels. Wifi is 10bmps via wireless link. A wide selection of English DVDs all the family.
Outdoor space: 2 first floor terraces accessed from the upstairs bedrooms, 3 further terraces downstairs providing shade and furniture for ‘al-fresco’ dining. BBQ area, underground garage for 2 cars with remote control gates, lawn, garden area with flower, cactus and local plants, extensive terracing around the pool, 2 large Parasols, 8 pool sunbeds, large outside table with 8 chairs on the westerly terrace, rear ‘Sevilla’ style terrace with seating and table for 6 and front terrace with table and seating for 4. Separate wild fruit garden (to the right in the picture) which you can pick from and a disused garage. Ping Pong table and bats.
Swimming pool: Private 9m mosaic pool with a depth of 1.2 – 2m and 2 steps
Suitability: Children welcome, pets not allowed, wheelchair accessible via flat rear entrance (please contact owners to discuss)
Further notes: The house is serviced with electric AC or /heating units and there is a wood-burning fireplace in the sitting room which makes the house ideal for winter months. There is free view satellite TV, DVD, CD/cassette player as well as a 7ft pool table. Lots of books, CD's, games and DVDs to keep everyone entertained. A high chair, booster chair, stair gate and travel cot are all available on request. Children are very welcome. The house enjoys 4 large terraces, 2 on the ground and 2 off the bedrooms.
Address: Cortijo Los Peleaz, 29312 Villanueva del Rosario, Spain
Size: 5 Bedrooms, 5 Bathrooms
Climate
The climate in this inland part of Andalusia is different to the coastal area in Costa del Sol which tend to be very humid in summer but warmer during winter months. Villanueva del Rosario has an inland climate similar to Sevilla, Madrid, Granada or Cordoba and the temperature is completely dry due to the mountain range which disconnects it from the coastal climate of Malaga and the Costa del Sol. During the winter and summer months, it is not uncommon for the temperature to fluctuate up to 20C during a typical 24hr cycle.
Summer months can peak with temperatures of 40C in late July and first weeks of August with occasional hot winds and sand storms from North African Sahara desert. Rainfall is practically unheard of. Whilst it is very hot during the day the temperature drops quite considerably at night which enables our guests to sleep with windows open and the built-in mosquito nets left down. If it is still too hot then simply close the windows and doors and switch on the individual a/c units at your desired temperature. During mid-afternoon the locals tend to stay out of the sun and take a siesta inside. A nice touch is an underground garage with remote gates which keeps your cars from getting hot. Autumn, October – November months are very pleasant as the daytime temperature will climb to 20C, rainfall is low with high sunshine hours but it will get chilly during the night, so a jumper is advisable. Winter, November – March. During these months Villanueva del Rosario gets plenty of sunshine and the sun warms you up as the day progresses. You can often get away with a tee-shirt after mid-day but nights do tends to drop below 0C and you get frosts and snow on the top of Sierras de Malaga in front of the village. The Sierra Nevada are around 1-hour drive from Villanueva del Rosario and as Europe’s most southerly ski resort offer skiing between December to April Spring time comes from late March until May and is probably one of the nicest times of the year to enjoy walks and visits to Andalusia’s cities like Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada and Malaga which are within easy driving distance from Villanueva del Rosario.
Location
The property is located in Andalusia's golden triangle close to Malaga, Granada, Cordoba and Seville in a typical whitewashed Andalusian rural village surround by spectacular mountains and endless sweeping olive groves. The historic town of Antequera is 20 mins away and has many attractions like its Bullring, Tapas bars, weekly market, Golf course, Wolf Park and El Torcal Prehistoric National Park. Malaga airport, shops and beaches are 20 mins away. Granada airport is 35 minutes drive and the city makes a great day trip to visit the famous Alhambra palace and cathedral. The stunning Sierra Nevada skiing resort is 1-hour drive from Rosario and also offers camping or walking in the spring-summer and autumn months. Cordoba's Mesquita, Seville and Gibraltar are easily reachable for day trips.
Local Activities: Cycling, fishing, golf, horse riding, mountain biking, mountaineering, ski, swimming, walking
History of Villanueva Del Rosario
The municipal district of Villanueva del Rosario is located on the southwest border of the Antequera depression, in the shelter of the Jobo and Camarolos sierras. These sierras (mountains) bring a spectacular panorama, as they are sierras in which the limestone has given way to numerous crests, headlands, and escarpments, which make the rocky walls predominate with the presence of karstic shapes. At the foot of these sierras there is an authentically singular spot, the Llano del Hondonero, with great possibilities for recreational exploitation, as the extraordinary attractiveness of the surrounding scenery is joined to the presence of various springs and abundant vegetation: pines, holm-oaks, gall-oaks, hawthorns and numerous types of thickets which surround and mix with croplands at the bottom of the gully, whereas near some of the springs there are black poplars, ashes, and rushes which add a very attractive touch. At the foot of the sierras, the village of Villanueva del Rosario offers views dominated by olive fields scattered with houses and farmhouses joined by various dirt tracks. One of these tracks, the one that ascends up to the Llano del Hondonero, has been improved, and generally presents a comfortable course for vehicles, right up to the plain. The town maintains all the enchantment of its ancient outline and popular architecture. White houses with one or two storeys in narrow streets and secluded squares; all very white and clean, as if it expects a visitor, and a serene atmosphere which not only invites one to take a stroll but also to stay. That is how many people from Malaga understood it years ago, and who have built their second home here, adding the traditional holiday home with its garden plot to the rural landscape. The strategic situation of Villanueva del Rosario in an obligatory passage between the mining areas of the interior of Andalusia and the coast, as well as the abundance of water and the hillocks which facilitate its defence, have favoured man’s presence in these lands since old. Long before commerce was discovered, man was here, in the palaeolithic period, neolithic, chalcolithic, and Bronze Age, which are represented by the numerous archaeological sites in the municipality, but most of the findings belong to the Roman era. Villas, presses and mills extend over what is today the district of Villanueva del Rosario. A communications route crossed the sierra by the Puerto de Los Perdigones, connecting the High Axarquía with the High Guadalhorce. After the Roman era, it seems that visigodes settled here, testified by some necropolises found. But after this period there is no knowledge of any important settlements until the first years of the 18th century, in which it seems that the village which originated the present town was founded. The initial nucleus, which was then called Puebla del Saucedo, began a progressive urban, social, and economic development after becoming independent from Archidona in 1836.
