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The house is less than one hour’s drive north of Malaga airport and the beaches of the Costa del Sol. Granada is easily reached in 1 ¼ hours, Cordoba is 1 ½ hours away and Sevilla about two hours drive.
The village of Pastelero with a bakery, and two bars/restaurants is within five minutes drive, and the white villages of Villanueva de la Concepcion and Almogia are 15 minutes away. Villanueva de la Concepcion has several small supermarkets, a number of Tapas bar/restaurants, a café, two fishmongers, two banks and a market on Monday. Almogia also has local shops, small supermarkets, Tapas bar/restaurants, a good pizzeria and a market on Tuesday.
Antequera, 25 minutes drive, is a historic and bustling market town (Tuesday). It is a pretty town with some fine examples of Renaissance and Baroque architecture; and probably the finest church in Andalucia – The Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen. The Alcazaba, a Moorish castle (1000AD) overlooks the town and is approached through the ‘Arco de los Gigantes’. This sixteenth century archway was built using stones from the remains of the original Roman town.
Antequera is also famous for the prehistoric dolmen caves on the northern outskirts of the town. These are graves that were built by inhabitants around 2000BC from stones, up to 7 metres long, which were transported from nearby hills and covered with mounds of earth.
Other local places of interest include El Chorro Gorge, with its incredible turquoise lakes and Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, famous for flocks of greater flamingo.
