Casita de Ron & Casita Margarita

Two one bedroom stone built self catering cottages surrounded by trees a short walk from the traditional mountain village of Bayacas.

From £250 per month

Please note:

As these properties are usually for long term lets we cannot normally take one week bookings more than two-three weeks in advance.

Casita Margarita patio area

Our Spanish Casitas are traditional single storey stone dwellings with beam and cane roofs, white washed walls and shady patios. Casita de Ron faces towards the east with a narrow ’sunken’ patio with a huge vine and a separate piece of land with Avocado, Lemon and Fig trees. Casita Margarita faces largely towards the west and has a patio shaded by beautiful trees with a larger piece of land and almond, chestnut, cherry and olive trees as well as many wild plants.

The accommodation

Casita de Ron comprises a large living room with kitchen area (sink, 3 ringed cooker and fridge), sofa bed, dining area and a rustic fireplace. There is a small bathroom with shower and a double bedroom.

In Casita Margarita there is a separate kitchen diner with an entranceway through into the lounge. The bedroom has twin beds and there is a sofa bed in the lounge. The bathroom has a full sized bath with shower over.

We can provide sheets, bedding and all crockery, towels and tea towels (for holiday lets). Please bring own beach towel. There is good road access to the casitas with Orgiva only ten minutes drive away. There are also buses or it is a 25 minute walk down the tracks to Orgiva.

Both casitas are recently refurbished but we have attempted to retain much of their original charm with real beams, low doorways and original materials. They are a world apart from the bustle and concrete of the costas.

The Rio Chico is near by and a small bridge crosses to the village of Bayacas. Here there is a church and many alleys and terraces where village life continues as it probably has done for centuries.

30 minutes down the track (or 10 minutes drive) is the lively market town of Órgiva with banks, shops covered market, health food shops and many bars, restaurants and cafes.

20 minutes walk up a steep track is a bar restaurant with views for many miles. Beyond this are the mountain villages of the Alpujarras & the Sierra Nevada many connected by footpaths. All have their attractions, some are particularly scenic, flower decked and steeply terraced.

Casita Margatita lounge

Casita de Ron entrance way/ patio

A table in the Spanish sun

A little further along you can look down on to El Duque made famous by Chris Stewart in his best sellers ‘Driving over Lemons’, ‘ The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society’ and ‘A Parrot in a Pepper Tree’. In fact Las Apujarras has always attracted those writers seeking the ‘true’ Spain- this is the area made famous by Gerald Brenan, writer of ‘South from Granada’ in the 1930’s, see if you can spot the changes.

Easy driving distance includes a spectacular coast of cliffs and bays with small resorts and good beaches; Granada with historic streets, cathedral and the famous Alhambra; Lanjaron, a spa whose waters are drunk all over Europe and of course spectacular walks in the high Sierra Nevada.