casita algarrobo

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The Casita offers spacious and light accommodation for two.  The bedroom, bathroom, dining room and kitchen are converted from the old cuadras (stables). The entrance hall, and living room are new. Next to the front door, off the patio, there is small store room with a washing machine, and a washing line.

From the small front patio a heavy wooden door leads to the hall. Off to the left is the dining room with a 'window' looking down into the living room. There is a solid dining table with chairs for four and a sideboard well stocked with glasses and tableware. Straight ahead at the far end of the room is the doorway to the kitchen, which has rich granite work surfaces, a four burner butane gas cooker (the gas bottle is outside on the terrace), ample cupboard space, full kitchen equipment and a fridge-freezer.

At the far end of the dining room is a small vestibule to the left with doors to the bedroom and to the bathroom. The low-beamed, spacious bedroom has twin beds with bedside cupboards, a good-sized, built in 'wardrobe' and, in an alcove, another small, built-in cupboard. A window looks out into the patio. The low-beamed, but otherwise modern bathroom has a large shower, two washbasins and mirrors and a toilet. 

Straight ahead from the front door, steps lead down into the modern living room. On the right is a massive Spanish pine bookcase with a television (free to air only), a DVD player and a small some books. Straight ahead, double doors lead to steps down to the lower north terrace and to the solid door that leads to the steps to the swimming pool. In the main part of the living room there are two sofas seating five and three coffee tables in an L shape around a built-in wood-burning stove. Shuttered and curtained windows on two sides, and the high ceiling, make this room particularly light and airy.

The long lower North Terrace runs the full length of the Casita's living room and kitchen. There are stunning views across Axarquia to the Sierra Tejeda on the horizon, and downwards over  steep slopes of olives and almonds, to the river, hundreds of metres below. There is a shaded 'alcove' with a teak table and four chairs. At the far end there is access to the steps up to the balcony of the Cuarto Rojo.

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