Description

A beautiful country home set in an idyllic location next to the Rio Grande River on a solid rock-outcrop giving unparalleled views of the river, and has about 100 metres of river frontage, making this a unique property as the river runs alongside the house and becomes a feature whilst sitting on the terrace. One of only 4 rivers in Andalucía which flow all year.

The property is very private although not isolated and is only minutes away from the main Coin­-Ronda road, offering easy access to all the villages, towns of the area and down to the coast.

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The property comprises ; automatic sliding gate to a driveway for 4 vehicles, over the moat, by bridge you arrive at the split level 230 square metre patio at the front of the casa with a covered pagoda entertaining dinning area, from here you have views over the courtyard and swimming area. The whole of this area is walled and gated separating it from the orchards and parking area.

On entering the casa there is a large hall with office and separate cloak room/WC. Ahead is a large lounge/dinning area with fireplace/working chimney. On the right is the professionally installed hand-painted, luxury, country-style kitchen with breakfast area with built-in-appliances which is conveniently situated to see what is happening in the courtyard area, (i.e. children).

Also on the ground floor is an additional, covered entertaining and dining area, with arched surround overlooking the river below? This is laid out in a typically Spanish way with tiled floors rattan suit allowing for a relaxed manner as you watch the river flow by.

The second floor consists of the master suit: dressing room walk in wardrobe, en suite bathroom (shower/wc/bidet/wsh basin), large bedroom with feature fireplace, patio doors out onto a large balcony, and (ideal for breakfast overlooking the river).

Plus three double bedrooms one with another en-suite bathroom and a family bathroom, all with hand painted tiles.

Third floor - Artist studio/music room/5th bedroom also on this floor is a private kitchen and a large balcony with 360 views of the mountains.

There is also a utility room and a garden shed.

The orchards are planted with oranges, avocado, plum, pear, apple, pomegranate and fig. There are also many grape vines of different type including Muscatel (Champagne).

If you want to experience a large modern yet traditional home in a perfect peaceful and natural setting, where you can watch otters and terrapins in the river below, pine martens and badgers playing in your own orange grove, viewing is not only recommended but absolutely essential

The age of the casa is not known but it has been registered with the Land Registry for the last 35 years.

The casa is situated at the beginning of the National Park of the Sierra de las Nieves (surface area 16564 Hectares).

This park is considered to be one of the most beautiful in Andalusia from a landscape point of view and the beauty of its mountains and forests is complemented by its extraordinary underground karstic complex and in whose underground spaces the GESM abyss is situated, the third deepest in the world. There is a beautiful Forest of Spanish fir with an area of 2,000 hectares. In the higher areas, we can find the typical high mountain vegetation (junipers, savin junipers and gall oaks) in the intermediate area the vegetation is representative of the Mediterranean forest (holm oaks and Aleppo pines). The fauna is also very diverse, with otters, mountain goats, roe deer and fallow deer and birds of prey such as the Bonelli´s eagle, the booted eagle, the golden eagle and the peregrine falcon.