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| CASA ANA EASTER 2010 April 3 - 10 (BL153) and April 10 - 17 (BL154) price €594 including accommodation, full vegetarian board, transfers from Orgiva to Casa Ana and guided walks |
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We’re back at the lovely Casa Ana for some Spring walking, Easter 2010
This hospitable new centre is situated in Ferreirola, a tiny, forgotten hamlet, surely one of the prettiest white villages in all of Andalucia. Walking in the countryside about is a delight, with its network of old paths, ancient irrigation systems and small scale agriculture (man and mule!). This is one of the villages of La Taha, once a thriving Moorish municipality and one of the final redoubts in the time of the last muslim king of Granada, Boabdil. During the time of the Moors it lay on the silk route that wound through the mountains from Granada to the coast, but now it lies almost forgotten, nestling on the side of the Trevelez river valley and protected by a ring of mountains.
The area now enjoys the highest level of environmental protection being within the National Park. The village is a haven of tranquillity: there are only about 40 residents and most of the streets, originally designed for mules are too narrow to admit cars. In the centre of the village is a large walled orchard with mature apple, pear, persimmon, walnut and olive trees. Jasmine and roses clamber over ancient garden walls. A sixteenth century church, a fuente (spring) for drinking water and the old village wash-house surround the plaza.
Ferreirola’s best kept secret is its water. Hidden in the woods just outside the village is a little spring which gives naturally gaseous healing water, rich in minerals and delicious to drink on hot summer days.
Casa Ana is a beautifully restored, rambling 400-year-old country house, built of stone, rammed earth and solid chestnut beams, in the Moorish mountain style of centuries past.
The accommodation is comfortable and attractive, with a variety of twin, double and single bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, a sitting/dining room with cosy wood stove, underfloor central heating throughout, a private garden, a large roof terrace which faces the rising sun and four secluded garden terraces with magnificent views of the mountains and the river valley. Casa Ana caters for groups of up to 12 people and its magnificent location makes it the perfect place for being in nature - ideal for a Bootlace Walking Holiday!
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