Alhama de Aragon holiday home rental, Contamina with private pool, walking, log fire, balcony/terrace, internet access, rural retreat

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Alto Jalon (house)

Home description

Alto Jalon is a homely sort of house situated a little way from the church and main square of a peaceful. village. The house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It has beamed ceilings, wooden floors, a wood-burning stove and full central heating. The kitchen/dining area leads out to a walled garden and swimming pool. By the pool is a covered area for eating out during the long summer evenings. There is a good barbecue and, for the more ambitious, a wood-fired clay oven that does marvellous things to the taste of your food.

Not far from the village there are restaurants and bars, a golf course, tennis and fronton courts and many pleasant walks. Alto Jalon is well situated for touring the area.

Main bedroom	Sitting room
Entrance	Entrance

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The Aragon region

Aragon, once a famous kingdom, is an enormous area divided into the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza. Contamina is in the province of Zaragoza, which is the south of Aragon. This is an unspoilt and uncluttered part of Spain, a place of big landscapes and dramatic contrasts. It is rugged, beautiful and full of surprises. Although off the beaten track it is easily reached from Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona and the area is ideal for touring and experiencing the authentic qualities of northern Spain. The climate is agreeable - hot and dry in the summer, bright and crisp in the winter. With no major industries for hundreds of miles the air is wonderfully clean.

Alhama de Aragon / Contamina area

Contamina is a very small, very sleepy pueblo. Indeed, everybody sleeps well in Contamina. However, one mile away is the more lively village of Alhama de Aragon, nationally famous for its delightful 'balneario' or thermal water spa where all manner of health and beauty treatments are available. Alhama also has banks, a chemist, a medical centre, a small delicatessen selling products typical of the area, a couple of restaurants and a rather surprising number of bars.

Twenty minutes drive from Alhama is the incredibly beautiful Monasterio de Piedra. Before the monastery was built a Moorish castle stood in its place. Indeed, much of the building material came from the old fort. Cistercian monks lived here for seven centuries then the place was confiscated and sold to supply some ready cash for the temporarily impoverished royal family. It is now a hotel attached to which is the most wonderful water park described by Frazer's Magazine as " one of the most extraordinary natural curiosities in Europe."

Less than half-an-hour's drive from Contamina is the busy market town of Calatayud. Here you will find supermarkets, a wide range of restaurants, a cinema, a theatre, a modern sports centre and an eighteen-hole golf course. Dominated by the ruins of a castle, the oldest fortified Moorish construction in Spain, Calatayud has an historic centre and close by are the remains of the Roman city of Bilbilis.

Within one hour's drive from Contamina are the ancient towns of Daroca, Siguenza and Medinacelli and the fine cities of Zaragoza and Soria, all of which are well worth a visit.

All the towns and villages have colourful fiestas, mosty in the months of August and September.

How to get there

Fly to Zaragoza (100km from airport) or Madrid (200km from airport). Car hire available at both.
CHEAP FLIGHTS from Ryanair available from Stansted to Zaragoza.
EASY ACCESS on the A2 motorway. No need to enter Zaragoza or Madrid.
Four hour drive from the ferry ports of Bilbao and Santander.
Village very easy to find.

Activities near Alhama de Aragon

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Wood floors in bedrooms
Beamed ceilings
Balcony

Further details outdoors:
Parking outside the door
Private garden

Further details

A grocery pack can be arranged for arrival
English speaking owner lives next door and is on hand to provide information about the area etc

Conditions

A 25% deposit is required to ensure booking

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
All year	1 Dec 09	1 Jan 11	600£ 541	120108	130117	3 Nights

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Availability

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Name:	Joanna Jameson
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