Calpe holiday villa rental, La Empedrola with walking, beach/lake nearby, log fire, balcony/terrace, air con, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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Peaceful retreat in the sun! (villa)

Home description

"Colina del Lado" is a detached 2 bedroom villa set in pretty gardens with stunning views to the Sierra Bernia mountain range. Just a few minutes drive from Calpe with it's blue flag beaches and great range of restaurants, bars and shops. You are also in easy reach of Moraira, Altea and Benidorm.

Built in a traditional style with whitewashed walls, arched wooden windows and exposed beams, the villa has everything you will need for your stay with bright, pleasantly styled rooms and contemporary, neutral furnishings. Outside, terracing surrounds the private kidney shaped pool, which is south east facing. There are sun beds and plenty of shady spots to chill out in or to snooze peacefully out of the mid summer sun. There is a built in BBQ with it's own chimney next to a shady Gazebo set with a table and chairs for alfresco poolside dining. Our poolside, airy ,open summer room is comfortably furnished and is the ideal spot from which to gaze at the views or watch the kids in the pool.

Subtle garden lighting makes the terrace and pool area a pleasure to enjoy during the warm evenings.
T
he house is highly recommended as a comfortable escape for a family summer holiday or for longer off peak stays on the Costa Blanca.

Your own south facing pool	Bougainvillea over the gazebo on the furnished terrace
Views across the garden to the Sierras

To see more photos please visit http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/4186

The Costa Blanca / Valencia / Alicante Province region

Calpe is on the south east coast of Spain, 70 kilometres north of the principle city and main airport of Alicante. The local area offers a stunning coastline as well as verdant valleys and towering mountain ranges. The Jalon valley, just 20 minutes drive from Calpe, is renowned for it's wines and there is a wealth of traditional villages and towns to explore inland. The wonderful regional capital city of Valencia, home to the 2007 Americas Cup, is just 90 minutes drive away. Full of character with a magnificent church, pleasant plazas, bull ring and some of the best shopping in the region. A must see there is the newly built science and arts complex with the modern Aquarium ~ now the largest in Europe.

Terra Mitica, one of Europes' largest theme parks is just 30 minutes drive away and offers an excellent day out for all the family. Also near by, Terra Natura http://www.terranatura.com a new themed animal park.

Calpe / La Empedrola area

Our villa is situated in a mature, residential area just on the outskirts of Calpe. All the homes here are built on large plots - ours is 1400 square metres- with well established trees and gardens which provide not only pleasant surroundings but also offer each home plenty of outside space and relative privacy from it's neighbours. The town itself has a wealth of shops,supermarkets, bars and restaurants to cater for every taste. Calpe old town is full of traditional character with narrow, steep streets and local houses proudly decorated with pots of tumbling, colourful geraniums and bougainvillea . Summer evenings are spent enjoying tapas in the central plaza, watching the swallows diving along the narrow streets. Calpe also has three 'blue flag' award beaches ~ ideal for children and offering a great selection of watersports in high season. Try the small cove of Les Bassettes for windsurfing, kayaking and catamaran sailing. Scuba diving and instruction, from english speaking staff, also available. In addition to the wonderful coast, visitors to this area enjoy easy access to beautiful countryside, with magnificent walking, golf and horse riding all available within a few miles of the villa. Families are well catered for with tennis at the local Tennis Club (clay courts about 5 minutes drive away with English speaking tuition) .

How to get there

~Cheap flights available to both Alicante (60 minutes drive from villa) and Valencia (90 minutes drive from villa).

Try www. easyjet.com, bmibaby.com and flymonarch.com or www.cheapflights.co.uk

~For car hire, try www.carjet.com or doyouspain.com

~For information about Calpe, visit www.calpe.es or www.comunitatvalenciana.com

Full directions to the villa will be sent on confirmation of booking.

Activities near Calpe

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The house is ideally suited to couples, families and those wanting to stay in a peaceful area but with easy access to the excellent beaches and attractions of Calpe and the Costa Blanca.

Built in 1988 in a traditional Spanish style, with pine window frames and doors, wooden beamed ceilings and attractive ironwork to many windows, the house is bright and airy.

Accommodation: The living area is open plan. The sitting room, with beamed ceiling and wood burning fire, has a colour TV that receives selected UK channels (BBC,ITV, Ch4) via a satellite service, a video, DVD and CD player. (We have a selection of CD's, DVD's, books, videos and board games but please do feel free to bring your own.)The traditional Castillian style dining table seats 6. French windows from the dining area lead to a sunroom, with lovely views ~ perfect for watching the sun set over the Sierras.

There is a well equipped American style kitchen with fitted pine cupboards, granite worktops and everything you'll need to dine in style and comfort ~ dishwasher, fridge/freezer,electric oven, gas hob,microwave, toaster, coffee machine, juicer and more!

2 pretty pine furnished bedrooms - 1 twin and 1doubles, all with fitted wardrobes. Recently refitted bathroom which has a white suite, with bath, shower over and toilet.

Further details outdoors:
The house is set in large, well established gardens. The spacious grounds are walled/fenced with a secure, gated driveway which offers ample parking space.

There are lots of places to sit and enjoy the day; A small table and chairs set beneath our old pine tree provides a great spot for drinking coffee, whilst watching the birds hop around the branches. The upper terrace is also furnished with a small table and chairs ~ the perfect place for breakfast or for watching the sunset over a cool drink. We have a small orchard with lemon, lime, orange, mandarin, nectarine and apple trees so you'll never be short of fresh lemon for your gin & tonic!

Poolside, there is a 'built in' barbeque/rotisserie with an attractively furnished gazebo for outside dining. For sunseekers, the sunny, pool terrace is furnished with comfortable sunloungers. Additionally, our summer kitchen/living room has lovely views over the pool, to the mountains and is comfortably furnished to enjoy at any time of the day or evening.

If you have access to Google Earth, our house is at Latitude 38°40'25.95"N and Longitude 0° 3'16.20"E. This wll give you a good feel for the exterior layout, position of the pool and so on.

Further details

The house was built in 1988, is very well maintained and is typically Spanish in style. We have a local management company who look after the house when we are not there and who also offer support for our visitors in case any assistance is needed.

Within the villa you will find a comprehensive file of information about the villa, local shops, bars and resaturants, and details of various leisure activities. We encourage all our guests to add their own comments (and new discoveries), giving an unbiased user guide to what to do and where to go.

Conditions

Changeover day is flexible, but please contact us to discuss. Please note that we have to insist on arrival at the villa after 3pm, and departure by 10am to allow time for cleaning and laundry change.

We do require a £200 deposit against accidental damage and breakages - fully refundable assuming no damage or breakages

'm afraid we don't accept pets nor do we accept single sex groups.
All bookings subject to our terms and conditions which are available on enquiry.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Early Spring 2009	7 Mar 09	4 Apr 09	450£ 450	0-	0-	1 Week
Spring 2009	4 Apr 09	30 May 09	475£ 475	0-	0-	1 Week
Summer 2009	30 May 09	18 Jul 09	550£ 550	0-	0-	1 Week
Peak Summer 2009	18 Jul 09	29 Aug 09	795£ 795	0-	0-	1 Week
Late Summer 2009	29 Aug 09	17 Oct 09	550£ 550	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn 2009	17 Oct 09	19 Dec 09	450£ 450	0-	0-	1 Week

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

Our summer rates are fully inclusive of air conditioning ( a must have in July and August!) , utilities, welcome food pack , all household linens (but please bring your own tea towels and towels for beach/pool) and post occupancy cleaning.

Property sleeps 4 people.

We accept payment in sterling or euros - by cheque or direct bank transfer.

Guestbook

A selection of comments from our visitors book. (Aug 2008) We all had a lovely relaxing time at your villa. The pool was excellent - very refreshing as the weather was so hot and sunny.The views were spectacular - sitting having breakfast on the higher terrace was fantastic. We will recommend it as a great place to stay in the future.
(Sept 2008) I just wanted to send you an email to say a massive thank you for letting us stay at Colina del Lado. It couldn’t have been more perfect. The villa was absolutely amazing – even more stunning than the photos, which I never thought would be possible. It was also a lovely surprise to be welcomed with a bottle of bubbly and the whole experience was spot on. Everything was catered for. Thank you once again and I’ll definitely be coming back to stay again! (Sept 2008)
The villa is one of the best we have stayed in, with that homely feel. We did not want for anything equipment wise, and it was nice to have some inflatables for the pool. Our daughter loved the outdoor areas. (July 2007) We have just returned from your lovely villa and had the best time. Rest and a peaceful environment is just what I wanted. Would it be possible for us to book the same two weeks next year? We did love it so much. The villa was everything you said and much more. (July 2006) WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME AND DIDN'T WANT TO COME HOME. THE VILLA HAD EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED AND WAS OF EXCELLENT STANDARD. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE VILLA TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND HOPE TO COME BACK OURSELVES SOON. (Aug 2006)We had a lovely time in your villa in Calpe. It is such a nice place, very relaxing. It was difficult getting the kids out of the pool and we thought it especially good that there were some bits and pieces like floats for them to use.(Aug 2006)Thank you for letting us stay at your villa, we had a lovely time relaxing in the BBQ area and enjoyed the views towards the mountains. The children enjoyed swimming in the pool and guessing what each fruit was on the various trees in the garden. You have a wonderful property and will recommend to our friends and family should they wish to visit Calpe.(2005)'We had a very peaceful week in Calpe. The villa had everything we needed, the pool area was very private and we had a good rest after Barcelona. You are very lucky to have such a wonderful property and we feel fortunate to have found the property to rent'.(2005)'Just a quick note after we got back from our holiday on Saturday, to say thanks very much -the villa is superb, so much so that we hardly ventured out at all!We've had a really good two weeks, peaceful, relaxing - everything we were looking for really. We did go into Calpe a few times but most of the time we just stayed where we where - by the pool, under the gazebo, such bliss'.3)'I just had to let you know that we had a fantastic holiday thanks to you and your wonderful villa. It had everything you could wish for."

Availability

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Contact details for home 4186 Please mention Holiday Lettings
Name:	Sue Davis
Tel:	+44 (0)1844 343225
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