"El Melión" is ideal for nature lovers, artists, stargazers, birdwatchers and walkers or those who simply love to get away from it all.

In front of the house, a track winds down to the south with old ruins, a threshing circle, goat paths and abandoned olive farms. Behind the house, more intriguing paths lead off the main track, tempting you off to visit other ruins and overgrown drives or simply gaze in awe at the mountains to the north. If you are the more adventurous type that likes to head off across open country, descending gorges and clambering up through rocky hillsides then the surrounding wildness will more than keep you busy. Valleys abound behind the house that take you deep into the sierras.

There are many large terraces to relax on and numerous outdoor dining tables as well as two barbecues. Try breakfasting on one of the lower terraces under the shade of an olive tree and looking down to the sea and the fruit valleys of the Rio Verde.

By night unrivalled views of the Milky Way, falling stars and the moon are accompanied by the hoot of the scops owl and the tinkle of wind chimes.

The house is supplied with water from our own spring but we also supply bottles of the best drinking water which comes from a fountain nearby.

Figs, almonds, olives and blackberries can be picked round about at various times of the year.