Luxury farmhouse with amazing views set in a rural valley just 7 minutes to Rond

A beautifully renovated country house with swimming pool and gardens set in 5 acres of a lush and verdant valley just 10 minutes from the city of Ronda. La Alcantarilla is a 7 bedroom farmhouse that is comprised of 2 semi detached houses. Often let in its entirety to one group but for smaller groups the 3 bedroom house is made available. Casa Maia is the name for the 3 bedroom house. When Casa Maia is rented, the owners may be living next door in the 4 bedroom side of the property, but their side is never rented to holiday makers when Casa Maia is let.
The nearby village, just a ten minute walk, is known for its excellent bars and restaurants. An area prized for its landscape and popular with walkers, birdwatchers and cyclists.
La Alcantarilla was originally a walnut and apple smallholding, and its rolling land is bordered by a river, veined by a stream and encircled by a Moorish water channel.
The water emanates from a mountain spring and crosses the brook over a Moorish stone aqueduct at the far end of the vegetable garden.
The house is painted in lime white and stony hues, with natural linen curtains and green/blue accents. There is an emphasis on traditional building materials so earthenware tiles have been used on the floor and old pan tiles on the roof. Reclaimed patterned hydraulic tiles decorate the interior and exterior.
The thick stone walls ensure that the house is kept cool during the summer and maintains the warmth created during the winter from the central heating, two fireplaces and log burning stove.
There are bookshelves stacked with DVDs and interesting books, one dedicated just to Spanish themes. There are two kitchens with dining areas for 6, a dining room for 14, a sitting room , and a games room complete with an American pool table,darts, UK free view TV and sofas.
These all open onto outside courtyards and terraces where there are sofas, cushioned areas ,day beds and dining tables for 14 and for 10.
Table tennis is on the lawn below the covered dining terrace.
The walled garden has an agapanthus lined stone path around the wall´s edge, hammocks and sun beds. it also boasts views across the valley towards Ronda. It is filled with roses,sage and lavender and at its heart an an ancient fig tree underplanted with iris. There are many areas to sit and relax, whether sun or shade is preferred. There are tables and chairs under vine covered corners for reading or dining, sumptuous floor cushions under a pergola and sun beds by the fountain. Beyond the walled garden a path leads to the swimming pool garden.
Here find a lawn, sun beds, shady pergola and mini kitchen.
And just beyond the oleander hedge is the play area with swings, toddler slide climbing frame and badminton net.
From here you can wander into the old orchard filled with apple, quince, plum and pear trees.