Amenities & Activities
In the house:
Looking north from Moclin
- TV and media centre with Sky box (CNN and BBC 24 etc.) and Spanish TV; DVD, video, CD and cassette tape player.
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Collection of CDs, DVDs and videos.
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Gas grill and oven in kitchen
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Refrigerator and washing machine
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Retractable washing line in courtyard
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Sufficient stand-alone heating for winter (1 gas heater, 1 oil-filled radiator, and 3 electric heaters, as well as wood-burning stove).
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Board games and variety of books
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Maps and guides
In the village:
- 2 minutes’ walk from the house is the village shop (open daily 9.30 – 2 and 5.30 – 8.30). Wide range of fresh food, grocery and home essentials.
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Bread delivery at 9.30 and 1 pm every day around the houses in the village. Van driver will sound horn.
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2 bar/restaurants serving decent tapas and meals
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Bank open every day (no ATM). Nearest ATM 5km in Puerto Lope.
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Doctor’s surgery every am, Pharmacy, every am.
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Small market Fridays
Activities:
The village from the castle
Car access:
˝ hour to Granada and the Alhambra
1 hour to the Sierra Nevada ski slopes.
1 ˝ hours to Cordoba and the Mesquita (mosque)
1 ˝ hours to the beach at Salobrena
2 hours to Seville
Public transport access:
7.30, 9.00 and 3.00pm every day to Granada from Moclin (50 mins) and reliable return journeys.
Inter-city buses from nearby village (Puerto Lope) to Cordoba (1 ˝ hours)
Regular trains from Granada to Seville (1 ˝ hours).
Outdoors:
Moderate walking on variety of well-defined footpaths and bridle paths
Beautiful views of olive groves and almond plantations
Caves & paintings nearby at Fuente Malmuerzo
Hoopoes, swallows, kingfishers down by the river
Activity holiday organisations within easy reach – eg climbing & paragliding