Genalguacil, Spain

Very small but charming duplex ideal for a single or a couple in a small village in Andalucia. The terraced house is built in the typical style of 'los pueblos blancos', the 'white villages', of the Andalucian mountains with thick stone walls and small wood-framed windows which keep the place cool in the summer. Downstairs there is a kitchen-living area which includes a fridge, two-hob cooker, microwave oven, and a high quality wood-burning stove for winter evenings. Upstairs consists of a bedroom with double bed and single daybed, and bathroom with shower. The house is simple and rustic, with alcoves in the walls for candles, wood fittings to the staircase and reed ceilings.

The setting of the house is the centre of Genalguacil, one of the many pueblos blancos in the mountains making up the Serranía de Ronda, and has been named one of the 100 'pueblos mas bonitos' - most beautiful villages - in Spain. Genalguacil is perched on a mountainside overlooking an incredible view of intersecting slopes which the setting sun illuminates every evening. It is well known for it's biennial art festival called Los Encuentros de Arte (Art Encounters) which invites artists from all over the world to spend two weeks in the village and produce site specific art which remains either in the streets or the art gallery. As a result, on most street corners and village walls one comes across a sculpture, painting or other artwork of some kind.