Andalusian casita in warm semi-tropical valley with sea views in the distance

The nature and views."

This was our 2nd rustical travel holiday and it was really hard not to compare it to last years, which was outstanding (RD39) The good: the views are incredible, the sunsets beautiful and we loved sitting out at night watching shooting stars. There are villas dotted around nearby but it still feels private and peaceful. Villa is well equipped and we loved the pool, great size and very deep - a welcome relief from the heat! Great base to explore, not far from the beautiful Nerja and Frigliana. The not so good: the road to the villa is essentially an incredibly uneven, narrow dirt track with a sheer drop to one side. We never got used to it and when they say you need a car with high clearance, they mean it. We knew there was no aircon when we booked but some nights were particularly uncomfortable.The pool lights weren't working so night time swimming felt risky! The WiFi was not working for the duration of our stay, despite reporting on day 1. With a 12 year old in tow, it was not ideal, especially during the hottest part of the day when he wanted to hide from the heat and had read all his books. Also, just a heads up - the mosquitos were particularly ravenous!"

The tranquility of the location, the amazing views (particularly the sunsets and night skies). Very simple but catering to every need. The journey to get there was always well worth the views. The booking system worked well and efficiently."

Everyone was really helpful and friendly. The property was lovely, the views amazing and the perfect place to relax."

We loved every minute of it"

A lovely warm welcome from Vikki started our two week stay, So peaceful and quiet. Exactly what we both needed after a couple of very strange years. The property has a good feel about it. The views are quite stunning. Almost 360 degrees of majestic gorgeous-ness. Swimming in the sparkly pool felt like swimming in silk. Divine. We completed a few walks into Competa and Sayalonga, all very good, but even better to return 'home' to AX34. Thank you Rustical Travel."

I couldn't fault the property, it was lovely, with amazingly views all around and still very private. The villa has everything you need, plus the welcome basket was a very nice extra touch. My only criticism, is that the access is very poor, with a very steep dirty track with lots of pot holes and not particularly safe driving it at night, an SUV or 4x4 is really needed."

I rented the finca to do 2 photoshoots: this place was excellent for this! Garden, pool, terrace, flowers, grapes and free view over the valley (as background! Privacy as well. And, of course the good weather: but with that it's depending on the season...."

Excellent villa in a very secluded location."

Loved the amazing setting with beautiful views and fantastic pool. House was also nicely decorated. Glad to be forewarned of the road to get there but once we’d done this once it wasn’t a problem and wouldn’t put us off returning. Only improvement I’d like would be aircon otherwise perfect."

The villla was lovely and it couldn’t have been in a more gorgeous location. It was lovely and clean and the gentleman looking after it was so friendly and helpful. I would thoroughly recommend it - we had a fabulous time."

The property itself was lovely and the views were absolutely spectacular. I have only one caveat I never quite got used to the 'road' into the villa which I always found a bit daunting. Other than that, it was a perfect week!"

Many thanks to Kevin Janet for being accommodating letting us get into the villa early as we had set off much earlier than planned from our previous stop to beat the worst of the Spanish heat wave. Also thanks to Kevin for putting me and some of the luggage off the bike into his car so that my partner could negotiate the track solo for the first time. It’s a bit daunting to start with but we coped fine with it on a daily basis. This is a beautiful property in a beautiful location. It is very well equipped and clearly a well loved family holiday home. One criticism would be that it could do with air con or failing that some insect screens on the front windows so that these can also be thrown open to let the air circulate better. Other than that fabulous."