3677 Cortijo/ Country House in Lecrin Valley

Beautifully renovated country house hotel sitting in a plot with flat terraces and an orchard. Potential for restaurant and large extension of buildings. There are patios, cobbled courtyards, exquisite Victorian style covered eating areas in the mature gardens, a pool and two independent apartments. The house is presided over by a magnificent Aleppo pine tree.

The property is entered through impressive iron gates which give onto a cobbled terrace with views out across the Lecrin Valley. Entering into the hotel itself, the entryway of which is also cobbled in traditional fashion, there is a spacious salon, a toilet, a large office, behind which is a bedroom and bathroom, a dining room with open fireplace, a kitchen and a painting studio.

Stairs lead to the upper floor which has five bedrooms, four doubles and one single, all of which have en-suite bathrooms. Most enjoy splendid views of the Lecrin Valley and one has a Juliet balcony.

Outside there are mature gardens with a swimming pool and at a lower level a separate large terrace planted with fruit trees. This area has its own street access.

Separate from the house is a two-story building with an apartment on each floor consisting of bedroom lounge and kitchen. The upper apartments also has a beautiful terrace. This is ideal for owners accommodation and the two could be combined into one house.

The house dated form the late 19th Century and was totally renovated in 1996. Unusually for a rural hotel this property is classed a Urban which has great implicatiopns shod a future owner wish to expand the accommodation. According to a recent architect's report the maximum built m2 permissible would be 1.953 m2 with 1.085 m2 on the ground floor and 868 m2 on the upper floor. This gives scope for an easy conversion, for example, to add a restaurant. There s scope to increase the parking area along the entry track to the hotel.

All mains services are connected.