My husband and one year old son spent three months in Caroline's house and it was one of the best experiences of my life. Jimena is small, but it is loaded with wonderful people and true Spanish character. Everything you need is within footsteps. We became great friends with Catie, Caroline's house manager, who lives a block away. She watched our son for us for a few hours a day while we worked. This is a place that I would recommend to any families who are looking for a "true escape" from the attachments of the western world. I kept calling it my Eden. There is a significant presence of non-Spaniards in Jimena. If you look close enough or spend enough time there you will find them all doing the same as you - escaping and recalibrating. There is a great vegetarian restaurant by the train station that I frequented (Jimena is chorizo heavy in it's choices). If you rent a car there are a load of little towns to explore. We drove about an hour away and saw cave paintings that were over 30K years old. Rhonda is a must see if you're there for long enough to allow and Gibraltar will have everything you need if your there for an extended period. There are loads of beautiful plants scattered throughout the villa that are even more beautiful in person and I enjoyed many mornings doing Yoga on the beautiful patio. The kitchen is fully equipt with everyting (including a juicer to juice all of the delicious oranges in Jimana). Though there is no dryer it is very easy to hang clothes on the balcony to dry. There is a tv that we never used because somehow watching tv in Jimena seems like such a waste. Jimena loves babies and our son was immediately swarmed with love (especially by Catie who we grew to love so dearly). I think of Jimena every day and we will definitely be back.