Dúrcal: casas

Pedimos la casa un par de noches (1 noviembre al 3 noviembre), para ser una fecha en la que mucha gente suele alquilar casas rurales por la zona, debido a la popularidad de Soportujar en esos días, el precio estaba muy bien. Los dueños fueron muy atentos y educados, en la casa no faltaba de nada y el día de la salida les pedimos si era posible salir algo más tarde ya que estabamos cansados de una ruta que hic hicimos el día anterior y no hubo problema alguno. Sin duda repetiría con ellos

Realy nice time a lovely place and relaxing

Genial, todo estuvo muy bien voy a repetir,

The house is outside Granada, but very close to Granada and easy to get to. Radiant floor heating keeps the whole place warm. The host was always available and accommodating. She is a lovely person.

We stayed in Casa Barbara in August 2018 and we really enjoyed our time there. It is a nice old house, well done up with personality and an interesting design. It was our first time in the Alpujarra so that was a fantastic discovery for us too. The walls and ceilings of the house are very thick so that made it quite cool in August. It is quite comfortable for two people and it has a great covered terrace area with a lovely view where we spent most of our time. The roof terrace was also available but it is a tad hot in the summer. Great for star gazing though! The kitchen was fine, adequately equipped for basic cooking and there is a wide variety of books to choose from when you want a break from walking. The wifi signal was sufficiently good to let us access whatever we wanted on the internet but the mobile phone signal was a bit less reliable. The town Ferreirola is very pretty with friendly people , indeed the people are friendly in all the surrounding towns too. We actually coincided with the annual fiestas there which were fun and probably the only time when there is a bit of loud noise! It’s quiet but not always since you’re in a town so you can hear people in the nearby houses sometimes from the terrace. There are great walks nearby with lots of information in the house on routes etc. There are a few good restaurants in the next town 15 mins walk away and I would recommend a head lamp for the way back. The main biggish town in the area, Pitres, is about 10 minutes drive away and it has a good supermarket, bakery and the bookshop sells newspapers too. Of course we took a trip to Granada half way through our stay to visit the Alhambra by day and night. Make sure you do the night visit! I had forgotten what an amazing place it is. All in all, it was a great holiday and we would highly recommend Casa Barbara as a base to experience The magical Alpujarra from. One word of advice> Watch out for the low beams!