Set in over 3 acres of olive, orange and almond groves, Cortijo la Joya is a converted farm. We had planned to provide three self catering units in the old stables but this is on hold at the moment as there are difficulties with planning permissions here, as there are in most of Spain. However we do have a guest suite so we love having friends and family to visit!
Be sure to save this site and watch this space for more news of the self catering units which should be available soon.
The swimming pool is now heated with it’s own solar system which keeps the water temperature at a constant 30 deg. There is also a large permanent shaded area which is very necessary in the hot summer months.
During the winter months the pool is covered but retains its water which is constantly filtered and remains clean. It drops to 11 -16 degrees so is too cold for swimming but the gardens are in flower all through the winter and the sun continues to shine so it is still a beautiful spot to recline and read a book.
Posted June 22nd, 2007 in Construction
The Corral has been converted into a facility for events and wedding celebrations.
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Posted September 20th, 2006 in Construction
The Wedding of Gus and Claire took place in the Corral on 2nd September 2006. This was the motivation for building the Corral which is a wooden, twelve open sided construction able to be enclosed in the winter. It was started in June 2006 and finished the week before the wedding! It hosted 75 guests to a sit down lunch, was perfect for a display of flamenco on the stage area and later in the evening provided a great dancefloor where everyone threw away their inhibitions and kept going until 3am.
The reception, paella lunch and evening barbeque were catered by our friends and local restaurateurs Antonio and Amparo from Los Faroles who gave up running their restaurant for a week to devote their energies to our event!
Everyone agreed there has never been a wedding like it! Gus and Claire are still living happily and, we hope, for ever after!
Posted September 4th, 2006 in Events
