A beautifully designed, well-appointed holiday villa with a lovely, responsive host in Guille - both of which we would recommend without hesitation.
The villa actually has two buildings. In the main house is a decent sized kitchen and dining/living room, six bedrooms (one ensuite) and three other bathrooms aligned along a corridor. Everything is on ground level, very clean and comfortable.
The real attraction for us, as a group of 12 adults staying in May, was the outside area. There's a separate building - virtually the size of another house - with a huge summer kitchen and spacious eating areas inside and out. There's a store-cupboard and a fifth bathroom one side, on the other is a built in barbecue and another food preparation area.
This building faces south with amazing180 degree views over the surrounding hills. A thoughtful piece of design is that, even if you're sitting at the outside table with your back to the hills, you can still see them reflected in the large plate glass windows of the kitchen! For us, this shaded outside table became a constantly changing meeting place with sometimes just one or two people chatting there but, in the evenings, everyone sitting together. Perfect.
Both kitchens have large fridge freezers and the summer kitchen also has a huge cool cabinet for drinks as well as a built-in ice bucket in the kitchen island.
There are plenty of pots and pans - large ones that will cater for 12+ people, plus sufficient crockery and cutlery that you can have a full load in the dishwasher and still have enough to serve a meal.
Guille has thoughtfully created a proper play area for little ones (swing, see-saw etc) and a table-tennis table. There are large TVs in the living room and the summer kitchen.
Meanwhile, the medium-sized pool is surrounded by astroturf, sunbeds and parasols.
Everything feels really spacious with lots of attention to detail to make guests feel welcome and 'at home'.
The little town of Riogordo, with bars, small supermarkets, bread shops and butchers, is only a few minutes drive away but you can also walk there, via virtually unused back roads, in around 15 minutes (it's a steep walk so it takes longer coming back!!). There are other walks along the river and in the surrounding hills.
Guille himself was very accommodating. He was also quick to respond over an issue with the hot water, driving all the way from Malaga as soon as we called.
We would love to return one day.