Cortijo MAMANGUEÑA PISCINA Y CUEVA

El cortijo es absolutamente increíble. Situado en un espacio idílico digno de una película. El trato con el personal de la vivienda es inmejorable, pendiente en todo momento de nuestra comodidad y dandonos todo tipo de facilidades. Ha sido un gustazo y un acierto descubrir este acogedor hogar.

La maison est garnie de beaucoup de facilités. Elle est décorée avec un soin particulier et quelques jolis meubles typiques

La maison est distante d'une route passante mais que l'on entend un peu.

Environnement dépaysant et isolé quoique proche de la voie rapide. Logement restauré avec soin et bon goût.

This house is wonderful. A beautiful house, in beautiful surroundings. It was spotlessly clean, with good, clean linen. The directions from the video were excellent (although Google Maps also took us straight there too). We loved the outdoor areas and the big kitchen. The whole place did feel a little 'unfinished' though. And the area beyond the pool was dangerous. It looked dry but was actually wet sludge, and very slippery. I fell over here, on our way to watch the sunset. The way up the hill was also very wet and quite slippery underfoot. The views were worth it though! I asked for a recommendation for a local restaurant, but just got re-sent the information sheet, which had no restaurants listed. We did visit Hostel El Puente nearby for some EXCELLENT Tapas, after a quick Google search.... The views, the area, the beauty, were all amazing. But we felt it was a little on the expensive side considering. There is only 1 mirror in this house! And that was in the bathroom. So, if you were trying to get ready/ dry your hair/ do your make up, this was impossible if someone was using the bathroom. There was some construction planks/ poles lying around the pool area too.

However, with a small amount of effort, this property could go from excellent to outstanding. Towels ~ only 2 small bath towels provided for 4 people. 3 additional towels (to small to wrap round even my teenagers small waist) and 1 hand towel. No pool towels at all. And only 1 bathmat (for 2 bathrooms). Beds ~ I often wonder if owners ever actually sleep in the beds in their rental houses! The mattresses were pretty firm, but I appreciate this may be personal choice. The bed frames though were all cheap metal frames, which creaked and squeaked with every teeny tiny movement. And the head board was not attached properly, so that banged against the wall with every small turn in bed. We didn't sleep at all well.... Rubbish ~ there was no instructions what to do with rubbish. We bagged it up and left it, but we weren't sure if we were supposed to take it to the bins ourselves, or what we could recycle. Pool area ~ the pool was not particularly clean on our arrival. There was multiple leaves and bits and bobs flaoting on the top, and the bottom of the pool was grubby. Again, in other houses we've stayed at, there has been a pool hoover or similar to clean the pool on a daily basis. But nothing of the sort here. There was a net, that my husband used, but nothing for the debris on the bottom. Patio ~ the choice of surround for the pool was odd. It's surrounded by small pea shingle. Which is impossible to walk on! So, when you get out of the pool, you have to either walk across the horrible mini stones, or get your shoes wet to cross over to the smoother parts. And as for the sunbeds.... they are impossible! We are fairly fit 50 somethings, but not a chance we could get in and out of those. And no sunbeds to lie on to read, as nothing was flat. The table and chairs outside the kitchen were fine for us, but only a small table, and 4 chairs. It's lucky we didnt have more people.