Villa 12 people pool golf course 8km strand

De accommodatie

La Fuente [375m2] ligt in een rustige straat op San Andres Golf naast de zesde fairway van Campano Golf. Na het verlaten van je auto [er is ruimte voor vier auto's] in de oprijlaan brengt de hoofdingang van het huis je naar een binnenplaats met fontein, palmen en andere planten. Dubbele glazen deuren openen naar de luchtige hal met trap naar het dakterras.

Uit de hal is een douche badkamer, twee ensuite slaapkamers [met ligbad] aan de linkerkant en aan de rechterkant is de slaapkamer met volledige ensuite en de vierde slaapkamer toegankelijk via de bijkeuken. De vijfde slaapkamer is toegankelijk vanuit de tuin.

Recht voor u is de ruime woonkamer en eetkamer met dubbele glazen deuren naar de veranda, terras, zwembad en tuin met uitzicht op de zesde vaarweg met verre uitzicht op de heuvels door de pijnbomen. De keuken is toegankelijk vanuit de eetkamer en ook vanuit de hal.

Er is een houtkachel in de woonkamer en volledige centrale verwarming op gas, extra ventilatoren, opklapbedden, babybedjes [voor minder dan 3 jaar] en kinderstoelen indien nodig. Er is voldoende bedlinnen en handdoeken en handdoeken voor op het strand

De tuin is toegankelijk via de dubbele deuren in de eetkamer die leidt naar de veranda achter en terras. Het zwembad van 11m x 5m x 2,5m is afgeschermd van de golfbaan door een hek bedekt met jasmijn en bougainevillea; Er is een tafeltennistafel, badmintonnet en petanque-set. Er is ook een aparte speelruimte voor jonge kinderen - onder toezicht - met een verscheidenheid aan tuinspeelgoed.

De tuin bestaat voornamelijk uit gazons en bloembedden met een mooie vruchtbare citroenboom en magnolia plus andere struiken.

In de voortuin, die voornamelijk gazon is, is er ruimte in de oprit voor vier auto's; het huis wordt van de weg beschermd door een granaatappelboom, een jacaranda, oleanders en andere struiken.

De omgeving

Conil is about 15 minutes drive and chiclana [with its wonderful covered food market] is also about 15 minutes. Nearby are several championship standard golf courses, horse riding stables, go-karting, an archery centre, tennis and padel tennis courts, a kite surfing centre and marina.

The ancient city of cadiz is jut 20 minutes drive, also nearby is jerez with its sherry bodegas and famous dressage school. Seville with its soaring giralda and magnificent cathedral with nearby alcazar is an easy daytrip. All around are the hilltop towns such as arcos, medina sidonia, vejer and tarifa. Tangiers is just 35 minutes by high speed ferry from tarifa . . .

A suggestion and small selection of what is available locally . . . .

Theatres, concerts, cinema, exhibitions, local ferias and events

this area is alive with old traditions and culture and an excellent monthly guide is guiadecadiz

flamenco
during the spring, early summer and autumn you can often see flamenco – spontaneous or formal at the village ferias. Heats for the national competition also take place in cadiz old town close to the gardens. Also in the theatres such as the cortes theatre in san fernando or in chiclana or cadiz or cordoba but also in the open air on a summer weekend by the guzman tower in conil.

Situated in the heart of cadiz old town not far from the town hall is a permanent venue . . . . And this troupe are very good, very passionate with a guitarist, cantor, one male dancer and two female dancers . . . Best to book and to book a table close to the stage. It is possible to eat beforehand and the performance starts usually at 9.30.


Ferias, bullfighting and bull running
firmly entrenched in the spanish way of life . . . . . . The hills around the lajanda plain are often covered with herds of cattle and fighting bulls . . .

Chiclana has a bull ring, the bull ring at ronda dates back to roman times and at alcala de los gazules [a nearby hilltop village] there is bull running during their feria.

The local tourist offices are best to find where the nearest ferias are . . . . El colorado’s takes place in mid-june and conil’s and tarifa’s is early in september . . .

Local tourist offices

cadiz
cadizturismo

chiclana
turismochiclana

conil
turismo.Conil

restaurants – a selection . . . .

Franciscos fontanilla beach
the furthest of two with the blue tables. Need to book for lunch and supper especially if you want a table nearest the sea – right on the beach. Very good seafood.

La ola fontanilla beach
good laid back beach bar: bbq, tapas bar, live music as sun sets just beyond francisco’s

la castilleria, santa lucia
open air restaurant specialising in meats – good portions
must book one week in advance in summer.
Take the road to vejer; motorway peters out and a few hundred yards later is a filter to the left. Take this and do an immediate “u” turn. As you go back along the road no more than a couple of hundred yards you’ll see telephone cables strung across the road and immediately a small turning to santa lucia. Continue up to the church square and park. Walking to the left past the monument you’ll see steps up to the restaurant and hear some light jazz above the water rushing off the old roman viaduct . . . Select your choice cut of meat for the main course – starters and sweets also good. Need to book at peak times [mid to late afternoon and late evening] – believe office closed on fridays.

El rezon
on the way to fontanilla beach – very nice environment, excellent food. In my opinion the menu at this restaurant is one of the best in conil . . . . . Owned by the same family who own francisco’s fontanilla

el tergal
extremely spanish, extremely unrefined but brilliant seafood. Located at back of stony car park on road up from conil fishing port/fish auction yards to the roche lighthouse [brilliant views across conil to el palmar and trafalgar]. Just turn up – could be closed, could be open but usually is [in summer].

El timon
in roche, overlooking the beach. Great for morning coffee or evening drink on terrace, excellent cuisine . . . Overlooking the ocean. Very nice family - keen sailors.

On the headland to the far right of fontanilla beach [can be accessed from beach or top road leading to flamenco hotel] – good food and the mirador is a good spot for sunset.

Patria restaurant
on the way to vejer [close to la muela]

antonio’s in el colorado
good for a late meal / to avoid eating in – leg of lamb is superb; aim for outside or at the back to avoid smokers around the bar.

El jardin del califa, vejer
main entrance is in plaza espana. There is often parking in the square but if not go through the square and down the hill where there is a large car park and it is then a short walk up the hill – when you see to your left a pretty calle full of flowers this is the courtyard entrance.

Good moroccan food, music, old environment.

Sundry

conil friday morning “street” market
good for dried fruits, dates, nuts, olives, herbs, spices etc plus beach clothes, antiques/bric-a-brac, ordinary clothes, shoes etc etc] on the road to fontanilla beach not far from the mercadona.

Conil in the evening
best to approach via fontanilla [as centre pedestrianised] and turn left at the sea then right at the mini roundabout and park along the promenade and walk up to santa catalina square.

There are arts and crafts stalls and a stage beside the guzman tower [often at weekends some good flamenco and/or singers with backing groups] and if you walk up the alley way beside the old police station you come to calle hospital and a row of very good ice cream parlours which the kids will also enjoy - even at midnight there are plenty of children running around.

Food shopping
nearby el colorado has everything you might need: a couple of supermarkets [one with an in-house bakery], chemist, newsagent, traditional restaurants, a takeaway pizzeria, estancos, veterinary surgeon and a number of small shops.

Really worthwhile, however, is the mercado de abastos in chiclana [opened in march 09] for fresh meat, fresh fish [not mondays], fresh and cooked meat, cheeses, bread, tinned specialities, fruit and vegetables. Parking is in the multi-storey car park in basement [simplest to go down one level. Beforehand we always have breakfast in the square outside . .

When driving into chiclana turn left at the roundabout before the bridge and continue along a narrow road with the bandstand and river on right and take first turn left [signposted mercado de abastos]. At the end of that road on the left is the entrance to the car park.

Further afield

la tangerina, rue du sultan,tangiers
latangerina

lovely riad, very nice people [farida, her sister fouzia and farida’s husband juergen], brilliant ocean views from roof terrace in middle of medina next to the kasbah and soukh. Short journey from port. Only 40 mins by high speed ferry from tarifa [an hour or so from san andres/conil]. Best to drop off passengers at gate to port then drive along the road which winds up the hill and park anywhere there that you can find space.

Tarifa itself is vibrant with heavy north african influence but still very western compared to the real thing. The hurricane hotel [on the right going to tarifa possibly mid-way is worth a stop off for coffee on the way].

Sport

wind, board and kite surfing
a good site for local conditions, centres and equipment is

magicseaweed

kite surfing: mirador castilnovo [ far end of bateles beach, conil by estuary]

surfing: el palmar surf – carretera conil-los canos 6.5km

golf – a selection of local courses

el campano golf
set amongst san andres with plenty of water features, pines, olive trees; a testing but fair 18 hole course with practice ground, pro shop, buggies and a restaurant. Try to speak with fernando.

Novo sancti petri
golf-novosancti
now with 54 holes – 3 first class championship courses [including sea & pines [36] considered by many to be seve ballesteros’s finest masterpiece].

Benalup [30 minutes]

benalupgolf
benalup golf is situated in a unique environment with stunning views over the "la janda" valley and the "los alcornocales" natural park.
The benalup golf course is the result of the collaboration between several professionals. The course has been designed by the architect baron paul rolin, a former partner of robert trent jones.
Dehesa montenmedio golf & country club
[a-48 km 42.5 [post on roadside] just beyond vejer]
montenmedio

ringed by majestic trees, montenmedio’s 18 hole par 72 course is 5,930 meters long, covering gently rolling terrain. The unbeatable quality of its tees and greens blend in perfectly with their natural surroundings, guaranteeing excellent play

other courses in the province:
worldgolf
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Horse riding
a number of local stables – one five minutes away from san andres on the road to lomo de sancti petri, [hipica cortijo calinka]which also offers beach riding –out of season

there are several others all making the best of the pine woods, open countryside and the beaches: one close to el roqueo, another in novo sancti petri and at montenmedio

horses: dressage
about forty minutes drive away is the world famous real escuela at jerez with presentations demonstrating superb horse control and dressage

horses: national stud
also close to jerez is the yeguada cartuja which is very interesting and enjoyable especially for eventers, breeders, pony club members and everyone who has a love of horses

tennis
novo sancti petri

archery
nearby in chiclana, close to novo sancti petri is the chiclana archery club

treetop adventure playground
there is one of these centres with rope bridges, sliders, climbing nets etc in the pine forest on the right as you enter roche

gokart racing
close to el colorado

old sancti petri
old sancti petri which is the nearest point of land to sancti petri island that you can see from the terrace of el timon in roche has had many roles in the past including naval and commercial. It fell into disrepair for many years but in the last few years has seen a dramatic change in fortune and is now a bustling marina with a yacht club, thriving fishermen’s association centre including restaurant and a centre for many watersports activities including:
deep sea game fishing, windsurfing, sea kayaking sailing