Villa in La Joya

About Belvilla

When you stay in a Belvilla home, you can rest assured of a unique holiday home in ideal surroundings at an attractive price. The portfolio of accommodations consists of more than 40,000-holiday homes in 20 European countries. Interested in a weekend getaway, a summer or winter sports holiday or simply a short break? Do you prefer the coast, the countryside or the mountains? Whatever your preference, there is a Belvilla home to meet your needs, from a cosy gîte for two to a castle big enough for the entire family, from an apartment in the heart of Rome to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, from a simple tree house to a luxury dream villa and from close to home to the other side of Europe.

A Belvilla home gives you the freedom to enjoy breakfast in your pyjamas or continue a good conversation into the morning hours without having to worry about the bar's closing time. Prepare gourmet meals with fresh local ingredients in your own kitchen and take advantage of having your own swimming pool to do as many cannonballs as you want! In other words, you can enjoy complete privacy in your home away from home.

About Belvilla

When you stay in a Belvilla home, you can rest assured of a unique holiday home in ideal surroundings at an attractive price. The portfolio of accommodations consists of more than 40,000-holiday homes in 20 European countries. Interested in a weekend getaway, a summer or winter sports holiday or simply a short break? Do you prefer the coast, the countryside or the mountains? Whatever your preference, there is a Belvilla home to meet your needs, from a cosy gîte for two to a castle big enough for the entire family, from an apartment in the heart of Rome to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, from a simple tree house to a luxury dream villa and from close to home to the other side of Europe.

A Belvilla home gives you the freedom to enjoy breakfast in your pyjamas or continue a good conversation into the morning hours without having to worry about the bar's closing time. Prepare gourmet meals with fresh local ingredients in your own kitchen and take advantage of having your own swimming pool to do as many cannonballs as you want! In other words, you can enjoy complete privacy in your home away from home.

Where it is located?

This site is located in the municipality of Antequera, La Higuera, in the south of El Torcal natural area. From the villa you can see the natural landscape `El Torcal de Antequera', which is an attraction for the area, which causes the massive arrival of many travelers excited to enjoy such a tourist enclave. The farm is located in an olive grove of approximately 11,000 m², which will make you enjoy a tranquility and unique aromas that this tree gives off.

What activities to do once installed in the villa?

- Trekking:

You can go hiking from the house. And there are numerous routes in the El Torcal Natural Park, the Escaleruela Route, the Gaitanes Desfiladero Natural Park, etc.

- Climbing - Free Climbing (15 km)

We invite everyone to spend some incredible days in the natural landscape of the Desfiladero de los Gaitanos to practice climbing, very close to places of great beauty such as \"EL CHORRO\" and \"EL TORCAL\".

- Paragliding and Hang Gliding (13 km)

We invite all paragliding and hang gliding pilots to spend some incredible days at La Capital del Vuelo \"EL VALLE DEL ABDALAJIS\", located in the Sierra de Guadalhorce, between Antequera and Málaga, and very close to places of extraordinary beauty as they are \"EL CHORRO\" and \"EL TORCAL\" Organized by Air-Born Adventures

- Fly in Globe in Antequera (20 km away)

Balloon flights are being offered in Antequera. The activity consists of one hour of flight, typical breakfast once landed and diploma to the people who fly. Organized by Aviación Gocio and Glovento Sur.

- Golf (20 km)

The Golf Club of Antequera is a field of 18 truly spectacular holes surrounded by the wonderful natural setting of TORCAL: Mountains of fossil rock formation that formed part of the depths of the sea millions of years ago.

The course of the golf course is more than 6000 meters. Characterized by the great variety of native vegetation of ancient olive trees, oaks, rosemary, thyme, lavender providing splendor to its varied topography in which the golfer finds a challenge enjoying a variety of options of blows in his game.

What to visit?

• Route of the Escaleruela (1 km)

It is located in the western part of El Torcal Natural Park. The Escaleruela is an ancient road, at 1000 height, which has been used almost to this day as a means of communication and assistance (health, trade, entertainment), between our area and Antequera. It is a historical route and of great beauty and that welcomes animal species in the process of extinction.

• Lobopark Antequera (12 km)

This unique wolf theme park, located in the heart of Andalusia, emerged as a private initiative in 2002. This natural reserve is home to four subspecies of wolves: Timber, European, Iberian and the sparse Polar wolf, living each herd in its own enclosure.

• El Torcal Natural Park (15 km)

It is one of the most impressive examples of the karst landscape of Europe. The extraordinary \"screw\" forms stand out. These rocks emerged from the seabed during the Jurassic Period. El Torcal offers visitors the possibility of making routes, such as the so-called Green Route or Amarailla Route. Other points of interest are \"Mirador de la Ventanillas\" and \"Mirador de Diego Monea\". At the Visitor Reception Center and interpretation of El Torcal, you can observe an exhibition about the natural values ​​of the Site and receive more information.

• Torcal Astronomical Observatory (15 km)

The Torcal Astronomical Observatory, next to the Visitor Center \"Torcal Alto\" of the Torcal de Antequera Natural Park, we have a daytime observation to enjoy the Sun and its impressive activity and at night in which the stars or the impressive Saturn with its rings will come with us.

• Natural Area Los Gaitanes Gorge (15 km)

A short distance away is the Chorro-Ardales of exceptional beauty located in a unique natural and historical setting throughout the province of Malaga. You can make trekking routes, descent of ravines or simply a relaxing path through the Guadalhorce and Guadalteba reservoirs.

• Antequera (20 km away)

The city of Antequera, Malaga, located in the main crossroads of Andalusia and known as \"the heart\" of the autonomous community, has been and is a must for travelers of all times. Its magnificent monumental complex is the result of its historical past, and is reflected in more than fifty buildings of religious and civil architecture, dated between the Bronze Age and the eighteenth century.

• Natural Place Laguna de Fuente de Piedra (45 km)

The Laguna de Fuente de Piedra is one of the largest brackish water lagoons in the Peninsula. It is an important place for nesting, wintering and migration of many waterfowl. It houses the largest colony of flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula and the second most important in Europe, which can be observed during the nesting period (March-July).

• Picasso Museum of Malaga (45 km away)

This museum is based in the Palacio de Buenavista, a 16th-century Renaissance building, the most important example of stately architecture of the time. The permanent collection shows Picasso's extraordinary artistic vision. More than 200 works including paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and engravings attest to the magnitude of his long and prolific career, from his academic beginnings to the latest paintings of the seventies. Inside you can also visit Phoenician remains found during the palace's renovation.

• El Refugio del Burrito (45 km away)

For the little ones, it offers the possibility of an entertaining and unforgettable visit, concentrating more on an animal native to our country.

- Antequera
- Dolmens of Antequera
- Torcal de Antequera
- Santa María Collegiate Church
- Castle of Antequera
- Round
- Málaga
- Granada
- Córdoba
- Sevilla
- El Chorro reservoir
- Laguna de Fuente Piedra