Villa for sale in Desert Springs, Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería

Incredible price reduction on the last remaining country villas. The cottages are based on the precise shapes of the old individual field houses, the traditional casas del campo of the Almanzora Valley. There was tremendous growth of these in the 19th-century countryside to house the enormous increase of field workers, working to feed the new mining communities. Sadly, many of these homes have now disappeared back into the rubble and soil from which they were built, but if you look carefully you can see their ruins everywhere in the local landscape.

They started with a simple rectangular construction, with thick walls, buttressed corners and a flat roof. As the family grew, a monopitch roofed bedroom was added above, where it was cooler, and, if the money continued to come in, then another room was added above, with a roof a cuatro aguas.

Our modern field houses are, of course, built with all modern conveniences, with large terraces and pergolas in their own private gardens, but in clusters sharing beautifully individually landscaped gardens and swimming pools in semi-closed communities, with the cost benefits implied. They are very tranquil and private.

The rustic style continues inside with natural rollizo beams and solid natural wood features, a fireplace, traditional-style joinery, terracotta floors and traditional tiling. They all have large terraces at first-floor level and a separate garage.

The beauty of Desert Springs, that which sets it apart from other places in Spain, lies in the nature of the surroundings in which it is set. While overseas homeowners enjoy many types of environment, surely the most spectacular of these is the rugged desert landscape of Desert Springs and the dry, sunny year-round climate of the Almanzora, by far the most pleasurable.

Set high on a plateau with panoramic views over the Almanzora Valley towards the Mediterranean and surrounding mountains, there is something quite rare and special about the light and ambience of the perfectly maintained desert parkland, the largest rock and cactus garden in Europe. It has an almost surreal sense of beauty, serenity and quality of life and service.

The Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club is an international award-winning family leisure resort with exclusive luxury homes set beside the emerald-green fairways of a unique and stunning championship desert golf course, Europe’s only world-class championship desert golf course, with the stunning 72-par USGA-specification championship…