Discover the pleasures of the hidden Rural Spain with a holiday in Andalucia - sunny, Southern Spain .

Relax and enjoy real village life, experience a gastronomique treat in the heart of the ‘pata negra’ region, explore the hills on foot, horseback or by car and for those who want to travel further Granada, Córdoba and Sevilla are within easy reach.

Situated in the charming village of Almonaster La Real is the holiday home Los 3 Naranjos which provides an ideal location to explore the very best that Andalucia has to offer. Almonaster la Real is situated in the North of the Huelva Provence in the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche amoung 184 000 hectares of Natural Park . Almonaster la Real is described by many people as one of the most beautiful villages in the whole of Andalucía. The village of 2000 inhabitants has retained its cobbled streets and traditional style houses, with an absence of modern constructions of any kind. The 10th century mosque in the village has a wonderfully restored interior and from the minaret of the mosque there are excellent views of the surrounding countryside.

The predominant climate in the area is Mediterranean and the surroundings offer some of the finest mountain scenery to be found in Southern Spain with cork oaks and chestnut forests set amongst countless bubbling brooks and streams, making this a truly unique spot.

An insider's guide to real Spanish treats... Almonaster La Real The tiny castle at this picturesque little village in Huelva province is a perfect symbol of Spain itself, being a mixture of everything from Visigothic to Moorish to Reconquest and Napoleonic. You may come accross painters dotted around the streets taking advantage of the sparkling light. Up the road is Jabugo, home to the finest pata negra hams in the country. The Observer 20 February 2005

The village of Almonaster la Real boasts a great variety of houses with Gothic, Mudejar and Renaissance features. Amoung the listed historic and artistic monuments, the fourteenth century Church of San Martin with its sixteenth century “Manuelina” facade depicting Christ's forgiveness, is particulary interesting. A short stroll across the Plaza del Llano takes visitors to the fortified part of the town, with defensive walls built by the Romans and Arabs, and the mosque, a Caliphate building from the tenth century that was built over Roman and Visigothic ruins. It also affords vistas of the town and its verdant surroundings. Next to this building stands one of the two bullrings, built in the nineteenth century. The other is on a plain called Llano de Santa Eulalia, where the Chapel of Eulalia de Merida stands. Constructed over a Roman mausoleum, it is set in a typical sierra landscape of holm oaks, also known as evergreen oaks.

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