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Home from home
We hope you will feel at home from the moment you arrive. As you step through the front door, enjoy the spaciousness of the living room and dining area. Two sets of sliding patio doors open onto the wide terrace, which becomes your extended living area. The terrace offers a variety of views as you move along from the covered naya, which contains the outdoor dining area, past the indoor dining area, and around the corner to the secluded and peaceful mature garden. Walking down the steps from the terrace and garden takes you to a large downstairs patio, where you can enjoy reading your favourite book amidst the palms and bougainvillea and look up to the peak of the Sierra Bernia mountain range. Barbecue down in the patio or up on the terrace. Watch the sun set over the peaks of the mountain range and wait for Altea and the surrounding area below to light up. You cant beat sitting on the terrace at night after your sumptuous barbecue of local fish delicacies, feeling your cares slip away, mesmerised by the shimmering lights of Altea and La Nucia, and the sound of the cicadas. Look out for the fireworks in Altea on festival days.
Deneilian is fortunate to have perhaps the most beautiful of the Altea Hills swimming pools almost on its doorstep. In high season, there is a lifeguard. The pool is split into a main pool and kids pool by a bridge and waterfall. Lie out on the lawns sloping down to the pool in the well-tended gardens, which command spectacular views.
The kitchen is well equipped and overlooks the garden. The adjoining trastero contains the washing machine. There is a guest WC upstairs. Downstairs, you will find the bedrooms - the master bedroom contains the double bed and en suite bathroom. The other bathroom downstairs contains a walk in shower, WC, basin and bidet. The bedrooms have sliding patio doors opening onto the downstairs patio - so you can fall straight out of bed and into the sunshine.
Please note that as a courtesy to guests who arrive after you, we ask that you do not smoke inside the property. Most people prefer to smoke outside anyway, so we hope this does not cause any inconvenience.
Altea Hills, the 5 star resort overlooking the Bay of Altea
Altea marks the start of Costa Blanca North, where the scenery becomes greener and more mountainous than in the south. The relative lack of hotels, outside Benidorm, have allowed this most beautiful stretch of the Valencian coast line to flourish without package tourism. The Altea Hills Resort is the premier location to live on the Costa Blanca and reputedly home to some very famous names. So keep your eyes peeled. The setting of Altea Hills is breathtaking. Perched on the side of the spectacular Sierra Bernia mountain range as it meets the sea, the resort has stunning views of Altea village, the Sierra Helada mountain range and the the clear blue waters below.
The Altea Hills resort is built on a hillside, with the Melia Hotel and the main facilities at the centre. You do need a car to get around, but you can walk downhill to the centre easily in 2-3 minutes (to reach the hotel pool, squash, sauna, gym, jacuzzi, spa, beauty centre, pub, social club, restaurant, tennis club etc.) If you wish to use the internet, you can pay at the reception of the Hotel Melia to use their business facilities at reasonable rates.
There is an excellent supermarket (the instore bakery should not be missed) at the main entrance to Altea Hills, but it is too far to walk, hence the need for a car or use of taxis. There are many other large supermarkets in Calpe and Altea, plus a Carrefour near the huge shopping centre of La Marina, just off the motorway junction for Benidorm. For fish, look out for the stalls set up near the fishing boats in the main resorts, where you can choose your own catch fresh from the sea.
You may not want to leave the house and pool, but if you do...
The tennis club on site offers coaching in tennis and Valencian style tennis. The five star Melia Hotel Resort features cascading pools and also contains a spa, jacuzzi, sauna, squash and social club (charges may apply). There is also a beauty therapy centre, hair salon, social club and restaurant. A bar offers occasional live music. The challenging Golf Club Don Cayo is a few minutes drive from the house. Bonalba and Ifach clubs are well regarded golf clubs in the region. Altea Hills resort is connected by a winding road down to the Campomanes Greenwich Marina, which aims to be the best sports marina in the Mediterranean and is home to the yachts of the rich and famous. One of the finest paella restaurants overlooks the marina, or enjoy a drink at one of the many bars and cafes in this stylish resort, with adjoining small sheltered beaches.
The best restaurants are to be found within a 5-10 minute drive in Altea and Campomanes. In Altea, they are found both on the beach front and as you climb up through the the winding cobbled streets of the old town to the old church square. Or go for a drive to the paddy fields of the Albufera, an area of peculiar beauty, to the village of El Palmar. Little more than a street full of open air paella restaurants, people come from far and wide to sample the cuisine. Travel to Valencia is straightforward on the motorway, taking about an hour and a quarter. Valencia is now being appreciated as having as much to offer as Madrid and Barcelona for weekend breaks, and Villa Deneilian in Altea is a relaxing and convenient base from which to explore this fascinating and exciting city. The coastline of Valencia and the north eastern Costa Blanca has enjoyed a sailing boom following the Americas Cup,in 2007, when the eyes of the world focused on this area.
If you prefer to use taxis to get around, the Altea taxi service is very reliable and inexpensive. The operators usually speak English. A taxi from Altea to the villa should cost about 6 Euros. There is also a useful and scenic railway line which runs from Alicante to Denia, with three stops in Altea.
Altea is a great place to spend Christmas or New Year, with festivities usually continuing up to 6 January and weather which should be a lot warmer than Northern Europe (brrr...) In Deneilian we have installed a wonderful wood-burning fire, so its a great place to spend a festive Christmas or New Year.
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