Finca Fernandez is located on the edge of a small rural Andalucian village, La Alqueria, which is halfway between the towns of Alhaurin de la Torre and Alhaurin el Grande, approximately 20mins from the nearest Malaga International Airport.

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The villas are situated between the mountains and the sea, in a beautiful fertile valley , overlooking the mountains of the Sierras de Malaga and the Guadalhorce river Valley. It is an extremely pretty area with fertile orchards, olive plantations, orange and lemon groves and is known as the gardens of the Costa del Sol. In fact, hundreds of years ago, the Moors even named Alhaurin ‘the Garden of Allah’. In Springtime, wild flowers abound, filling every space with blood red poppies, wild sweet peas, rare orchids and the smell of wild mountain herbs. The white villages give way to the yacht marinas, long sandy beaches and shops of the coast with long lazy promenades, wonderful fresh fish restaurants and plethora of activities to enjoy.

 

Our Village, La Alqueria, which is about 8 mins walk away, boasts no less than three bar/restaurants and even hosts its own little feria in late summer. One of the restaurants, very popular with the locals, serves a speciality from the area, stewed snails or caricoles, which are always in demand and the owner prepares delicious tapas served with chips fried in olive oil and salted before frying. Another owner serves a tasty tapas of pork lomo or fillet, cooked in red butter whilst the third hosts open air BBQs every weekend during summer. There is a small shop and church in the village.

Alhaurin el Grande and Alhaurin de la Torre
We are 5 mins by car from either town where you will find plenty of bars, nightlife, discos, shops, supermarkets, restaurants, sports complex, indoor swimming pool and so on. The latter is an up market residential town for those commuting to work on the coast whilst El Grande is a market town—market day is Thursday. Roman ruins have been found in both. The nearest hospital is at A de la Torre and there is a 24 hr medical centre there.

A car is essential when booking to stay at Finca Fernandez because of our rural location

Distances (time by car)
Lauro golf course 2 mins ( we are next door ) plus 60 more within easy driving distance. See activity page for details
Nearest supermarket, chemist, doctor 5 mins
Beach, Playa Mayor 15 mins ( Torremolinos, Fuengirola 20 mins )
Malaga Int Airport, Malaga, Port, Railway, 15 to 20 mins
Chorro Lakes 40 mins
Flamingo Lake ( Laguna de la Fuente de Piedra ) 50 mins
Marbella, Puerto Banus 45 mins
Nerja 1 hr
Estepona 1 hr 10 mins
Granada, Gibraltar 1½ hrs ( Morocco + 45 mins by ferry )
Jerez 1¾ hrs
Ronda, Seville 2 hrs
Sierra Nevadas ( skiing and the Alpujarras ) 2½ hrs