After sunset, the night

Dusk in Cogollos Vega

What you wake up to each morning

Where you sleep & what-not...

And some pictures of the complex:

No. 35

These are just a few pictures of the apartment:

Granada & the Alhambra

Granada was first settled by native tribes in the prehistoric period, and was known as Ilbyr. When the Romans colonised southern Spain, they built their own city here and called it Illibris. The Arabs, invading the peninsula in the 8th century, gave it its current name of Granada. It was the last Muslim city to fall to the Christians in 1492, at the hands of Queen Isabel of Castile and her husband Ferdinand of Aragon.

One of the most brilliant jewels of universal architecture is the Alhambra, a series of palaces and gardens built under the Nazari Dynasty in the 14th C. This mighty compound of buildings – including the summer palace called Generalife, with its fountains and gardens - stands at the foot of Spain's highest mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, and overlooks the city below and the fertile plain of Granada.

At the centre of the Alhambra stands the massive Palace of Charles V, an outstanding example of Spanish Renaissance architecture. Other major Christian monuments found in the city are the Cathedral, including the Royal Chapel where Isabel and Ferdinand lie buried, the Monastery of La Cartuja and many churches built by Moorish craftsmen after the Reconquest, in Granada's unique "mudéjar" style. For information about visiting times, tickets etc click here.

The hill facing the Alhambra is the old Moorish casbah or "medina", called the Albaicin, a fascinating labyrinth of narrow streets and whitewashed houses with secluded inner gardens, known as "cármenes". The Plaza de San Nicolas, at the highest point of the Albaicin, is famous for its magnificent view of the Moorish palace.

The Sacromonte hill, which overlooks the city from the North, is famous for its cave dwellings, once the home of Granada's large gypsy community.

The name Granada is ancient and mysterious. It may mean "great castle", for the Roman fortress which once stood on the Albaicin Hill. When the Moors came here, the town was largely inhabited by Jews, for which they called it Garnat-al-Yahud - Granada of the Jews. The Jews are said to have been one of the first peoples to settle in Spain, even before the Romans. For more interesting facts about Granada click here.

Sierra Nevada National Park

The ski resort of Solynieves is located at Pradollano in the Sierra Nevada mountains, a short distance by car or bus south-east of Granada. It is the most southerly ski resort in Europe and is small in comparison to other European resorts. Even so, the resort hosted the 1996 world ski championships The Sierra Nevada ski resort has numerous runs of varying difficulties to satisfy all skiing desires. Natural snow is supplemented by snow cannons on some runs. Many skiers are pleasantly surprised to find that, because of its southerly position, the air temperature is usually warmer than other resorts.

There is a surprisingly active nightlife in the Sierra Nevada resort. Spaniards have a reputation for being night owls and this can be witnessed even in a skiing resort. Most of the visitors come from Madrid and the cities of Andalucía, so weekends and banks holidays are particularly busy.
The skiing season varies on seasonal snowfall, but is usually late November-early March. Calling ahead, even in the peak Dec-Feb period, is advisable.

Sierra Nevada National Park

The Sierra Nevada is a dramatic, rugged and extensive mountain range, the highest in Europe after the Alps and the most significant section of the Cordillera Penibética. The protected area encompasses 86,208ha of torrential rivers, sheer-sided gorges, stony scree slopes, glacial lakes between snowy summits and, in the foothills of the Alpujarras, cultivated terraces of almond trees and vegetables.

Designated a national park in 1998, it is one of only two in Andalucia, the other being the Doñana National Park. It retains its status of natural park, which it has been since 1989, and this covers a marginally smaller area, of 85,777ha. It was declared a Unesco Biosphere Reserve in 1986, in recognition of its exceptionally diverse plant, bird and animal species.

There are over 20 peaks more than 3,000m, which makes it the second highest mountain range in Europe after the Alps. The two highest peaks in the Iberian Peninsula are in the park, the Mulhacén at 3,482m, closely followed by the Pico del Veleta, at 3,396m. On a clear day these mountains can be seen from as far away as Africa.

Click on this link to learn more about the park: http://www.andalucia.com/environment/protect/sierra-nevada.htm

Airlines that Service Granada (25 minutes from the airport to Cogollos Vega)

In addition to several airlines that provide internal flights to Granada airport, the following are the airlines that fly from European & International destinations to Granada (remember, you can get a bus home from the airport)

Other airlines include SAS; Monarch; AerEuropa; ClickAir and Air Nostrum

Website information on Cogollos Vega

You can find plenty of information on the town at the town's website

http://www.aytocogollosvega.com/

Pictures from the town of Cogollos Vega

Cogollos Vega is a wonderful working town in the mountains north of Granada

Pueblos Blancos

Village Festivals

Village Views - the complex

Village Views is a small, exclusive development set in a village location situated just 20 minutes from Granada Airport and Granada City, with easy access to Skiing in Sierra Nevada, the coast at Costa Tropical, and 80 minutes from Malaga.

This new exclusive ground floor 2 bedroom apartment is one of just 42 apartments and the development has a heated indoor pool and outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium and communal paved areas with a view to die for.

It is situated just 20 minutes drive from Granada Airport and Granada City. It would be possible to both ski (in Sierra Nevada) and swim (in Costa Tropical) in the same day.

These apartments have a village location with spectacular views across the valley and mountains. the nearby lake offers a selection of water sports and there are several golf courses in the area

Some pictures of Village Views

Village Views is located in Cogollos Vega -

a wondeful, typical, working village in the south of Spain