I took the bus from Granada to Orgiva today and am now with my new hosts Kay and Bernard. They moved down here from the UK 10 years ago, bought a one hectare property with a "ruin" on it, and built a lovely new house and incredible garden! The lot had quite a few old olive and orange trees, which they left, but they have done a huge amount of flower and vegetable landscaping. Right now, the fragrances from blooming orange trees, jasmine, freshias, and lavendar fill the air. Add a clear blue sky, a nice breeze, and singing birds and you've got a bit of paradise!
It is located on the south slope of one of the biggest mountains in Spain, the Pico del Veleta, which at over 3,000 metres, is snow-capped. An irrigation system built by the Moors channels snowmelt to plots that have water rights. This piece of property gets an hour of water once a week but the flow is sufficient to keep a swimming pool sized storage pond filled.
Here we are in Google Maps at two different scales. We're right in the middle.
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