Brand
New - NOW SOLD
4 bed independent chalets with private pool, situated
in the picturesque,
typically Andalucian village of Mollina
NOW
SOLD
Price from €169,000 (£115,000 approx)
Superb Development of luxury 4 bed detached villas,
link-detached villas and townhouses in a picturesque
spot bordering the countryside and beside a charming
Spanish village.
Brand New, 4 bed independent
chalets, private pool.
Situated in the picturesque,
typically Andalucian village of Mollina.
10 minutes from up and coming
town of Antequera, 40 minutes to centre of Malaga.
Close to the Antequera National Park.
The new Disney Theme Park is
to be located close by; also a new airport is planned.
This will of course have a positive impact on properties
in this region.
Only €6,000 deposit, then
straight to completion.
Amazing price of €169,000 (115,000 sterling)
IDEAL
FOR HOLIDAYS,
PERMANENT LIVING OR INVESTMENT
• TOP QUALITY CONSTRUCTION
THROUGHOUT
• DETACHED and LINK-DETACHED VILLAS WITH
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS
• TOWNHOUSES WITH SHARED POOL
• DETACHED VILLAS and TOWNHOUSES WITH
OFF-STREET PARKING
• LINK-DETACHED VILLAS WITH PRIVATE GARAGE
PORT
• ALL PROPERTIES WITH 4 BEDROOMS
• ALL PROPERTIES WITH PRIVATE ROOFTOP SUN TERRACE
• DETACHED VILLAS WITH 3 BATHROOMS
• LINK-DETACHED VILLAS WITH 2 BATHROOMS
PLUS HANDY DOWNSTAIRS CLOAKROOM/WC
To reach our destination from Malaga International
Airport we can take the dual carriageway north leading
to Antequera. It’s a good road and we reach the
village of Mollina in about half an hour.
The general area around Mollina is rural - with farming
the mainstay of the local economy.
On the edge of the village and bordering open countryside
is the site for the MOLLINA DEVELOPMENT.
The area has panoramic views over
the village and to the countryside beyond. Mollina has
every amenity for a comfortable lifestyle with plenty
of shops, supermarkets, banks, doctors, etc. There are
restaurants and friendly bars aplenty for those who
seek an active social life.
Prices are much lower than on the coast and a good three
course meal with wine costs under £5.
Interesting day trips include the Torcal National
Park and Fuente de Piedra - a large lake which is one
of the biggest breeding grounds for flamingos in Europe.
Both El Torcal and Fuente de Piedra are just a few minutes
drive from Mollina.
For serious shopaholics Malaga - the
Provincial Capital - is just 30 minutes drive awaw.
Not to be missed is a visit to El Corte Ingles in the
centre of the city - a huge Harrods type department
store. Golfers will be pleased to know that Antequera
Golf Course is within a 15 minute drive. The many world
famous Courses in Marbella’s Golf Valley can be
reached in under 1 hour. The beachside resorts of Torremolinos,
Fuengirola and Benalmadena are 40 minutes away.
For those who prefer train travel nearby Fuente de Piedra has a handy rail link that connects with the rest of Spain. Within 2 years it
will also connect with the A.V.E system (bullet train). Malaga will be reachable in 15 minutes and Madrid in 2 hours
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Mollina Town
There has been a human settlement on the site
of this small town (current population just over
3,500) since Neolithic times.
Just 15km north-west of Antequera on the A92,
on the lower slopes of the Sierra de Mollina,
this is set in perfect olive and cereal country.
It is also a mere ten km from the Laguna de Fuente
de la Piedra lake, famous for its pink flamingos.
The name derives in fact from a milling tower,
the Torre Mollina (similar to the Costa's Torremolinos),
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An alternative theory claims the name
originates with its Roman rulers and derives from the
Latin 'mollis', suave, or bland.
Little remains of either Neolithic or Roman Mollina,
beyond some Neolithic artefacts found in the neighbouring
Sierra de la Camorra, and, seven km from Mollina itself,
the rectangular shaped Roman mausoleum of La Capuchina.
Four km outside town there are the ruins of the fort
of Castellum of Santillán, originally a settlement
built around a Roman villa and surrounding outbuildings
covering an area of 1400 square metres. The Castellum
was later reinforced with defensive walls, a sign of
the upheavals in this part of Andalucía in Roman
times.
The present town, however, dates mainly from a more
peaceful time, the 16th century, when the Reconquest
was won and the lands parcelled out for farming to the
victors. Thus the peacetime Mollina grew up around a
convent, the Convent de la Ascension, rather than a
fortified encampment like many Andalucían towns.
(Don't miss the handsome sundial on the covent façade.)
At its agricultural peak, Mollina's olive groves were
so productive that the parish church of San Cayetano,
built in 1687, was changed to Nuestra Señora
de la Oliva.
Mollina won independence from nearby Antequera at the
beginning of the 19th century, although at that time
Andalucía's agriculture was in decline. Since
the 1960s, the population has dwindled as the young
head to the coast to work. Yet Mollina still produces
a surprising 80 per cent of the wine made in the province
of Málaga.
Mollina has four major annual festivals. The Candelaria,
or candle-lit procession, is celebrated on the first
day of February, and in May there is a Romería,
or procession into the country, in honour of the Virgen
de la Oliva. The town's summer feria is early, in the
second week of August, but that is perhaps to make way
for possibly the most important festival, the wine harvest
festival, or Feria de la Vendimia, in the second week
of September.
