Semi Detached Modernised Farmhouse with Private Pool and Garden
Peaceful Location, Rural Setting 10mins Drive to the Beach
Sleeps 6 (3 Bedrooms)
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Casa Cristina is a fully modernised comfortable old farmhouse with 3 bedrooms (1 double 2 with with twin beds) all with ensuite bathrooms. It has its own pool and still retains much of its old Spanish charm being set in a large well established garden surrounded by a dry stone wall. Good sized shaded patio with an adjustable awning outside the kitchen and another shaded area for drinks and meals by the pool at the bottom of the garden. Sea views from the balcony of the upstairs bedroom and views across fields to the old village of Torret in the distance.
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| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 4 May 2012 - 18 May 2012 | £650 | - | ||
| 18 May 2012 - 1 June 2012 | £750 | - | ||
| 1 June 2012 - 22 June 2012 | £850 | - | ||
| 22 June 2012 - 13 July 2012 | £950 | - | ||
| 13 July 2012 - 31 August 2012 | £1300 | - | ||
| 31 August 2012 - 14 September 2012 | £900 | - | ||
| 14 September 2012 - 5 October 2012 | £800 | - |
Changeover day
Friday is the changeove day. Bookings are made from Friday to Friday only and can be for one or more weeks. Off season bookings may be negotiated at different times. Arrival and departure times will depend on clients flight times.
Accommodation
| Bedrooms: | Upstairs bedroom 1 with double bed ( 2 single beds made as one) and balcony. Bedroom 2 with twin beds ground floor. Bedroom 3 with twin beds ground floor. |
| Bathrooms: | En-suite bathroom to bedroom l with bath/shower over, w.c'bidet and wash basin Bedroom 2 bath/shower over, w.c. and wash basin Bedroom 3 tiled shower cubicle w.c. and wash basin |
| Kitchen: | Electric eye level oven, gas hob, extractor hood, fridge/freezer, microwave, double sink and marble surfaces. Hot water supplied by electric water heater. |
| Utility Room: | Washing machine in the garage. |
| Living Rooms: | Spacious sitting room with wood burning stove, separate dining room off the kitchen, well equipped kitchen with large pantry and larder. |
| Cleaning/towels/ linen/maid service: |
Towels and linen (not swimming towels) are included and the property is cleaned every Friday by local English cleaners. Linen changed weekly on the same day. |
| Amenities/Facilities: | hob/stove oven fridge/freezer microwave dishwasher washing machine iron/ironing board tv air conditioning room fans barbecue private pool (for sole use of guests) |
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Notes on accommodation
We now have air-conditioning in all of the three bedrooms. We have had many families with children including our own grandchildren in our house over the years. The pool area is surrounded on all four sides by a dry stone wall and a door with a latch to make it safe for children under adult supervision.
Outside
We have a well stocked garden with many different shrubs and fruit trees. There is a separate barbecue built into the side of the house near the patio. The private pool is in a walled area half way down the garden, with plenty of room on all sides for sun bathing or lying in the shade on reclining chairs. It is 8 x 5 meters with a shallow and deep end,is kept immaculately clean and, with the eating area, can be flood lit at night.
Coast/Beach
We are roughly ten minutes, l2 minutes and l5 mins from the nearest beaches by car. For bathing off the rocks in a delightful circular bay it is l0 mins by car and there are good small beaches another two mins on either side. One has a restaurant and both are good for children. If you want to take a picnic or go further afield there are wonderful beaches 50 mins away on the North side of the island which are unspoilt as these are rural areas where no development is allowed.
Golf
The only golf course golf course on the island is about 50 mins away by car at Son Parc on the North coast.
Travel
The international airport of Mahon is only 20 minutes away from the farm house and can be reached by taxi easily on arrival or you can pick up your hire car. However car hire is essential, unless you plan to spend your entire holiday around the house's pool and garden, walking locally and shopping in the excellent supermarket (5 mins walk).
There are several local restaurants in easy walking distance.
Mahon airport is 15 mins away and there is an excellent taxi service.
Distances
San Lluis is the nearest town with plenty of restaurants, shops, bank, cash points etc. 5 mins in the car.
Mahon is only l5 mins and is a fascinating medieval port built round the finest harbour in the Mediterranean. Monte Toro is the highest hill on the island about 40 mins drive along a scenic route to the monastry from which you can see all over the island and across to Majorca. The Arab town of Cuidadela at Western end of the island is an hour 20 minutes away by car.
Further details
SUPERMARKET: The local family run supermarket is only 5 mins walk and is quite excellent - freshly baked bread, wonderful meat and all you could want. For fresh fish apart from the fish market the best place is just outside San Lluis - 5 mins in the car.
HISTORY: Mahon, with its connection with Nelson and the British fleet during the Napoleonic war, with the French and USA fleets provides many fascinating walks, museums and ancient buildings that recall by gone times along with Fort Marlborough still garden the entrance to the harbour.
BOATING: Port Mahon is a great centre for yachts and power boats of all sizes which can be hired or from where day trips can be taken. Kayaks, sailing dinghys, pedalo's can be hired from the beach at Es Grau about 20 minutes away.
Fornells on the North Coast is a cnetre for Wind Surfing, hiring of small motor boats etc. on the large sheltered inlet from the sea.
ARCHAEOLOGY: Menorca is famous for its Taula's its pre historic stone age monuments. These can be seen all over the island great standing stones and stone burrial places. There is also a Roman site and museum on Cape Cavalleria.
SCUBA DIVING/SNORKELING The clear warm Mediterranean water, the volcanic formation of Menorca's rocky coastline and numerous types of fish make the island ideal for underwater exploration. There is a first diving centre at S'Algar (15 mins away)run by a UK family providing instruction (PADI) hire fascilities and air along with para ascending.
WALKING: There are many little inlets with sandy beaches which are accesible only by walking or by sea. Also there some Nature Reserves in which there are marked paths giving access to remote parts.
BIRDS AND WILD FLOWERS. There are interesting wild flowers and birds to be seen - hoopoe, bee eaters, black vulture etc. in the Nature Reserves at Es Grau, on the island of Es Colomb and on the North Coast at Bini Mela (a ferry operates from Es Grau).
MORE DETAILS OF ALL THESE CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION
Booking notes
When you have contacted us and the dates for holiday have been agreed we will send a booking form, which on completion should be posted to us enclosing a cheque for a deposit of 20% and provided it is received by us within 7 days of your enquiry, we will confirm your booking. The full amount is to be paid 2 months before your holiday starts, when final details will be sent to you.
Owner profile
Francisco Preto y Neto
About the owner
As a family we have had a long connection with Menorca. One of the owners relations, Francisco Preto y Neto, was representative for the Balearic Islands in the Cortes in Madrid in 1823. His father had been British Consul during the British occupation and so he was in favour of democracy. These views meant that he had to flee for his life from the Spanish King by escaping to America where he married an American lady, Mary Griffiths. Subsequently he was appointed Spanish ambassador to Mexico in 1838. His portrait is in the Ayuntamento in Mahon and his wife is the only women buried in the American naval cemetery on the North side of Mahon harbour. In 1972 we bought the old farm house so our family, grandchildren and friends can continue to enjoy the beauty and history of Menorca.
Why the owner chose a home in this location
We were intrigued by the house's history in that it was one of 2 semi detached houses built for Menorcans by the British so that they could grow vegetables and rear pigs for the British fleet. There is still the old pig sty and well in the garden. It provides an ideal location to have a Mediterranean garden, a quiet rural setting for holidays, near to shops and at the same time a house with old Menorcan charm rather than living in a modern resort full of modern boxes. With a car you can choose which beach to go to either 10 or 40 minutes away according to the direction of the wind or whether you want to be all day on the beach with a picnic or just a bathe and come home. We were fortunate to have a good local architect to modernise the house inside yet still to retain its farm house charm.
Unique benefits of the property
With the garden and the pool area with its shaded pergola, you can live out of doors eating either on the patio under the awning near the house and barbcue or down by the pool. Both areas are surrounded by flowers and shrubs, particularly jasmin, bourgainvilla, lantana etc. which attract all kinds of butterflies - even swallow tails. This makes an ideal stting for a family holiday which is child friendly as we have 9 grand children who love Menorca as do their parents and grandparents.
For booking and further information
Property Ref B815
B P Goodwin Hudson
Tel: (UK) + 44 (0)1208 863 255
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