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Please Note!
Shopping List for Self-Caterers
If you don't want to arrive in Spain and immediately start
shopping for food, we can provide you with a starter pack of basic supplies -
details of which will be sent a week or two before the start of your holiday.
With many shops in rural Spain being closed on Sunday, if you have a late flight
on Saturday and are unable to shop on your way to Cencerrita (latest
opening is 10pm) - you may need extra supplies. We will help you sort it
out.
Dinner - especially the first night!
Cooking a meal when you've had a long day travelling isn't a
great start to the holiday - for about 12 euros a head, we will cook your dinner
for you! A basic but tasty menu is available
Menu.
Arriving
We always meet our first time guests in Cártama Estación to
show the way to Cencerrita - getting lost on the last leg to your holiday
destination would not put you in the holiday spirit! For this reason, we ask
that you let us know your flight times so that we have some advance idea of when
we will be meeting you ... although a phone call as you leave the airport is the
most accurate time.
Rural Living
You are staying in the remote Andalucian countryside and will encounter a
totally different way of life from the towns – but isn’t that one of the reasons
you want to visit?! The nearest villages (Álora
or Cártama) are 13 kilometres (8 miles) away and take 20-30 minutes. Please bear this in
mind when planning any sightseeing using public transport - don't be too
ambitious when planning your itinerary as even in a car, places like Granada
take 2 hours and Seville
2½ hours.
The final leg of the road to Cencerrita is
a typical Spanish track, whether you approach from the Álora or Cártama
direction. It is mostly in good repair, but a good deluge of rain can
change things. None of our guests have ever hired a 4x4 - though a car
with high ground clearance would be nice - such as the Ford Fusion, Citroen Berlingo and
Renault Kangaroo. Most guests seem to have either Renault Clio or Ford Focus
which are more than adequate. It seems that the higher the category of
car, the lower the ground clearance is - this is not the place to treat
yourselves to a Porsche ....
Smoking
Unfortunately we have
had to we’ve had to bring in a “no smoking in the house” penalty
(the damage deposit is forfeit) – it’s so hard to get
rid of the smell of smoking for the next guests – it was the only way we could
ensure the house would smell fresh for everyone.
Providing due care is taken, particularly when the countryside is tinder
dry at certain times, smoking outside is not a problem.
It should also be noted that tobacco is not
for sale in supermarkets here in Spain, but only in certain specialist shops ...
which means it is probably best to make sure you have a supply before you arrive
here! Although bars
normally have a machine if desperate ...
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