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Property Features
- Video Tour Available
- 4 Bedrooms
- 5 Bathrooms
- 3 Levels
- 342.34m² / 3,685 ft² Build Size
- 1,000m² / 10,764 ft² Plot Size
- Private Pool
- A/C Throughout
- Central Heating
- Close to a Golf course
- Internet
- Solarium
- Furniture Negotiable
- Private Terrace
- Private garden
- Complex views
- Mountain views
- Urban location
- Easy access
- Mains Water
- Mains Electric
- Bins: 50.40€ Every 3 months
- Council tax: 1,220€ per year
- 15 mins to a Beach
- 6 mins to the Shops
Villa for Sale in Desert Springs Golf Resort, Almería - 950,000 Euros
Desert Springs: This superb Hacienda detached villa is located on one of the best positions in a private Cul de Sac of this upmarket resort.
With great facilities on your doorstep, this stylish villa really does offer the best of both worlds. Privacy, seclusion and great views but with easy access to Vera, Cuevas del Almanzora, all the great facilities as well as the E15 motorway giving access to the rest of the Almeria coastline.
Overlooking the first green, the second fairway, and the second green of the award-winning 18-hole Indiana golf course, it offers breathtaking views of a valley flanked by two mountain ranges, with countless beaches just a 14-minute drive away.
Entry is via private gates into a large courtyard with double garage and storage with easy parking. This 332m2 house is distributed over three levels on a 1000m2 landscaped garden with a custom infinity pool entailing submerged bar stools, waterfall and entertainment features.
The principal entrance hall opens into a large double-height open plan living room divided into two lounge areas also consisting of a mezzanine office accessed by a spiral staircase. These spaces are designed to hybrid work or relax. For the cooler months, there is a feature wood stove and covered terrace with glass folding doors along its entire length, combining an indoor-outdoor lifestyle; an airy sitting area in summer (with built-in ceiling fans) and a warm, bright living space in the winter.
The ground level is suitable for lateral living with a fully equipped kitchen with high grade appliances and semi separate utility room. Guest W/C, guest double bedroom with ensuite bathroom, A larger bedroom with dressing area, ensuite with independent bath, twin showers. This room has direct access to the terracing overlooking the pool to the mountains.
The first floor is distributed as two further bedrooms, both ensuite with the larger having access to the solarium terrace with its spectacular views of the golf course, staircase access to the pool, and if required, pre installed space for a jacuzzi.
The basement features a large cinema room, a game room with a professionally installed and levelled 3/4 size Riley billiard table, an rustic dining room with private wine cellar for approximately 250 bottles.
In resort dining and entertainment:
El Torrente situated at the Golf Club House, is without challenge Cuevas del Almanzora’ s premiere restaurant. With a stunning setting, it looks out over Powder Creek and its Cascade.
El Torrente is famous for its fine Spanish dining including several very special local dishes and fresh fish. The main restaurant is open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The Deck at The Clubhouse
Overlooking Powder Creek and its Cascade, The Deck has a stunning setting to enjoy early morning coffee, evening cocktails and delicious lunches.
The Deck Menu has a wide choice of light lunch time food available through daylight hours, including tasty soups, tapas, salads, burgers, pasta, wraps and filled ciabatta.
The Crocodile Club Restaurant & Rosewood Bar
Set on a high point overlooking Desert Springs with views to the sea and the surrounding mountains, the Crocodile Club restaurant is housed in an enormous African style thatched longhouse.
The 'Croc' features an eclectic menu of Mediterranean, Pacific Rim and Thai dishes, along with fresh fish and grills, Pastas and Pizzas and Desert Hamburgers; lots for kids and something special for the adults. Tables are available in the restaurant around the open fire or on the terraces or outside in the semi-secluded terraced garden. The restaurant is open for lunch and/or dinner according to the season.
The bar is made of huge trunks of old dried rosewood from the Namibian desert and features a circular sitting out area; an open sided, canvas windowed 'Rondavel' looking out, African style, over the local wildlife at the water holes and in amongst the rocks and sand bunkers, to the surrounding plains and the sea.
This is the number one meeting place for early, and indeed not so early, evening drinks on the resort and features a delicious, but dangerous, selection of 'Croctails'.
El Chiringuito Pool Bar
Serving light lunches and a range of superb healthy fruit punches of the innocent and more grown up variety, the pool bar is a great place to lounge and shoot the breeze.
The tiny shop offers casual beachwear, sandals, kikoi wraps from Kenya, sunglasses, sunscreen and other requisites for long sunny days.
Private Dining at The Cave Bar
Known as La Cueva del Almanzora, this original but refurbished cave has a really cool bar and offers an extraordinary private meeting room and exclusive and atmospheric private dining facilities in its underground gallery.
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Median Price
2,775.02€ per m²
257.81€ per ft²
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* Conveyancing not included
* The rates applied are the highest, and the buyer may, due to their characteristics, benefit from some tax deductions. The property D.I.A. is available at our office according to the decree 218/2005 of 11th of October that regulates the information regulation for the consumer in the purchasing-selling of property in Andalusia.
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