A Few Details of the Prizes to be Won
in Future Draws...

All the properties are named after the birds that flock nearby.
Apologies for the quality of some of these photos.

Studio Oriol

Named for the orioles that pass through. I've never seen one here, though that doesn't mean anything since they're shy.

This is one of the smaller studios. You enter from a entranceway next to Studio Pinza and the bath and the kitchenette are on the left and the bed/sitting room is straight ahead. The bed can be split into two singles, an advantage when renting the property. The terrace wraps around two sides of the main room and opens on one side out onto the lawn with the hammock – a hammock I can warmly recommend, having spent more than a handful of hours enjoying its pleasure.

Studio Musol

A Musol is an owl, and we currently have two owls in residence nearby, ghostly transient smears against the evening sky as they glide silently across the dark terraces.

This studio suite overlooks the pool on the next level down, and is as cosy as any of the accommodations. The kitchenette is next to the door, the bathroom is around the corner, and the bed/sitting room has a queen bed. The terrace is reached through doors at the far end of the room.

Studio Rupitt

A Rupitt is a robin, and this studio is as pert and pretty as any robin.

The accommodation has a four-poster queen bed, the usual kitchenette – fully equipped with microwave, stove, sink, ample crockery and cutlery and proper kitchen knives, fridge, and everything else needed to prepare a proper meal. This isn't camping.

The terrace is ample and overlooks the pool as well as the general view.

Details of the Larger Studios Coming Up in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Draws ...

Studio Gorrio

Gorrios are sparrows, of which I've not seen many hereabouts. Many exotic birds, especially during the migration seasons, but fewer of the more ordinary birds, though perhaps they're so familiar I don't notice them anymore.

This studio is the only one to have its own separate sitting room, directly adjacent to the private terrace. There's a kitchenette, bath, and bedroom with a splittable king bed. The doors to the terrace fold back so that during the day you can open them up and have a perfect view down the valley to the sea without moving from your bed.

Gorrio is located one flight down the steps from the houses that are our grand prizes.

Studio Pinza

Pinzas are finches, and at times there seem to be plenty of them about. They like the decrepit deserted windmill in the woods nearby.

Studio Pinza has a generous kitchen, separate from the rest of the bed/sitting room area. The bed is a splittable king, and there is a nice woodstove in the corner. Big sliding doors open to the terrace and bring the view inside.

Studio Estornell

Estornells are starlings, and actually we don't see many of them up here. But since starlings can be noisy in groups, I'm not sorry.

Entering the studio, the kitchen is on the right, and the bathroom is  straight ahead. The big bed/sitting room is to the left, with a woodstove in the corner on the right. The separable king bed is opposite the sliding doors to the private terrace.

Another one I overexposed, so you can't see the terrace to the right.

The Grand Prizes – the Three Last Draws...

Volto House

Volto means condor in English. They regularly fly back and forth below our terraces, patrolling the terrain. The locals refer to the terraces as Roman, but personally I don't think they are more than a few hundred years old. Perhaps there once were ancient terraces here but I'd guess they have long since been built over.

This house is the largest of the three, with two bedrooms, two baths, two terraces, kitchen and sitting room. It's located at the top of the complex, a few steps down from the car park (every winner gets a private parking place).

There is a fireplace in the sitting room, TV, DVD player, satellite connection (though mainly to Spanish and German stations given the placement of the satellite).

Just down the steps from the sitting room terrace there is a large communal terrace with a barbecue that can be used by any of the three villas.

One of the most practical aspects of this house is that it splits easily into essentially two separate units, since the second bedroom and bath and terrace are separated from the rest of the house by a lockable door. Both of the beds are king-sized, and one of them can be separated to make two single beds. 

Cuculla House

Cuculla is a pretty word for a cuckoo. For us, this one is the house we've recommended for honeymooners because it has a second terrace off the bedroom, with a little raised section where we think the new owner should put a hot tub. We couldn't because the new municipal water system won't be in until later this year and we can't get permission until the new larger-gauge mains system is in operation.

It's a duplex, with the entrance via a terrace into the sitting room, the kitchen up a short flight of steps, and then another few steps up to the top level with the bathroom, bedroom with a separable king bed, and second terrace. The photo elsewhere on the site of the two deck chairs looking at the view was taken from that terrace.

Colom House

A "Colom" is a dove, and they do come to visit regularly. This villa has an entrance from the front terrace, though it also has a door at the side, opening out onto a path that connects to the long flight of steps that bounds the property and leads down into the village.

The sitting room is generously proportioned and has a woodstove and a long case clock, which is valuable but regrettably doesn't tick. Just off the terrace there's a big kitchen and dining area. The bathroom is opposite the bedroom with king bed, and there is a separate door from the bedroom, opening out onto the terrace with the barbecue.

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