Villa La Marquesa is a pretty cottage not far away from the city of Las Palmas , at 18 Kms, in the heart of Gran Canaria island where there are beautiful mountains and landscape. It is locate inside a " finca" ( farm) owned by the same family since two centuries.
Within the property of 50.000 m2 of land there are two houses.
The main house where the owners live is an old Manor house built in the beginning of 18 th century .
The smaller one is a cottage from the 50s : with 120 square metres within the garden that surrounds both houses . It is this cottage that you can rent all the year round. The cottage itself has a private garden with lovely roses and other endemic plants from Canary Islands and an orchard with fruit trees.
Near to the house there is a modern and beautiful swimming pool 22 meters long. Next to the pool there is a stone sculpture by the German artist Ulrich Ruckriem in the place that he himself chose for its setting twenty years ago.
The cottage has two bedrooms with their adjoining bathrooms (one of them ensuite). A living room, dining room and kitchen. Beside the house there is a " patio" where you can sit or to have lunch.
The decoration is very elegant with modern and vintage furniture. All paintings and prints are original of famous Canarian painters.
In front of the house you only have the sights of a original garden of 5000 square metres, which provides a lot of peace and calm, the perfect spot for a relaxing holidays.
Close to the garden you have a huge parking lot from where you can sight a plantation of proteas , which are exotic plants brought from South Africa and are now cultivated here. You have a private entrance for yourself and for your car, that is guests and owners do not disturb each other and both have their privacy.
The rest of the " finca" is a beautiful plantation of flowers, bushes, orange trees , lemon trees and a large road flanked by spectacular blue color Agapanthus.
In the garden you can see two huge Araucarias more than 150 years old. These trees were planted in front of the Manor house to provide shade as it has been a summer house for more than a century.
From the " finca" you can walk to many places nearby through pathways taking you to different and interesting views from the numerous valleys and hills that surrounds the property.
