A typical week on holiday at Casa Blanca Rural

Vicki, Perry and their two daughters, Georgia and Maddi, exchanged snow and sub-zero temperatures in the UK for a week with us in Montichelvo. They were in need of some R&R and a break from the routines of their busy lives at home.

The weather treated them very kindly with temperatures between high teens and low twenties and wall-to-wall sunshine. They had hired a car from the airport (which we recommend) so had the freedom to explore independently and to experience the thrills of driving in Spain!

Once settled in they were able to take advantage of our local knowledge and accompanied us on our most popular walk which is up a valley in the mountains behind us and across to a Moorish ruined castle for a picnic.



The girls installed their Barbie and Ken dolls as King and Queen for the duration of our visit!



We also took them on a mountain 4x4 ride to show some of the amazing views around these parts.

Luckily their visit coincided with Las Fallas and other festivities so we all went into Gandia, which is our local main town, to experience fireworks like you wouldn’t believe and burnings of the monuments late into the night.

Local cuisine was sampled at the Moli Canyar (a large converted mill) that serves a splendid all-you-can-eat menu del dia. They also had our in house barbeque and on another night our “Paella de la casa”.



A couple of different days were spent at the beach which Georgia and Maddi loved and became very relaxed too……..



We also took them on our most popular excursion which is a trip by 4x4 along an old disused railway line that winds its way along the route of the river Serpis. Beautiful scenery in every direction – we never tire of it. And before returning to the house we stopped for a very leisurely tapas lunch sitting in the sunshine outside a bar in a village mostly in the middle of nowhere – a world away from day to day life back home. And just to show that we really enjoy what we do - this is me being a very happy host...



Apart from the trips out there were shopping trips, visits to the local bar (25 yards away in our church square) meeting the friendly locals, practicing long forgotten Spanish. Amazing how jokes can be enjoyed between people who barely understand what the other is saying!

All too soon the week came to an end and our guests traded the warm sunshine for snow and sub-zero temperatures once more. So, were they relaxed and refreshed? – Yep, no doubt!