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Our establishment
MAQUILA COUNTRY HOUSE LODGE was built before 1900. It is an old, three-storey village house, refurbished in Mediterranean style in 2000. It is in Polop de la Marina, a typical inland town 300 m above sea level, in an environment with plenty of peace and quiet. MAQUILA COUNTRY HOUSE LODGE opened to the public in 2000. It is a classical village house that retains its original atmosphere. It has wooden beams where you can still see the nails that were used to hang the exquisite cured meats that are still made today according to traditional methods. Our country house lodge has 150 sq m of floor space. It is available for rent per day as a full unit. In days gone by, MAQUILA COUNTRY HOUSE LODGE welcomed newly wed couples who set up their first home here. We still have a collection of family photographs from that period. Ours is a family-style, welcoming and peaceful village house with thick walls, small windows with views of both sides of the house, attics, white walls and a decor that combines the old with the new. MAQUILA COUNTRY HOUSE LODGE is ready to welcome you in a relaxing and restful place only 10 km from the bustle of Benidorm, 9 km from Altea, where many artists live, 4 km from Fuentes del Algar and 5 km from the picturesque and popular town of Guadalest.
Meet our facilities
Rooms
MAQUILA COUNTRY HOUSE LODGE can accommodate 6-8 people in 4 rooms. 2 of the rooms are doubles while the other 2 are twin rooms. All rooms have central heating.
Other facilities
- 2 full bathrooms. - Living/dining room with fireplace. - Fully equipped stone kitchen
Useful tourist information
Polop de la Marina barony is one of the most interesting tourist offers on the Costa Blanca coast, due to its outstanding scenery and special microclimate with an average temperature of 17 degrees Celsius, combined with its welcoming people and its past full of history and legend. It is an oasis of peace only a few kilometres away from the busy coast that lies between the Bernia and Puig Campagna mountain ranges. If you take the Terra Mítica exit on the motorway, as you go round the corner after the town of La Nucia, you will be surprised by the unmistakable, outstanding view of the white harbour. It is set in an oasis among several tones of green at the foot of Mount Ponoch, also known as the León Dormido or Sleeping Lion (a name given to it by the writer Gabriel Miró). You will approach the town surrounded by fruit trees. As you enter its streets, you will see traces of their past. Like the rest of the Marina region, the town was a strategic site where the legendary leader Al-Zaraq rose up against Jaime I after the Spanish king conquered the town. You can try our local cuisine: pilotes de farina de dacsa (large meatballs wrapped in cabbage leaves), stuffed cocas or pies, wheat stew, mintxos (Swiss chard pasties), pebreretes en sangacho (a kind of ratatouille) and arròs en fressols i naps (a rice dish with green beans). There are also typical desserts, such as medlars, traditional pastries and handmade honey of all kinds of flavours. Sights not to be missed include the parish church, built in 1723; Divina Aurora Shrine, a Way of the Cross with 18th century ceramics; the remains of the old fortress defensive walls; Moorish archaeological remains; traces of Iberian remains and, of course, the Museo del Alambre (Wire Museum). You can also cool off at Fuente de la Provincia fountain, which has 221 spouts fed by pure spring water, one for each town in the province. The scenery and tranquillity will invite you to go for a walk, paint, take pictures and explore the vicinity. You will discover some very interesting places: Font d´El Garrofet and Fuentes de los Chorros natural springs, Molí de Xirles, Cueva del Cid Campeador (the cave of Spanish military leader and national hero El Cid), and Mount Ponoch, with the Matet and Umbría pine groves.
Activities you can practice
- Canoeing
- Canyoning
- Climbing
- Cycle touring, bike routes
- Donkey rides
- Excursions
- Hiking
- Mountain biking
- Mountaineering
- Multi-activity
- Nature observatories
- Orienteering
- Panoramic views
- Via Ferratas
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You can check availability and reserve online or by phone:
Phone reservations: 965 842 936
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