We are assuming you will have a car as this is essential for travelling to the villa and exploring the surrounding area. However, if you are feeling energetic one evening, you could walk up the hill to where you meet the main road and, if you stand by the roadside where a bus comes down from Frigliana, you can flag him down. (You will need to check the times in town, as they do change!) The bus will set you down in the town on the main road and you can make your way through the picturesque streets to the Balcon de Europa.

Getting back is not quite as easy because you need to pick up a taxi from the taxi rank; but these are plentiful and cheap. You need to ask for Camino De La Imagora which runs off Camino Viejo de Malaga. The number of the house is 13.
Sometimes the taxi drivers need to be helped with the precise position of the house but gesticulation usually does the trick!

Directions from Malaga Airport to El Prado
As you leave the airport car park, head for Malaga and go straight on at the first roundabout. After a little way you will see that there is a flyover. Keep in the left hand lane and go over the flyover on the main road which goes round in a huge circle onto the Malaga Ring Road.

You then need to be following signs to Motril and Almeria. Do not be tempted to go into the centre of Malaga because this can be a nightmare! Keep going along the main road and be careful not to turn off towards Granada but continue on the main A7. This road follows the coast on for some 40 or 50 kilometres until such time as you get to the Nerja and Frigiliana turning. Take the exit slip road and, at the roundabout, keep in the left hand lane and turn left towards Frigiliana. Follow this road straight up the hill and you come to a white wall with 'Cortijo San Rafael' written on it in red.

You are getting quite near to the turn-off (300-400 metres approx.) so follow the road round to the left and then keep going until you get to a quite sharp right-hand bend in the road. On the left you will see there is a dirt track. Turn down this road, being careful to go quite slowly because there is quite a drop down from the road surface. The road splits in two and you need to take the left-hand fork, leaving the post boxes and the bin enclosure on your right. The road is extremely bumpy at this point but do not worry as you are definitely on the right track. Keep going straight down past quite a few big houses and, after a kilometre or so, you come to the point where the road is made up.

You are now getting near to "El Prado" and, if you follow this road for another 200-300 metres, you will come to the house on the left which is quite clearly named and has "13" on the gate post. We would recommend that one person then gets out of the car with the keys and opens the gates to the driveway and we suggest that you back in because trying to reverse out can be a little tricky, particularly at night.

The three keys that you have will open the two front gates and the front door and the rest of the keys are inside the property.

ALARM:
There is a burglar alarm, the controls for which are in the kitchen next to the fridge. Please do use this when you leave the property. When you leave, the code is xxxxx and when you come back in to deactivate the alarm, the code is xxxxx. In case of problems with the alarm, we have a contract with ROJIPER who can be contacted on 902100919.

Departure to the Airport
As a rule, the trip to the airport only takes some 45 minutes, but we usually leave at least three hours before the departure time of the flight to allow for traffic. When you get to Malaga, assuming you have rented a car through one of the major companies, you make your way towards the car rental return section and you then need to park up and wait for one of the inspectors to come along. They will check the car over and give you a piece of paper which you take back to the relevant car office at the end of the parking area. However, some companies still just ask you to deposit the car in the main car park and take the keys back to the desk or, in some cases, even leave them in the boot. If they want you to do this, they should tell you when you collect the car.

We hope you have a lovely holiday and enjoy the area and our villa.

For more details: enquiries@villaelprado.co.uk