If you are staying at a Villa in Casares on the Costa Del Sol you might like to try to visit the area of Manilva. Better known as a municipality, containing Hondacavada, Manilva, Sabinillas, El Castillo and El Puerto de la Duquesa, it runs parallel to| the coast. It is a very rural area and in the 16th century vineyards dominated the landscape. These days lots more fruit and vegetables are grown. Steeped in history its position near to Straits of Gibralter has meant that practically every invasion has passed through. As was commonplace wherever they went it is was the Romans who left most evidence of their occupation.
To name but a few Roman influences in the area are the Roman villa of Sabinillas, the ruins of what apparently was a tower on the El Hacho hill, and some ceramics at Haza del Casare?o.
Modern Manilva is a vibrant developing resort filled with typical Spanish charm but developing quite rapidly to cater for the tourist. There is an abundance of restaurants and bars to suit all tastes and pockets.
The area has plenty of excellent golf courses, Finca Cortesin, home of the Volvo Masters commencing 2009 is the next door neighbout to Casares Del Sol, with Casaes Golf just over the road and Duquesa Golf and Country Club, Estapona Golf Club and Donna Julia Golf club being all being between 5 and 10 minutes away form the complex.
Well worthy of a quick tour is Duquesa Castle, built in 1767, during the reign of Carlos III. Named after Duquesa de Arcos, wife of D. Lu?s Crist?bal Ponce de Le?n, master of the lands in Casares. The fortress was built on existing foundations laid down in Roman times with sloping walls on the outside of which there are loopholes for riflemen. For defence the fortress had a battery of 4 x 24. The castle’s garrison consisted of 25 infantry, 10 cavalry and 10 artillerymen plus their respective officers. The castle was taken and held by the French for a time during the Peninsular War, in the early years of the 19th century, and 50 French troops man the Castle and use it to control the main coastal road.
Near by, Las Palmeras is a brand new development, which is situated in an elevated position at the rear of Calahonda giving magnificent views over rural areas to the sea. There are a wide varieties of different types and sizes of rental properties available in Las Palmeras. These range from 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms apartments (sleeping 6 persons), to 3 bed roomed penthouses. There are a number of pools to use. The apartments are of a very generous proportion being approx 110sm internally and having balconies of 42.5sm.
There are plenty of suitable Villas in Costa Del Sol in which to stay to tour the area, select from Casaras, Calahonda, Mijas Costa, Benahavis or Benalmadena.
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