The special Christmas package at Molino la Ratonera


The essence of a holiday at the mill is relaxation. Our special Christmas package combines the luxury of traditional home cooked Christmas food with a chance to escape from British winter weather. You decide the duration of your holiday; you arrive at either Granada or Malaga airport and we do the rest. Forget the chores this Christmas; opt for relaxing, eating and drinking instead!

We use El Cortijo, La Panadería and La Cocina for this self-indulgent holiday with all evening meals being served in our restaurant.
The upper millroom restaurant

You could choose to have your Christmas lunch al fresco on the bar terrace or in the restaurant.Christmas dinner in the sun!
After the Christmas feasting is over you can start to work off those extra pounds in the mill gym and get the New Year off to a good start. The lower millroom gym

Those guests who would like to extend their stay until New Year's Eve will celebrate at the mill with 12 grapes, one to be eaten at each strike of the clock at midnight and then have the option of going to Zagra to celebrate Spanish style where the festivities continue until morning.

Typical winter weather in this part of Andalucia is warm sunny days followed by cold frosty nights. On the rare occasions it does snow the olive groves look beautiful but you have to be up early to enjoy it! Snow in Spain!
Our special Christmas package provides the following facilities:

  • Traditional English 5 course Christmas dinner with homemade Christmas pudding.
  • Christmas supper with homemade Christmas cake.
  • A 3 course evening meal on all other evenings.
  • Fresh supplies for breakfast and lunch.
  • Mulled wine and mince pies on your arrival.
  • A bathroom pack of shower gels and shampoos.
  • Laundry facilities.
  • Airport transfers from either Granada or Malaga.

Rates per person

 4 nights 5 nights 6 nights 7 nights
  £310 £365 £420 £475

These prices are based on a minimum party size of 4 guests and include all food, wine served with meals, airport transfers, bed linen, towels, Christmas decorations and a hamper, and gas and electricity. An inital stock of firewood in included with additional supplies at €5 per load. Up to 12 guests can be comfortably accommodated across the 3 houses. La Cocina is only available in conjuction with another house.

The Christmas package can start and end on any day to suit your requirements.

Accommodation

We have five houses available. The two person Cocina from only £355 per week high season, 3 four person properties and the beautifully restored Cortijo which will comfortably sleep eight guests, with rental prices starting at £575 high season.

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Facilities

We have the bar located in the mill room complete with old mill machinery, internet access and UK television. Above this is the restaurant serving evening meals from a range of traditional Spanish dishes. In the lower mill, dating from the 16th century, is the gym, library and tourism information centre while the favourite place for most guests in the long hot summer days is the large pool which uses an eco friendly system to clean the water, reducing the chemicals required and making the water silky smooth.

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Walking and other activities

Molino la Ratonera is an ideal walking centre as it is located on a network of tracks. We offer a range of self-guided walks to enable your group to explore at its own pace. We provide detailed instructions with distance, duration, historical information and maps to enable you to enjoy this beautiful environment entirely on foot. Click here to download our short walks instructions. Our town hall has also produced instructions for a range of walks that will take you farther afield. Click here to download their guide.

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Location

Although offically part of the municipality of Algarinejo, the nearest village, 2.5 kilometres away, is Zagra with shops, banks, bars, restaurants, swimming pool and castle. Both Zagra and Algarinejo embody the charm of Spain as it has been for decades where friendly, easygoing people welcome you into their lives.

The area is known as El Poniente Granadino (the west of Granada) and is rich in evidence of Andalucia's Moorish past with castles and watchtowers (atalayas) ever present on the horizon.

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