Molino de Guevara Cuevas del Almanzora · Almería

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The mill, the coast, and everything between.

A closer look at the house, its eighteenth-century mechanism, and the landscape around it — golf courses, beaches, and the everyday life of the Almanzora valley.

The whitewashed two-storey facade of Molino de Guevara, framed by palm trees — The house, seen from the garden

The original grinding mechanism preserved inside the ground-floor living room — The old grinding press, now part of the living room

The living and dining room, with the old grinding press standing beside the dining table — The living room, built around the old grinding press

The tiled dining room, seen through an open wooden door, with terracotta jars in the foreground — The dining room, glimpsed through the old door

The ground-floor hall near the front door, with a picnic-style table, an antique scale and large terracotta jars — The entrance hall, with its old weighing scale

A bedroom with a wrought-iron bed frame and wooden shutters open to the light — One of the bedrooms, with its original wooden shutters

A bedroom with a wrought-iron bed, striped bedspread and a framed vintage film poster — One of the bedrooms, with a framed vintage poster

A bedroom with a patterned bedspread, carved wall hanging, hanging lanterns and decorative wooden masks — A bedroom decorated with carved masks and lanterns

A bedroom corner with a carved wooden bench, decorative masks, and an archway leading to the ensuite bathroom — A bedroom corner, with its ensuite just beyond

A bedroom with a colourful woven bedspread and a carved wooden wall hanging above the headboard — The master bedroom's woven bedspread

A bathroom with blue mosaic tiling, a wall-mounted tap and a round vessel sink on a wooden counter — One of the bathrooms, in blue mosaic tile

The kitchen, with hand-painted tiled walls, a gas hob and an open window looking out over the countryside — The kitchen, tiled by hand

A small dining nook off the kitchen with a checked tablecloth and a door open to the garden — A breakfast nook, with the garden just beyond

A dimly lit interior hallway at night, with ceramic leopard figures and decorative masks on the walls — The house by night

A ceramic tile sign reading Molino de Guevara, set into a garden wall beneath the ruined old acequia — The house takes its name from the mill itself

A stone path lined with bougainvillea leading to the front of the house — The path leading up to the front door

A wrought-iron garden gate framed by red bougainvillea, opening onto the courtyard — The garden gate, in bloom

A shaded garden path bordered by palms and aloe, leading to the entrance gate — A quiet corner of the 600 sqm garden

A sofa in the living room looking toward the dining table and the mill's old wooden press — Living room seating, beneath the original beams

A corner of the living room with shelves of antique pottery jugs and family photographs — Shelves of antique pottery in the living room

The staircase leading to the first-floor bedrooms, with a terracotta jar at its foot — The staircase up to the bedrooms

A bedroom corner with a vintage wash-stand, mirror and basin lit by an ornate hanging lamp — A vintage wash-stand in one of the bedrooms

A minimalist walk-in shower room with white plastered stalls and blue mosaic tiling, lit by a window — A minimalist walk-in shower, in white and blue mosaic

A walk-in shower room with white plastered dividing walls and blue mosaic tile, seen from a bedroom landing — Another of the house's walk-in shower rooms

An outdoor barbecue and dining table shaded by a grapevine pergola — The barbecue, shaded by a grapevine pergola

A garden lounge area with sun loungers, the barbecue and a grapevine pergola, overlooking open farmland and mountains — Sun loungers in the garden, looking out over the valley

A hallway near the kitchen with a console table, baskets of fruit and decorative ceramic plates on the wall — Decorative plates along the kitchen hallway

A blue-painted hallway with two decorative heron figures in a small tiled pool, leading through an arch to a traditional kitchen — A characterful passage through to the kitchen

A small guest bathroom with a modern square sink and a pink towel — A guest bathroom, simply finished

A car parked in the shade beneath a retractable awning beside the house — Covered parking beside the house

Cross-section diagram of the mill's original hydraulic mechanism — How the mechanism once worked, end to end

The mill's stone-walled irrigation channel, the acequia, shaded by palms — The acequia — the stone channel that once fed the mill

The vaulted stone chamber of the cárcavo, seen from inside looking out — Inside the cárcavo, the vaulted chamber beneath the house

The mill's original wooden water-wheel, the rodezno, still in place — The rodezno — the original wooden water-wheel

A close view of the rodezno water-wheel and its wooden blades inside the stone cárcavo — The rodezno's wooden blades, seen up close

Desert Springs Golf Club, an 18-hole desert-style course near Molino de Guevara — Desert Springs, 500 metres from the house

Valle del Este golf course near Vera, with coastal views — Valle del Este, near Vera

Aguilón golf course set among bare rock mountains near Pulpí — Aguilón, set beneath bare rock mountains

Marina Mojácar golf course on the coastal plain — Marina Mojácar, on the coastal plain

Cala Cristal, a clear-water rocky cove near Molino de Guevara — Cala Cristal, a short drive from the house

A golden sunset over a palm-lined promenade near the coast — An evening along the coast nearby

Playa de los Muertos in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park — Playa de los Muertos, Cabo de Gata-Níjar

Playa de los Genoveses, a wide sandy beach in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park — Playa de los Genoveses

Playa de San Pedro, a secluded cove reachable only on foot or by boat — Playa de San Pedro, reachable on foot or by boat

The whitewashed hillside village of Mojácar at dusk — Mojácar, listed among Spain's most beautiful villages

The Alcazaba fortress in Almería city, illuminated at night — The Alcazaba of Almería, nearly a thousand years old

The hanging houses of Sorbas, built along the edge of a river gorge — Sorbas, its houses built along the gorge

The Almería Fair at night, with a lit ferris wheel and crowds — The Almería Fair, held every August

Sardinas al espeto grilling over an open fire, a local speciality — Sardinas al espeto, grilled over an open fire

Garrucha prawns being prepared on a hot plate — Garrucha's prawns, the region's signature dish