We have just returned from spending a great week at Capellania. Firstly, here are a few general bullet points about the property you may find helpful:

• It’s even bigger than it looks.

• It takes 4 minutes 20 seconds to get to the first bar in Orgiva on foot.

• Access from town is a tarmacked road.

• It has private secured parking.

• Secluded gardens on all sides.

• Very well equipped, no need to take hair dryers, towels etc.

• No sneaky extras for cleaning and laundering.

• First class communication with the owner and the house manager who make your stay hassle free.

• The pool is deep and has an efficient filter.

• The telly works without needing to be a programmer.

• The beds are comfy as is the furniture.

• The marble and terracotta floors keep the house cool.

• The roof terrace has fantastic views of the mountains.

I have to say the word ‘impressive’ is hardly an adequate adjective to describe this amazing property. From the striking works of art on the walls to the well-stocked and categorised library the house is full of pleasant surprises that revealed themselves as our week went by. So nothing better than to spend the heat of the day around the pool and then up to the roof terrace to watch the sunset turn the mountain into a vivid orange and then a glowing red vista which never fails to make you feel lucky to be there.

We love Orgiva and return regularly. Having stayed twice at another of Anda’s properties, Casa Rosada, I knew that Capellania would not disappoint. Apart from the high standard of her properties I also think this one especially represents good value. We stayed in a villa about 200 m behind this one a few years ago which had the same tariff and was fine but it came nowhere near on size, quality or facilities.

I think other reviewers have covered other aspects of the house and town so I won’t repeat these points but will just say that staying in Capellania made us feel like a Caliph and Calipha.

Duncan Wood