Finca el Moro, - means the farm of the Arab. It is in one of the highest farmable valleys in the sierra lying at 2000ft, and is reached only by a rough track 3kms from a tarmac road.

We moved here in August 1990, the farm had been abandoned for years, and what is now our house was a wine press and a large barn. We lived in tents for three months under the fig trees in the garden while we made the house habitable. We had a shower made from a 44 gallon drum in a tree and 3 tents, one of which was eaten by a resident mule.

The farm is 75 acres of olives, sweet chestnut trees, and cork and we farm sheep, black Iberican pigs and breed horses. We produce our own mountain ham (jamon serrano) and chorizo (spanish sausage) from our pigs. We are as self-sufficient as possible for ourselves and our guests and produce our own olive oil and table olives, pork, lamb, hams and sausages; we have a large vegetable garden and the farm is dotted with fruit trees - lemons, figs, plums, quinces, cherries, peaches, apples and pears.

It is a quiet place, peaceful, with long views north over the hills. Nightingales and cicadas sing at night and you wake to the sound of sheep bells tinkling as they graze around your cottages.

Surrounding the farm, the network of Drover's tracks, old Roman roads and smuggler's paths offer wonderful walking and riding. These caminos lead you from pretty white village to village with plunging views from the high ground and through secret flower filled valleys.

We realized, from the outset, that our plans were dependent both on farming and having guests and so we converted three ruined cottages into accommodation for our guests.

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