Finca for sale in Ronda

This vast 860.000m2 private country estate is located in one of the most spectacularly beautiful areas of Ronda in the mountains some 45 minutes drive from Marbella Spain’s Costa del Sol and is without question one of the best rural property deals on the market today.

Just a 10 minutes car journey from all the services and amenities of the historic and culture-rich town of Ronda, the estate is easily accessed via a flat and immaculately maintained dirt track that winds its way from the main Arriate-to-Setenil road with gorgeous olive groves so evocative of Andalucia on either side.

From here, a private gateway leads in to the estate itself and the track takes you on past a dry stone wall with an olive grove behind it to your left and a wide open field currently sown with wheat to the right.

The ruins of a 150 year-old 800m2 typically Andalucian ‘Cortijo-style’ country house soon loom into sight.

Despite having fallen in to considerable disrepair, the house and its outbuildings can be completely renovated either as a private residence or as a rural hotel with equestrian instalations (in which case the total built area of the existing buildings could be increased significantly).

And the views from the house south across the Ronda valley over the neighbouring fields and the rooftops of nearby villages to Ronda itself are almost worth the buying price of the estate itself, as they are simply awe inspiring.

A dirt track leads from the house out into the wider estate, of which some 50% is ideal for farming as the soil is particularly fertile.

Although it is not currently used for wine production, the geography and location of some parts of the estate actually makes for ideal vineyard territory.

Indeed, the area around Ronda is about to be officially designated as an important Spanish wine producing area (‘Denominación de Origen’) as there are already some well-established and highly respected wine producing estates in the vicinity.

The other 50% of the estate is occupied by a forest of oak trees and wild olives, with trails and tracks running through them ideal for hiking or riding horses.