_Private View 2019 property of the week: Villa la Favorita, Spain
Set across 900 hectares of wooded hillsides and valleys that blend wonderful wilderness with the manicured beauty of two golf courses, the Zagaleta golf and country club in Andalucia is veiled in an aura of mystique. Only residents and approved guests can pass its guarded gates – and once within, its 32 miles of private roads are shared between just 320 or so homes that command their own private hilltops.
This is country-club living at its most exclusive – and there’s nowhere better to soak it up than at Villa la Favorita. As the imposing solid wood front door of this contemporary nine-bedroom, 1,952 metre-square mansion opens, the gaze is drawn instantly to the mesmerising view beyond. Past the pristine green of the lawns and the glistening blue of the infinity edge swimming pool, which appears to float over the valley, lies the Mediterranean Sea from which the dramatic forms of the Rock of Gibraltar and the Moroccan mountains emerge.
Inside, Villa la Favorita is a vision of understated refinement, the spaces throughout calm and cavernous, and the facilities befitting a deluxe hotel. Designed by architect Marcos Sainz in 2014, this is a house built to the highest specification.
On the lower level, a professional-grade cinema joins a wine cellar and spa area, which includes a sauna, steam bath, treatment rooms and heated indoor pool. The top floor is dedicated to a series of bedrooms suites, each with a signature bathroom in different hues of marble, and his and her dressing rooms.
Villa la Favorita offers the calibre of luxury living for which La Zagaleta has sealed its reputation. Yet it also allows enjoyment of the simpler things, too. “Few villas can claim to enjoy such a privileged position overlooking the point where two oceans and two continents meet,” says Mark Harvey, Knight Frank’s Head of International Department. “The quality of the build is exceptional and delivers what is arguably one of the best houses in the region.”
For more information contact Mark Harvey, Head of International Sales at Knight Frank.
Villa la Favorita is one of several extraordinary properties featured in the latest edition of Private View, which you can download here: