A map showing Bédar and the nearby towns down to the coast. |
I thought being as we have now confirmed that we are going to be buying a house in Bédar that I should give you some background on the place and the area then maybe you will understand why we fell in love with this place and chose to set down roots here.
Bédar is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is an authentic Spanish village, in existence since the time of the Moors and it nestles into the lower slopes of the Filabres mountains. It is approximately 15kms inland from the coastal resorts of Mojácar Playa and Garrucha.
As you drive up towards the picturesque mountain village, Bédar becomes a focal point sitting astride a pretty hillside setting in a quiet and calm atmosphere and it still retains many of the original cottages which line the quaint narrow streets and little alleyways.
Bédar settled in the hills. |
According to Wikipedia the village is 404m above sea level, in 2011 the population was 1061 people! As you can imagine that makes for a very peaceful place to live! Of that figure 538 are men and 523 are women. Out of 1061 a staggering 630 foreigners have chosen to make this place their home. Major sources of settlers are expat Brits! This place was recently voted one of the best places to settle and live in Spain, it placed in the top twenty!
Bédar by night. |
We ventured even higher into the hills above Bédar to a wonderful Cortijo styled restaurant called Montana and had a wonderful meal there. The down side to going there is that the journey up to it is hair raising for most people and for a certain Mr Cohen rather stomach churning! The pay off of course apart from the wonderful food were amazing views across the valley to the coast and sea beyond. Some of these views can be seen in the gallery of pictures I posted yesterday.
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