Far from the maddening crowds, yet within easy reach of Granada and Malaga airports you can still find the traditional heart of Spain.

Casa Grenadino, the house of the Pomegranate Tree, is in the ancient Moorish village of Albunuelas — one of the beautiful white villages of the Lecrin valley (as see on Channel 4 TV).

With stunning views across the Rio Santo gorge, Casa Grenadino is “without doubt one of the finest renovations in the valley”.

A timeless Moorish townhouse in the lower barrio of the village, a place of winding alleyways, where orange laden mules meander the twisting whitewashed lanes in the shade of overhanging bougainvillea.

Life here goes on today, much as it has for centuries.