Cortijos are traditionally a Spanish weekend or holiday retreat and many Spanish people own one in addition to their own house – often just outside the town or city where they live, so that they can readily move there to relax and rejuvenate at weekends or for longer spells.
Many owners have now made their cortijos available for rent for short or long stays and they are extremely popular amongst the Spanish and increasingly so for people from other countries.  A cortijo will normally be designated as an alojamiento rural and this means that it is recognised and regulated by the local authorities.  However, provision at cortijos varies widely, as this aspect is less regulated.
Generally, a cortijo will comprise the whole or part of a farmhouse style dwelling along with substantial land around and often an outdoor pool.  The house itself will almost without exception have a well equipped kitchen, lounge with TV and often DVD player, bathroom(s) and bedrooms all to a very good standard.  Normally run personally by the owner who will live elsewhere, a cortijo stay gives you full use of the facilities provided to really relax and live life at your own speed during the time you spend there.  You will usually find cortijos very clean and well prepared for your stay but housekeeping, including changes of linen and towels etc. is not normally provided.  However, spares may well be available to you and their location will be shown to you by the cortijo owner when showing you around on arrival.
You may particularly like to consider mixing a cortijo stay alongwith a stay in the centre of Granada – spend a few days really soaking up all the history, culture and shopping that Granada has to offer and then move to your cortijo to do just as the Spanish do and relax amongst olive groves and fascinating rural walks and other activities simply not possible in the centre of Granada.
At ApartmentshotelGranada.com we aim to offer you a good range of cortijos personally inspected by ourselves and verified as to standards.  This range will grow as we see more.  If you find that a particular cortijo you are interested in is not displayed on our web site please e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will happily assist you as much as we can with details on the location and services provided at that cortijo.  If we can readily arrange to visit the cortijo you are interested in staying at so that we can give you first hand details and verify the quality for you, we will happily do so.