Thirty-five miles east of the city of Granada in Southeast Spain is the Andalucian town of Guadix. Located on an elevated plateau on the northern Sierra Nevada foothills the town is famed for its collection of cave homes, and is reputed to be the largest community of this unusual type of Spanish property in Spain.
Dug into the hillside, Guadix's cave homes are situated in an area of the town known as "Barrio Troglodyte". The district is signposted from the main street and is home to more than 4,000 residents in the town. All of the cave homes are maintained to a very high standard, several possessing marble floors and fitted kitchens. Their chimneys, doors and visible exteriors are all immaculately dressed in whitewash.
The Guadix cave homes all have very thick walls, and so offer superior insulation when compared to other types of Guadix property available in the town. A constant temperature of 19°c - 20°c is maintained all year round - regardless of what the weather is doing outside.
In other areas of the town, Guadix property consists of villas, apartments and townhouses, crowded around the town's central feature - its wonderful cathedral. Much of the Spanish property in this part of town has whitewashed exteriors and provides a sense of living in a traditional Spanish town. Outside Guadix there are opportunities to purchase land on which that dream villa in Spain could be constructed.
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