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On a warm sunny day in January though, it's not hard to fall in love with an Alpujarran cortijo.
A Conversation with Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over Lemons 2010
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Their homes, which opened onto shared courtyards, were simple dwellings referred to by the locals as yahudihane (in Turkish) and by the Jews as cortijo, or “cottage.”
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So much so that, with his wife Claire, he has spent four years renovating a remote, 150-year-old cortijo, which has just opened as Casa Olea.
Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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A 100-year-old eight-bedroom cortijo, with six bathrooms, huge kitchen, open fires and outdoor heated pool, provides the accommodation.
Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2008
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