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Sierra Nevada - Pradollano, Monachil
This exceptional property presents a unique opportunity to enjoy refined mountain living in the sought-after Pradollano area of Sierra Nevada, Monachil, Granad…
Monachil rewards local knowledge. We walk every street before we recommend a home — checking winter sun, river noise, parking on the narrow lanes — and we'll always tell you which homes are over-priced and why. After twenty years in Andalusia, that candour is the one habit we refuse to break.
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First, the honest geography: Monachil is not on the coast. It sits about eight kilometres south-east of Granada, where the orchards of the Vega give way to the first slopes of the Sierra Nevada, with the Río Monachil running through the middle of the old village. The municipality has three distinct parts — the casco antiguo down in the valley, the larger Barrio de la Vega on the rise towards Granada, and Pradollano, the ski resort itself, around thirty minutes further up the mountain on the A-395. The Los Cahorros gorge, with its hanging bridges, begins a few streets from the centre of the village. The beaches of the Costa Tropical at Salobreña and Motril are about an hour south on the A-44, and Granada's centre is roughly twenty minutes by car.
Townhouses set the tone here, and they come in two characters. In the old village they are traditional casas de pueblo on the narrow lanes off the Paseo del Río — three storeys, thick walls, a roof terrace looking up the valley, sometimes a ground floor still waiting to become a garage. Barrio de la Vega, which long ago outgrew the original village, holds the newer adosados: family townhouses with garages, small gardens and views back over the Vega de Granada, joined from time to time by a short run of new-build homes. Up at Pradollano the stock is different altogether — compact ski apartments around the resort, bought for the season and let for much of it. Detached houses and small fincas do appear, but they are the exception rather than the pattern.
Value is the quiet argument for Monachil: square-metre prices typically run at around half of what the same money buys in Granada city, which is why commuting families keep arriving. As a general guide, a village house needing work can be found below €150,000, a reformed or more recent townhouse tends to sit between €200,000 and €350,000, and the larger new-build family homes go above that — while ski apartments in Pradollano follow their own resort-driven market. Children can be schooled without leaving the municipality, at CEIP Los Llanos for primary and IES Los Cahorros for secondary, both in Barrio de la Vega. Metropolitan buses, the 181 and 183 among them, reach central Granada in about half an hour; the airport is some thirty-five minutes by car; and for golf, Santa Clara in Otura and Granada Club de Golf at Las Gabias are each within about half an hour.
We treat Monachil as three markets, not one, each with its own logic and its own pitfalls. We'll tell you which houses by the river hear the water all night, which streets in Barrio de la Vega carry the morning run towards the Ronda Sur, and — as always — which homes are over-priced and why. If you're weighing a townhouse in the village against a ski flat at altitude, or simply want a straight answer on what your budget honestly buys here, drop us a line.
Monachil sits about eight kilometres south-east of Granada, where the Vega de Granada meets the first slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Metropolitan buses, including the 181 and 183, reach central Granada in roughly half an hour, and by car the city is around twenty minutes via the Ronda Sur. The Pradollano ski station, which lies within Monachil's own municipality, is about thirty minutes up the mountain; Granada's airport is some thirty-five minutes away, and the Costa Tropical beaches at Salobreña and Motril are about an hour south on the A-44.
Townhouses dominate. The old village offers traditional three-storey casas de pueblo on narrow lanes near the Río Monachil, while Barrio de la Vega, the larger and newer part of town, has family adosados with garages and terraces, plus the occasional short run of new-build homes. Up at Pradollano the stock is compact ski apartments around the resort. Detached houses and small fincas appear from time to time, but they are the exception.
As a general guide, a village house needing renovation can be found below €150,000, reformed or more recent townhouses tend to run between €200,000 and €350,000, and larger new-build family homes sit above that. Square-metre prices in Monachil are typically around half those of Granada city, which is much of the appeal for commuting families. Ski apartments in Pradollano follow a separate, resort-driven market and are priced well above the village.
Yes. CEIP Los Llanos covers infant and primary education and IES Los Cahorros covers secondary, both in Barrio de la Vega, so children can be schooled without leaving the municipality. Granada's wider choice of state, concertado and private schools lies twenty to thirty minutes away by car or metropolitan bus.
