Lillium

Lyban,we are also considering our plans for this Jan. Feb and or March,2007. We are retired and want to escape USA NE winters and rent an apt in southern Spain and/or Portugal. We used VRBO previously for Hawaii. Have you found any pertinent websites since your posting? Does anyone have a suggestion for a rental real estate website they have used for the southern part of Spain?

W9London

I would recommend avoiding middle of February in COsta del Sol, as it would coincide with British school half-term holidays. It depends on districts, but usually 2nd or 3rd week of February.

Lillium

Thank you for the winter break advice. We were thinking of a town called Nerja. Do you think this small town would also be affected by holiday seekers? We were hoping to spend a month if possible. Any suggestions?

Raydotman

Click here: Nerja - Mediterranean vacation in Nerja Spain

I have tried repeatedly to include websites but just do not seem to be able to get the hang of it. Perhaps I can email this site to you. My address is [email protected] if you would like to contact me. The site is about Nerja and offers some rental opportunties. As I have said in previous posts we have rented in the Costa del Sol are for years but it has always been through friends or other private contacts.
As far as I know Nerja is not exaclty a small town anymore and it has become quite popular with vacationers. I would not worry too much about February as opposed to January or March. Seems about the same to me with perhaps the weather improving in March.
I have a friend who found some websites offering rentals at reasonable rates. I will contact her to see if she can recall any of them.

julies

A couple years ago we rented a house in the very small village of Nigueles (sp??) in the beginning of March. Frankly, I can't remember how I even found this rental on the internet. The rate was very reasonable and the weather was delightful. We hiked in the orange groves in the immediate area, took a day trip to Granada which was less than an hour away, took hikes in the Las Alpujaras area etc. We only rented there for 5 nights as it was just part of a 2 week trip to Andalucia. We're from Minneapolis, so the weather was a HUGE improvement over that at home.

blackduff

If the orange groves are anything like the olive groves, there are snakes and scorpions. Wear some boots.

Blackduff