Alhambra apartment, Catral  (€350 p. month)

Ref	LL153
Price	€350
Property Type	Apartment
Town	Catral
Beds	2
Baths	2
Build size	86m2
Pool Type	None
Floors	1
Furnished	Partly Furnished

• Balcony
• Part-furnished
• Roof terrace
• Terrace
• Washing machine

• Communal roof terrace
• Sports Complex
• Swimming Pool

This apartment is for rent for 350Euros per month, community charge is included.

The location of the apartment block is great, just 2 minutes walk to the large supermarket, and park. It has easy access to all part of the town, just behind the main street, close to all buses routes and main roads. The apartment block was only just completed in April 2007 and has only 11 apartments.

 The lay out of the apartment is good. The lounge is open plan and has its own terrace, access by double patio doors. There is a  kitchen with plenty of wall and base units, and solid granite worktops. The apartment measures 86sq M large enough for long term living, not just holidays. The 1st bedroom is suitable for twin beds. Then there is a family shower room. The master bedroom has a en-suite with full size bath, shower, bidet, wc and wash hand basin. The apartment is being let part furnished as there are white goods already in the apartment.

The apartment is available from 1st April.

Catral is a small town located in the Vega Baja district of the province of Alicante, Spain, its municiple disrict covers and area of about 20 km2 and it has a population of 6,642 (2005 Census).

Catral is situated on the CV-905 just north of the town of Almoradi, it can easily be reached from the AP-7 motorway and is within about 20 minutes drive of Alicante airport and around 40 minutes from Murcia (San Javier) airport. Catral is about 10 km from the beaches of Guardamar del Segura..

The name of the town is said to be derived from the Moorish 'Al-Quatrullat', other theories suggest that it comes from the latin for 'fortified villa' (Castrum Altum) or maybe even from the Iberian meaning 'Karl Turl' (Double Summit) referring to the Cabezos de Albatera. Either way the history of Catral certainly goes back to the Arab occupation (8th to 13th centuries) and when the Moors were subsequently defeated by Alphonso of Castille in 1255, it came under the Kingdom of Castille. Later the same century in 1296 control changed once again and control of Catral passed to the Kingdom of Aragon under the auspices of Orihuela.

Over the centuries Catral has been primarily an agricultural area, with important crops being citrus fruits, olives, artichokes and cereals, there was also some cattle farming and some light industry.