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Hotel In Carboneras For Sale

Carboneras, Almeria, Spain
Asking Price:
€4,000,000 Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included
Turnover:
Available on request
Net Profit:
Available on request

History:

Eddie Fowlie arrived in Almeria in 1961 looking for locations for the film Lawrece de Arabia. Then he came to a beautiful place called Carboneras, in those years, a small fishing village and a straw factory and thought it was the perfect place to build the city of Aqaba. There, on the dry river, he produced a larger city than the town of Carboneras.
He fell in love with the area and decided to build the hotel and the place of residence where he would share many years with David Lean.
Eddie built this charming little hotel in the filming of the film Lawrence of Arabia and used many of the decorations of films such as Nicholas and Alejandra (1971) by Franklin J. Schaffner. Much of the film was shot in Segovia.
Luxury location

Located in the heart of the Natural Park 'Cabo de Gata' and beachfront, El Dorado is one of the most charming hotels in the Costa de Almería.
Less than 45 min to Almería Airport and 3 hours from Alicante airport, was recently listed by the prestigious British newspaper The Guardian as one of the top 10 charming east coast of Andalusia.

History:
Eddie Fowlie arrived in Almeria in 1961 looking for locations for the film Lawrece of Arabia. Then I came to a beautiful town called Carboneras, in those years, a small fishing village and a esparto factory and thought it was the perfect place to build the city of Ends. There, on the dry river, they built a city larger than the town of Carboneras.
He fell so in love with this area that he decided to build the Hotel and his place of residence that he would share many years with David Lean.
Eddie built this small and charming hotel during the filming of the Lawrence of Arabia Film and used much of the scenery of films such as Nicholas and Alejandra (1971) by Franklin J. Schaffner. Much of the film was shot in Segovia.
To learn more about Eddie Fowlie's interesting film life, we can find the book about his life and the works done with David Lean: A Dedicated Maniac, Memories of a film specialist.

Situation:
prime location

Located in the heart of the Natural Park «Cabo de Gata» and on the beachfront, El dorado is one of the most charming hotels on the coast of Almeria.
Less than 45 min. Almeria Airport and 3 hours from Alicante airport, has recently been listed by the prestigious British newspaper The Guardian as one of the top 10 charming on the Andalusian east coast.

Property Information

Real Estate:

Real Property Included

Location:

Located on sea front in the beautiful coastal Village of Carboneras. Right in the middle of Cabo de Gata Natural Park.

Levante Almeriense

Set in the Southeast of the penninsula, Levante of Almeria is the area with most hours of sun in Spain during the year. One of the most special places in the Almeria coast, surrounded by spectacular beaches, vegetation, white houses and charming fishing villages. A paradise of pristine endless beaches, where you can enjoy quiet waters. It is located between Natural Parks: Tabernas Desert and Cabo de Gata, offering to the visitor a unique landscape that will immerse you to the point of not wanting to ever leave.

Communications
Area with excellent connections through a network of national roads and motorways that provide quick and easy access to cities like Almería, Murcia or Granada, and several international airports.
In addition, Vera, will soon have a high speed train station (AVE). Currently under construction.

Cabo de Gata
Cabo de Gata Natural Park offers plenty of paradise beaches with soft sand and clear waters, as well as many interesting places to visit, such as the Rodalquilar’s gold mines or the Reef of Sirens, with an incredible beauty and charm.

Desierto de Tabernas
Tabernas Desert will move you to a scene from other planet, where in addition to a rugged landscape, you will find the old scenarios builded in the 60's for films during golden age of Western films, (now transformed into theme parks that you can visit) where they filmed movies as: The Good, the bad and the Ugly and A Fistful of dollars.

Amenities
Levante of Almeria, in addition to the magnificent beaches and climate, provides endless possibilities for leisure and leisure. Water sports such as windsurfing, kayaking, sailing, diving and fishing are offered along with other activities such as horseback or camel riding, numerous hiking trails, bike rides and trips to the amazing caves of Sorbas. The area completes an extraordinary leisure offer with a water park for the enjoyment of the smallest, a rowing canal, karting and an endless choice of shops, bars, restaurants, shopping malls and street markets.
In addition, the area has an extense offer for golf, with 5 courses (some of which have won international awards) in a maximum distance of 10 km.
Because of the location, offers the possibility to make day trips to monumental cities like Granada visiting the Alhambra Palace, Cartagena, Lorca or Almeria.

Cultural offer
With great interest for tourists, you can enjoy traditional festivals as Moors and Christians in Mojácar, carnival in Aguilas , Easter in Cartagena, Lorca, Granada and Almeria or Cruces de Mayo.

Lift Almeria

Located in the Southeast of the peninsula, the Levante Almeriense is the area with more hours of sunshine per year in Spain. One of the most special places on the coast of Almeria, surrounded by spectacular beaches, vegetation, white villages and charming fishing villages. A paradise of virgin kilometer beaches, where you can enjoy its crystalline and calm waters, located between the Natural Parks: Tabernas Desert and Cabo de Gata, offering an exceptional landscape that will submerge you to the point of never wanting to leave.

Communications
Area excellently communicated through its network of national roads, highways and highways that provide easy and fast access to cities such as Almeria, Murcia or Granada, as well as numerous international airports.
In addition, Vera will soon have a station for the High Speed ​​train (AVE). Currently under construction.

Cabo de Gata
The Cabo de Gata Natural Park offers countless beaches
paradise of fine sand and crystalline waters, as well as a multitude of places of interest to visit, such as the old gold mines of Rodalquilar, or the sirens reef, of incalulable beauty and charm.

Tabernas Desert
The desert of taverns will transport you to a stage on another planet, where in addition to its steep landscapes, you will find the ancient scenarios for movies built during the golden era of Western cinema, (now converted into theme parks that you can visit) where movies were filmed like: The good, the ugly and the bad or For a handful of dollars.

Leisure
The Levante de Almería, in addition to its magnificent beaches and climate, offers endless possibilities for leisure and free time. Water sports such as windsurfing, kitesurfing, kayaking, sailing, scuba diving or fishing are offered along with other activities such as horse or camel rides, numerous hiking trails and bike rides, as well as excursions to the amazing caves of Kars de Yesos of Sorbas. The area also has a water park for the enjoyment of the little ones, a rowing channel, go-karting and an innumerable offer of shops, bars, restaurants, shopping centers and markets.
In addition, the area has an extensive offer for the practice of Golf, with 5 courses (some of them awarded internationally) at a maximum distance of 10 km.
Due to its location, it offers the possibility of day trips to monumental cities such as Granada with a visit to the Alhambra, Cartagena, Lorca or Almería

Cultural offer
Of great tourist interest, you can enjoy the traditional Moors and Christians parties in Mojácar, Los Carnavales de Aguilas, Holy Week in Cartagena, Lorca, Almería or Granada and Las Cruces de Mayo.

Premises Details:

Probably this is the key hotel of Carboneras. With a beautiful location and extraordinary history on it's shoulders.

Size in square feet:
1,281

Business Operation

Competition / Market:

There is almost no competitor for this hotel in Carboneras.

Reasons for selling:

Retirement

Trading hours:

Full Day

Years established:
40