Pedruxulla Gran

The farm is great. In both personality and size. It's 350 hectares which is about 860 acres of mountainous and rocky terrain juxtaposed with terraced olive orchards and gardens and meticulous medieval architecture. When we asked Tolo how far the farm went, he replied rather nondescriptly saying, "You see the mountain? Well the farm continues about a kilometer over the other side of that." The farm can trace its lineage back a thousand years to the occupation of the Moors, who conquered, settled and farmed this island. Many of the buildings (there are about 4 houses on the property, I say about cause I think there may be more that we have yet to see) reflect ancient architectural methods like stone and mortar.
There is a massive and lengthy aqueduct on the property. While the water now runs through pipes atop the aqueduct, the water used to flow long distances from a upper cistern or well into the house over miles of ceramic roof tiles.
The main house has about 1,000 rooms, or so. We haven't had a tour yet but it is huge. The serf quarters alone have 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. We have taken the downstairs room just off the main courtyard. The owners are American, the wife inherited the property from her father. The father lived here for 25 years and put a ton of time and money into the main house and built another house up the road.

In the next post I'll tell more about our tasks and adventures including a terrifying night hike and being stopped by the Spanish fuzz.