


The Casita is particularly cosy in the cooler months as well as being lovely and light; contact me well ahead for details of longer lets in low season in the Casita which cost less then €250 per week. One of the many nice things to do is a painting course...

You will see from the Art Gaucin website artgaucin.com that Jenny’s style is quite distinct; she is
inspired by the countryside around Gaucin and has the use of this wonderful studio with a view of La Cristalina during the winter months (see her painting of it on the left). Jenny could also give classes in the Garden at Casa Mosaica which might be rather nice.
Contact Paddy Robinson and Jennifer Waterhouse directly via the artgaucin.com website, or let me put you in touch with either of them to find out more about pricing and timing. Or let me put a Casa Mosaica / painting holiday together for you for 2019 /2020. I can already visualise some of your lovely work!!


Contact Paddy Robinson and Jennifer Waterhouse directly via the artgaucin.com website, or let me put you in touch with either of them to find out more about pricing and timing. Or let me put a Casa Mosaica / painting holiday together for you for 2019 /2020. I can already visualise some of your lovely work!!
If your friends or partners would rather join a writing class (chalkthesun.co.uk) or be active and sporty while you paint then I can throughly recommend the very reasonably priced all singing all dancing new gym “SMC fit” opposite the petrol station run by Sebastián Marquez Carrero who you might already know or recognise from Casa Antonia. There is also a tennis and paddle court in the village available for anyone to use and of course there is also the Gaucin walkers group which I have written about often and is available to all visitors in Gaucin (GAUCIN WALKERS on Facebook).


As you can see it was a beautiful day and a great many people of various nationalities gathered for the moving service. The Piper who played an emotional highland lament was a Royal Marine from Gibraltar, whilst the Bugler had come all the way from his Yorkshire regiment to play the last post and the reveille beside the graves.
We stayed for 2 nights at the delightful Tangarina Hotel in the Kasbah, with a lovely view of Spain, and a most delicious dinner in the Morocco Club restaurant pictured below, which you might recognise as the architecture that inspired us most when designing and building Casita Mosaica. The original building was designed by the famous American architect, painter and decorator Stuart Church and frequented by The Beats and Mick Jagger during their sojourns in Tangier. I thought the food was absolutely delicious but not inexpensive… There’s a paino bar and a café terrasse as well.


A great procession starting with small children dresses as lambs, followed by a van decorated with presents from inside children throwing more sweets! Then the smartly turned out village band playing Christmasy tunes and then more children and parents all dressed up and finally 3 wonderfully dresses long haired kings mounted elegantly on horse back.

Semana Santa / Easter Bull run in Gaucin. It is a village version of the San Fermines in Pamplona 21 April 2019
Toma de Los Franceses / Elaborate and charming re-enactment with local Sierra residents Celebrating the retaking of Gaucin from the French in the war of Independence. 10 /11 May 2019.
Art Gaucin/ Gaucin Artists open their studios: 23/ 25 May & 31/ 2 June 2019
La Noche de San Juan 23 June 2019 is celebrated with a “Romeria” (country party) food, music, dancing and horse-racing. A family-oriented event.
Semana Cultural / A week of various local free events including guided walks, sports events, exhibitions, concerts and open-air cinema mid June 2019.
Flamenco Festival probably 27 July 2019. Wonderful free flamenco in the Square.
Gaucin Feria / Annual local Fair first weekend in August. (It’s outside CM and noisy so I don’t rent Apartment. Casita rented only by special request).
Santo Niño and San Juan de Dios / A feast in honour of the local Saint starts on the last Sunday in August and lasts until the big celebrations of 6-7 September 2019 (a big ticket holders party with dancing in the Square). The image of the Holy Child is taken from the castle in a procession of people and horses down to the Hermitage in the woods for a mass followed by dancing, singing, eating and drinking.
Christmas Fair / Local Christmas shops, food, drink, music and fun in El Convento 30 /1 December 2019.
Christmas lights, quite often a concert, Christmas mass ect all around Christmas time and then the Día de los Reyes at Epiphany.

Visitors are welcome at all the above events and most are free.
I love this winter photo of Geoffrey and Kevin.
Best wishes from all the Casa Mosaica Team for a Healthy and Happy 2019.
Emma V. Cornish