Casa Fuente

31/01/2025

26/01/2025

Fabulous shot of Casa Fuente… and perfect conditions for honing your golf skills with a pro 🏌🏿‍♂️🏌🏼‍♀️

Very busy morning at the Desert Springs Academy this morning. Golfers enjoying 21 degrees and bright sunshine.

19/01/2025

The EasyJet sale is still on and if you’re flexible on dates you can get a 4 night stay at our villa in May ☀️, with flights from just £208pp. This is based on 4 people (although we sleep 6!), 18-22 May, LGW to Murcia. Villa £500, flights £83pp rtn 🤩. So if you fancy a cheap break playing golf at one of Europe’s best courses or to escape the weather to chill out with a cocktail by the infinity pool or local sandy beach, then get booking! We now also take card payments and instalment payments are available 😊

11/01/2025

Brrrr…It’s cold outside 🥶 and January is already dragging! But there’s good news… EasyJet have launched their Big Orange Sale which means up to 20% off flights. This makes a week’s summer holiday (*15-22 July) at Casa Fuente from just £1141! That’s for 4 people, flights and villa! One way prices are from £34 so if you can be flexible with your dates, there’s some great deals to be found. 👀

05/01/2025

We may have packed away the decorations, taken down the lights, and Santa’s trip down the chimney a mere memory, but in Spain it’s the 6th January that concludes the festive period. Known as the Fiesta de los Reyes (3 kings festival), and held on the ‘twelfth day of Christmas’, it is borne from the celebration of baby Jesus by the 3 kings (or wise men) who travelling from the East, baring gifts. On the 5th January there are parades in each town and village, with effigies or figures of each king who handfuls of sweets over the crowds. Afterwards children go to bed early (like our Christmas Eve tradition), and leave shoes outside their bedroom to be filled with gifts and snacks for the camels. On the 6th, families get together to celebrate, share gifts and eat ‘la rosca de Reyes’ - a crown shaped cake often filled with marzipan - which has a bean inside, and whoever gets the slice with the bean, has to pay for the cake! Happy Reyes!

21/12/2024

Spanish Christmas Traditions: El Caganer - the pooping man 😳
We've mentioned him previously, but who (and WHY?) is a bare-bottomed man having a 💩 next to baby Jesus in his crib as part of the Christmas nativity scene?! 'l Caganer ('The Pooper') is a traditional figure from Catalonia, and has featured in nativity scenes since the 18th Century. Dressed in peasant clothes and wearing a red 'barretina', he is a symbol of good luck and fertility for the coming year (possibly 'fertilising' the land for a good harvest.. or 'pooping' out all the bad 💩 of the last year to make way for the new one...no-one is really sure)! All we know is that if you spot a Caganer in a nativity scene then it's good luck, and you can keep the kids entertained for hours on a Caganer hunt, because why would they not find a bare butt anything but brilliant!

19/12/2024

Spanish Traditions - Christmas Markets
Like most countries in Europe, Spain enjoy a good Christmas Market. But which ones are the best to go to? Here's our top 3...
The Largest- Plaza Mayor, Madrid: Simply the biggest Christmas market in Spain, located in the city’s Plaza Mayor. The square turns into a winder wonderland of 104 wooden huts, selling sweet treats, handmade toys and nativity ornaments.
The Oldest - Fira de Santa Llúcia, Barcelona: Established in 1786, Spain’s oldest Christmas market can be found in the square overlooked by Barcelona cathedral. Dedicated to nativity figurines, crafts and artisans, one of the many traditions you can find (and particularly popular with kids) is the 'Caganer'. These nativity characters show a bare bottomed man having a 💩! (More on this peculiar tradition another day!)
The Traditional: Feria del Belén, Sevilla: This unique market is made up of stalls dedicated only to selling figurines, animals and buildings to add to your Belén or Nativity scene. The meticulous detail in these items is a wonder to behold in itself.

14/12/2024

El Belén
We are all familiar with the nativity scene often found at churches during Christmas and played out by school children in one form or another (our daughter was once a cowgirl/Dolly Parton in her nativity 🤣). But in Spain it is very traditional for homes to have highly detailed and extensive scenes, going beyond the typical crib scene and extending to whole village creations and biblical landscapes. You’ll find entire Christmas markets dedicated to the sale of just nativity figurines and decorations. Many towns will also feature their own Belén, often with live animals in the Plaza Major. In Catalonia, it is good luck if you spot the ‘Caganer’….a little pooping man… a tradition we’ll cover soon 😳

12/12/2024

Spanish Christmas Tradition - 'El Gordo' 💰
We all like to play games at Christmas, but the Spanish go big with almost everyone in Spain partaking in 'El Gordo', the worlds largest lottery! 💶 Known as 'the fat one' due to the size of the top prize, this lottery is unusual as it will have 1000s of winners sharing out a whopping €2.4bn! 💶

Many win the numerous smaller monetary prizes, but everyone hopes to win 'el gordo' - the top prize, which is around €4m! The results are drawn on the 22nd December, during a (long) televised event held at El Teatro Real de Madrid, and features children calling out, or even singing, the numbers. 2024 will be its 213th year, having started in 1812 to raise funds for Spanish troops fighting Napoleon's invasion.

If you take part this year....good luck!

10/12/2024

As we head full speed towards the festive period, we thought we'd share some Spanish Christmas traditions with you over the next few weeks🎄.

Let's start with how the Spanish wish people 'Merry Christmas' in Spain. The festive season is called 'Navidad', so you will hear "Feliz Navidad" in most places. There are variations across Spain, however, so may hear "Bon Nadal" in Catalonia or even "Bo Nadal" in Galicia in the North of the Country.

Feliz Navidad to you all! 🎄🎁

Photo credit: Israyosoy S

23/11/2024

Storm Bert can do one…. We’re dreaming of Golfstar Martinis in the sun 🍹🍸
Desert Springs Resort

17/09/2024

Time for golf? 🏌🏼‍♀️🏌🏿‍♂️⛳️
Every view of the golf course here at Desert Springs Resort is amazing… imagine playing it. Book a weekend trip with us to one of Europe’s leading courses and you can stay at Casa Fuente, overlooking both the putting greens and driving range. What’s more you are perfectly placed to reach the first tee in minutes (as well as the clubhouse after your post game celebratory drinks 🍻🍷🍹☕️). For more information, details on weekend deals and out of school holiday offers, email [email protected] or send us a DM 😊

16/09/2024

Little by little the summer days are coming to an end, but in the sun always shines ☀️
Pretty much perfect all year round 🥰 Contact us for non-school holiday and long weekend offers (and make the most of cheaper flights!). Call or WhatsApp Kate on 07967 993059 or [email protected].

12/09/2024

Still in the 30s, ITS STILL SUMMER FOLKS! One of our favourite places, to learn, to play, to chill 😍

04/09/2024

🥳 It's here! Summer 2025 flights with Easyjet have just been released!
🛫 Closest airports to Casa Fuente are Murcia and Almeria
🏖 Bookings from £650/week - sleeps 6
🫶 Reserve today with a small deposit with instalment payments across the year.

17/08/2024

Good morning from Desert Springs, a beautiful start to the day ☀️ We have availability across September, October and November from £400/week… and we sleep up to 6!

01/08/2024

Didn’t make the Olympic team this year? No worries, you can win gold (or in this case €200!) at Lunar Cable Park in their inflatable battle on the 10th August. And there’s an after party 😜