El Escondite de Pedro Malillo
About us
What El Escondite is
A place
to disappear
El Escondite de Pedro Malillo is a 20-hectare estate in the municipality of Candeleda (Ávila), on the south face of the Sierra de Gredos. It is 2 hours from Madrid. For its features and the beauty of its surroundings, it is ideal for a few days of rest and relaxation, away from urban life and the crowds. From there you can reach surprising landscapes and enjoy excursions and visits to remarkable places.
The estate holds 12 independent villas with private gardens and pools. There is no reception, and no neighbours in sight. A dense wood of oaks and holm oaks protects our guests' privacy. You drive up to each one, park by the door, and for your stay the villa is yours.
We also offer three rural apartments at Donde Chilla, 3 km away, and another villa, Casa Alardos, about twenty minutes from El Escondite de Pedro Malillo.
12 independent villas
Within the main estate
1 villa · Villa Alardos
About 20 minutes from the main estate, near Madrigal de la Vera
3 apartments
Near the Sanctuary of the Virgen de Chilla
Ways to stay
Each guest chooses their house.
The same idea in different sizes, from two people to a family or a large group.
As a couple
A small house, a porch and no one around.
With family
Room for the kids indoors and out, with no early starts for anyone.
With friends or a group
A long table, the pool and the whole house: up to 18 people under one roof.
Independent villas
Your house
in the middle of Gredos
Each group stays in its own house, with its own access and outdoor space. The 12 villas on the main estate are spread across it and separated from one another by holm oak woodland.
Villa Alardos completes our accommodation offering from a separate location, about 20 minutes from the main estate. The size and location change, not the idea.
Villa Los Rosales
For two, with a stove
See the house
Villa Los Castaños
Sun lounger, pool and shade
See the house
Villa Alardos
20 minutes from the main estate
See the house
Privacy
Luxury is having a space of your own, independent
to enjoy with family or friends.
There is no contact with people outside your party, as happens in hotels. The houses are visually isolated from one another and have plenty of room for their guests to enjoy a corner of their own.
The surroundings
Villas set in
a natural setting
The houses are set in holm oak woodland where silence prevails. Behind them, the Gredos massif, with its gorges, its woods and the clear skies of the south face. Nearby, plenty of places to see and visit.
Candeleda, Ávila
Candeleda
the south face of Gredos
Candeleda lies in the south of the province of Ávila, at the foot of the Sierra de Gredos. It is the gentle face of the sierra: mild microclimate, fig trees and paprika, stone streets with mountains right behind.
The estate is 3.5 km from the village, on the Camino Chilla. From Madrid it is about 185 km, roughly two hours by car, just enough for a weekend country getaway to make sense.
It is a good option for anyone looking for rural accommodation in Candeleda with real space: nature all around and the village a quarter of an hour away.
Villa Alardos is in a separate location, about 20 minutes from the main estate, near Madrigal de la Vera.
- Where
- Camino Chilla, km 3,5
- 05480 Candeleda, Ávila
- From Madrid
- ≈185 km · about 2 hours
- From the village
- 3.5 km from Candeleda
- Villa Alardos
- Separate location, about 20 minutes away, near Madrigal de la Vera
- Apartments
- Chilla, about 3 km from the villas
Days here
Do a lot
or do nothing
Stay in
- Pool and garden
- Walks around the estate
- Eating together on the porch
- Fireplace and sofa
- Reading, sleeping, no plans
Go out
- Hiking in Gredos
- Cycling
- Horse riding
- Canoeing and swimming in the Rosarito
- Golf and padel nearby
- Candeleda, El Raso, Chilla, Yuste
Apartments · Chilla
Outside the estate, in Chilla
Besides the villas, we have 3 rural apartments —Romero, Tomillo and Lavanda— in the Chilla area, near the Sanctuary of the Virgen de Chilla, about 3 km from the villas' estate.
They are not within the 20 hectares: they are a different place and a different scale. Stone, wood and their own patio, for two people or a small family.
Celebrations
Sometimes you come
for something bigger
Weddings
A celebration that lasts the whole weekend, with your guests sleeping on the estate.
Events
Meeting, working and switching off in a place that looks nothing like a meeting room.
How we think about the houses
We didn't want to make
rental houses
We have always thought about the houses in a simple way: putting into them what we ourselves would want to find on arrival. Good beds, a real kitchen, shade to sit in and silence.
That's why every villa is prepared and cared for as if it were for us. We don't try to make them all look alike, but rather to make each one work well for whoever comes: two people, a large family or eighteen friends.
Photographs
This is El Escondite
Villas (rural holiday homes) in Candeleda
to truly disconnect
Staying in Candeleda with space of your own
Candeleda is one of the places where the Sierra de Gredos turns gentle: facing south, with a mild climate for much of the year and mountains in view from almost anywhere. Our 12 villas sit within a private 20-hectare estate, 3.5 km from the village, and each one is independent: you arrive, and you have your own door, your own garden and your own pace.
The difference from an ordinary rural house lies in the surroundings. There is no house right next to another, no neighbours sharing a pool: each villa is separated by holm oak woodland, with its own access and outdoor area. See all villas.
Villas with private pool and garden
All the villas have a private, seasonal pool; all have an outdoor area. It's the part that changes a summer stay the most: breakfast outside, lunch outside, and children going in and out of the water without anyone having to watch over a shared space. Villa Las Cuadras is the exception, without its own pool, and this is stated on its page.
A rural getaway from Madrid
From Madrid it is about 185 km, roughly two hours by car. It's a comfortable distance for a long weekend: you leave in the afternoon, arrive in time for dinner, and by the next day you're already in the sierra. It's also a good option for long weekends, Easter and summer, when the pool and the shade of the holm oaks are especially welcome.
For couples
If there are two of you, Villa Los Rosales and Villa La Palmera are the estate's small houses: one bedroom, a porch, a pool and nothing else around. They work as well for an anniversary as for disappearing for a couple of days with no plan.
For families
The mid-sized houses, for four to nine guests, are designed for families: bedrooms spread out, enough bathrooms, a spacious living room and an outdoor area where children can tire themselves out. Villa El Arroyo, in addition, is entirely on one floor, which helps with small children or grandparents.
Villas for large groups in Gredos
For groups, Villa Alardos sleeps up to 18 with nine bedrooms and nine bathrooms and is in a separate location, about 20 minutes from the main estate. On the estate, Villa Candelaria and Villa El Bosque sleep up to 16; larger groups can book several estate villas at once. See capacities by house.
What to do in the Sierra de Gredos
You can walk around the estate itself or head up into the sierra, swim in the mountain streams and the Rosarito reservoir, go cycling, ride horses, paddle a canoe or play golf and padel nearby. And there are visits worth a morning: the Sanctuary of the Virgen de Chilla, the Castro Vetón de El Raso, the Cuevas del Águila or the Monasterio de Yuste, already on the Extremadura side. See the surroundings and activities.
Rural apartments in Chilla
Besides the villas, we have 3 rural apartments in the Chilla area, about 3 km from the estate, near the sanctuary. They are smaller accommodations, of stone and wood, for two people or a small family. See the Chilla apartments.
Weddings and gatherings
The estate also hosts weddings and corporate gatherings, with the advantage that guests sleep in the houses themselves. The conditions, spaces and timings are detailed on Weddings & events.
In Candeleda, province of Ávila, on the south face of the Sierra de Gredos. The estate's address is Camino Chilla, km 3.5, 05480 Candeleda.
Twelve independent villas within the 20-hectare main estate, three rural apartments near the Sanctuary of the Virgen de Chilla and Villa Alardos in a separate location, about 20 minutes from the estate. The apartments and Villa Alardos are not part of the main estate. It is not a hotel: each group stays in its own accommodation.
Yes. The 12 villas on the main estate are spread across it, each with its own access and outdoor space. Villa Alardos is in a separate location, about 20 minutes away. There is no shared reception, corridors or hotel common areas.
All the villas have a private, seasonal pool. Each house's page lists exactly what it includes.
Yes. Villa Alardos, in a separate location about 20 minutes from the main estate, sleeps up to 18. Villa Candelaria and Villa El Bosque, on the estate, sleep up to 16. Several villas on the estate can also be booked at the same time.
Yes. Villa Los Rosales and Villa La Palmera are designed for two people, each with its own pool and garden.
About 185 km by road, roughly two hours' drive from Madrid.
Hiking and walks around the estate and the sierra, swimming in the mountain streams and the Rosarito reservoir, cycling, horse riding, canoeing, golf and padel nearby, and visits such as the Sanctuary of the Virgen de Chilla, the Castro Vetón de El Raso or the Cuevas del Águila.
In the Chilla area, near the Sanctuary of the Virgen de Chilla, about 3 km from the villas' estate.
Yes. The estate hosts weddings and corporate gatherings; the conditions and spaces are detailed on the Weddings & events page.
Yes. In Candeleda, about 8 minutes away by car, there is a health centre. There is also a hospital in Talavera de la Reina, approximately 40 minutes away.
Yes, we allow pets. You can enjoy your stay with them for a supplement of €10 per pet per night. Please check the specific conditions of the accommodation before booking.
Now all that's left
is to come
Choose a house, gather your people and come to Gredos.