If you fancy a spot of rural seclusion and outstanding natural beauty, how about four million square metres of forest set amid mountains and a nature reserve? That's where you will find Nuevo Torre Guil in the Frondoso Valley - a new residential development of houses and maisonettes in the beautiful Sierra de Carrascoy reserve in the Murcia region, due for completion in June 2007. Yet you needn't worry about being isolated because the historic and cosmopolitan city of Murcia is just 10km away on the MU-603 road. Plans have also been approved for a road to link the urbanisation with a junction of the Murcia-Andalucia motorway and the Murcia-Cartagena motorway, so you are perfectly placed to zip around the region which boasts an unspoilt 250km coastline.

Set in a slightly elevated position in the valley, and protected from the wind by the mountains, Nuevo Torre Guil extends across 1.1 million m², with properties divided into two sections. The first area is now complete, with detached houses, semi-detached houses and apartments available. The Centre for Education and Environment Studies is located on this site, so facilities and services such as 24-hour security and direct transport links to Murcia are good. The second area, still under construction, will also have all these services when it is complete. Here there are townhouses (two- or three-bedroom), semi-detached houses (two- or three- bedroom) and maisonettes (ground or top floor). High quality local materials, such as traditional roof tiles, Spanish marble stairs and wrought iron, are used in all properties.

Townhouses are around 88m², with terraces leading off the bedrooms, a roof solarium, a back patio, a garden and a private parking space. Two-bedroom townhouses range from 169,600 euros to 193,800 euros. There are also corner three-bedroom townhouses available from 209,000 to 253,500 euros.

Semi-detached properties come with two or three bedrooms and with subtle differences in layout. Prices range from 222,800 euros to 256,500 euros. All are around 120m² build, not including the ample terraces, and have large gardens with driveways. Maisonettes - either ground floor or top floor, all with two bedrooms and two bathrooms - cost 115,000 euros. They are 75 square metres build, and top floor maisonettes have a 60m² roof solarium while ground floor properties have a front and back garden. All maisonettes have a parking space close to the house.

All residents can enjoy use of the extensive green areas and swimming pools for adults and children. There are also tennis courts, jogging areas, a football pitch, commercial premises, a medical centre and a civic/social centre within the urbanisation. This is a beautiful area for walking as the urbanisation leads to pathways through the pine groves. The nearest golf courses are 25 minutes from the development. Murcia's San Javier airport is 30 minutes away and Alicante airport a 45-minute drive from Frondoso Valley. It is just a 30-minute drive to the beaches at Mazarron.

Murcia town, a 10 minutes drive away, has theatres, cinemas and a beautiful historic centre and one of Spain's best hospitals is within 10 minutes drive of the development. The nearby Carrascoy natural reserve in the heart of the mountains is home to all sorts of woodland fauna and animals including mountain cats, royal eagles and wild boar.