Villa Terlingua offers three distinctly unique vacation rentals within the Terlingua Ghost Town. Each house is lovingly refurbished with antiques, crafts, and books collected while travelling around the world. The Main House was bought as a disheveled ruin from the old mining times and was rebuilt over a 16-year period.
The Guest House stands on the site of a goat pen, and now has 3 courtyards, gardens, and is the most private of the rentals. The Blue House, which was once a garage, is now an off-grid, sustainable structure offering an opportunity to live in a lovely yet practical house of the future. Villa Terlingua offers incomparable views, easy access, and a unique Big Bend experience, complete with your own local guide.
The Guest House stands on the site of a goat pen, and now has 3 courtyards, gardens, and is the most private of the rentals. The Blue House, which was once a garage, is now an off-grid, sustainable structure offering an opportunity to live in a lovely yet practical house of the future. Villa Terlingua offers incomparable views, easy access, and a unique Big Bend experience, complete with your own local guide.
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Villa Terlingua, once the largest residential ruin in the Terlingua Ghost Town, is now home to 3 beautiful and unique homes for short-term rental. Originally, 5 parts of the Lopez family lived here, separate from the business of the Chisos mining area (now known as the Terlingua Ghost Town), but close enough to work and play.
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This part of the Big Bend is truly the back of beyond. There are limited services. If you have special needs, i.e., diet, etc., you need to bring your own food or medicine. Also, there are no pharmacies. Cell phone service is spotty at best. Some times of the year electricity (as well as phone service) comes and goes and can be out for 18 hours in some cases.
Main House
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The house is a 90-year-old ruin which I bought in 1996 and took 16 years to fix up. It housed five Mexican miner families during the mercury mining boom here (1903 through 1943) with five rock rooms inside and two large outdoor rooms where they cooked and slept in the summer. The walls are 18-inch limestone rock and all the rocks came from my property.
Blue House
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The Blue House is made out of Papercrete (disaggregated telephone books, cement, sand and water), so it's wonderfully quiet and holds temperature well. It has been decorated in remembrance of Monet, so it's a rather blue house, and has birds everywhere, inside and out. This is a "sustainable" rental in that the lights are all solar powered, the water is rain catchment and, of course, the building is recycled telephone books.
Guest House
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If you're looking for relaxation, privacy, and a chance to truly enjoy the beauty of the desert, the Guest House has just what you seek. Stretch out in a hammock or watch the stars from an outdoor bed. Warm up by the handcrafted fireplace, or soak in the tub while taking in the desert landscapes. The Guest House is the perfect size for individuals or couples, and provides a lovely, secluded retreat.
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