The resting place of Muhammad

Casa Basic (Spanish Design Magazine)

The morning breaks over the Sierra de Bernia, the hours pass slowly, the days are endless and the nights last forever. Then in the morning when danger lies in wait and your five senses must be sharpest. While his fellows are asleep, Muhammad remains alert to the danger of a possible attack. They hide themselves for almost a year here in the Sierra Bernia. Ever since Fillipe II decided that all Moors should be thrown out of the country. Many of them, like Muhammad decide to flee to the Sierra de Bernia. But their numbers diminish and Muhammad wonders how long they can keep going. The Sierra de Bernia was the scene of the last days of these rebels who in 1609 had decided to revolt against their expulsion and decided to flee into the mountains.

Today nothing remembers us of this sad history. However, there is a place where we can come into contact with this world of Muhammad and the Arab/Islamic culture that has been part of the history of this country for such a long time. This is a place where you can stay in a real Jaima but now equipped with all modern comforts. Thanks to Refugio Marnes and their desire to revive the history, since April 2004 one can find the silhouette of a genuine Jaima in the landscape of the Sierra de Bernia. Stripped of the nomadic background, this Jaima still has the same function as before, namely to provide a suitable place to rest, for a simple and easy life. Here now rule the sun, rest and peace. The tent is imported directly from Morocco. It is a spacious 50 square meters wide Khaima/Jaima that was set up on a stone platform in the shade of a tree that protected against the hostility of the weather. La Jaima can accommodate four people and has the same facilities as an normal house: a room, a kitchen and a bathroom. All of this is furnished like a Royal Jaima, and there is a great sense of detailing everywhere, Arab tea tables, Persian carpets, etc. Here it is very easy to forget that we are just in the province of Alicante!