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Sounds like a great location! I'm in a very different climate zone so most of my advice would have been around keeping the temperature warm enough through winter, while it sounds like you won't have to deal with a lot of that.
I've seen some cool designs that made glass houses out of secondhand windows or slider doors - if that appeals I can share some links but it's a certain kind of look, and Povoq's suggestion of clear corrugated sheets is probably easier and more uniform. Rain collection from the house roof and greenhouse roof would be very useful.
I'll see if I have any good links for you
I love the look of repurposed windows/doors for greenhouses, and I've even seen them advertised for that purpose at resale shops, but it's really important to be careful about lead paint if you want to do that. Lead was the primary white pigment for a long time, and since windows/doors are often trimmed white, if they are older than 1978 (in the US, EU was 2003, though many member states had their own laws previously), it could be lead. Lead testers are fairly cheap if you want to go this route.
This is a really good point! Thanks for the dates that's quite useful