Make it to this blissful rural retreat – signposted off the A432, 3km south of Cazalla – and you won't want to leave. Immersed in silence, it's housed in a 16th-century cortijo (farmhouse) and offers rustic, thick-walled rooms and three self-catering apartments. Outside, you can lounge by the pool and wander through the olive groves and cork oak woods that flourish on the 130-hectare estate.
Italian owner Luca and family prepare wonderful meals (hotel guests only; €18) using organic ingredients grown on their farm. Their green credentials are also impeccable and the estate is now entirely self-sufficient in energy.