Despite new chain-hotel management, this heavyweight historic edifice retains its age-old charm, filled with antiques and faded photographs that offer an insight into Ronda’s history – bullfighting, celebrities and all. Ferns hang down the huge mahogany staircase, and there's a billiard room, a cosy living room stacked with books, and a DVD-screening room with 10 velvet-covered seats rescued from Ronda’s theatre.
The rooms are filled with wonderful details (the phones might have come from Downton Abbey) and some of the bathrooms are downright palatial. Check the website for packages that include cava (sparkling wine) in the room, vineyard tours and hammam visits.