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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...

Spa Hotels in Spain

Never one to say no to a spa and always nosy and on the lookout for nice places to go I thought a post of Spa Hotels both large and small, rural and urban would be in order.

So here´s my reminder of finds and far easier to locate that the mountainous scraps of paper or trawling through diary scribbles and notes (yes, I still use pen and paper.)

This post will be constantly updated. Please do drop me a comment or email with any spas that you know so I can add them to what I´m sure will be a long list.


Small Hotels with Spas - Up to 15 Rooms

The Secret Hotel
Real Casona de las Amas
Hotel La Fuente del Sol

hotel La Fuente del Sol, Malaga
Hotel La Fuente del Sol

Medium Hotels with Spas - 15 - 50 Rooms

Hospedería Conventual Sierra de Gata
Hacienda La Laguna

Larger Hotels with Spas - 50 - 125 Rooms

Balneario La Hermida
Balneario Valle del Jerte
Elba Palace

Large Hotels with Spas - Over 125 Rooms

El Gran Hotel Elba Estepona & Thalasso Spa
Hotel Elba Costa Ballena
Intercontinental La Torre Golf Resort

Gran Hotel Elba Estepona, Thalasso Spa
Gran Hotel Elba Estepona, Thalasso Spa


Star Spas - Hotels I´ve personally visited


Hacienda La Laguna

Hotel La Fuente del Sol

Intercontinental La Torre

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