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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

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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