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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...

Top Ten Best Hotels in Andalucia

According to the popular Spanish hotel and booking site Trivago the Top Ten Best Hotels in Andalucia for 2015 are:

1 - Vincci Seleccion Aleysa in Benalmadena
Balcon de Cordoba

2 - Balcon de Cordoba in Cordoba

3 - Molino del Santo in Benaojan, Malaga

4 - La Fuente de la Higuera in Ronda

5 - Casa del Poeta in Sevilla

6- Aire de Ronda in Ronda, Malaga

7- Alcoba in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cadiz

8 - Hotel Viento 10 in Cordoba

9 - Casa Grande in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz

10 - La Almunia del Valle in Monachil, Granada


Mostly private these hotels range from the 3-bedroomed Aire de Ronda to the Costa del Sol's first-line Vincci Seleccion Aleysa.

Read my Review of Balcon de Cordoba a gorgeous small, urban hotel two minutes from the Mezquita.


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