Ferrer Hotels, accommodation offers to help you discover the north of Mallorca

By Esther in Majorca

The north of Mallorca has always been a popular place for its landscapes, beaches and services, which create amazing experiences for nature, outdoor sports and family fun lovers. It’s undoubtedly the perfect place for couples or for holidays with kids: there are multiple activities to share.

In this sense, Ferrer Hotels stands out for the excellent location of its accommodations:  Puerto de Alcudia and Can Picafort (Son Baulo) are two of the best places to enjoy Mallorca and all of its charm throughout the year. The chain’s renewed strategy offers a wide range of alternatives increasingly addressed to its guests. We will analyse these season updates in this post, as they are some of the most developed and versatile accommodation offers in northern Mallorca.

Hotels for families and couples

The family accommodation concept of Ferrer Hotels is addressed to couples and friend groups looking for rest in a kind and caring environment, but also flexible and free. Ferrer Hotels owns the Aparthotel Ferrer Maristany and the Apartamentos Ferrer Tamarindos, both located in Puerto de Alcudia, and surrounded by varied services and natural areas where you can have fun in good company.

Moreover, two of its most complete hotels like Hotel & Spa Ferrer Concord and Hotel & Spa Ferrer Janeiro include a wider audience: couples with kids who want to enjoy a relaxing holiday despite being accompanied by the children.

In this sense, the activities and services of the hotels in Son Baulo beach, in Can Picafort are designed to satisfy both audiences needs: kids and adults. Children’s parks, pools, playgrounds, direct access to the beach, solarium areas, tailored menus…and only adults spa and relaxing areas, so there’s no excuse to enjoy your desired holidays without leaving the hotel.

Sport hotels

sport is the key factor of Ferrer Hotels accommodation offer in northern Mallorca.Cycling, hiking, nordic walking, running, tennis, kitesurf or sailing…There are multiple sports available in this area and Ferrer hotels are designed to suit all travellers choices in the most economic and comfortable manner.

Its programme experiences in northern Mallorca includes all kinds of plans and interesting extra services like menus for athletes, special bookings of equipment, lessons or sport areas nearby.

Loyalty Club

The gold medal goes to Ferrer Friends programme, which gives extras to guests repeating every year and choosing to stay at their hotels. Prizes, discounts in Puerto Alcudia and Can Picafort accommodations, personalised attention…The goal is to provide loyal customers a plus as big hotel chains do, but adding Ferrer Hotels’ personal and familiar touch.

Direct online bookings

Ferrer Hotels also accepts now bookings through its website. Although most of the bookings are made through agencies and third parties, the chain is really committed to renew its online system to facilitate bookings at their hotels in Mallorca with just a few clicks. In this way, they avoid intermediaries and allow them to offer competitive and reduced accommodation prices.  They then guarantee travellers a secure connection with the chosen hotel.
More information about Ferrer Hotels at http://en.ferrerhotels.com/

What to eat in Budapest?

By Loren in gastronomic hotels

This post is dedicated to gourmet lovers wherever they travel. Those adventurous palates willing to taste everything and experiencing new flavours and typical dishes even in places hidden to tourists. Those who want to live their holidays to the fullest. Particularly, we dedicate it to those travelling to Hungary this summer and dying for an accommodation in Budapest. Here’s a piece of the best Hungarian gastronomy to pamper your palates.

You cannot leave Hungary without tasting a good Goulash. This is the most international dish and one of the most delicious stews you can taste in the world. It’s only suitable for meat-eaters and those who like spicy food. Although it’s not too greasy, it’s really hearty so you will feel full easily. There are many places where you can taste it, but if you are an expert gourmet, you must try Hungarikum Bistro or visit Grand Hotel Budapest restaurant , where this dish is excellent. Stay at least one night in this hotel in the centre of Hungary’s capital: its rooms in Budapest are amazing and this hotel also includes one of the best Spa centres in Budapest.

Borkakas Restaurant, Iberostar Grand Hotel Budapest

Borkakas Restaurant, Iberostar Grand Hotel Budapest

There’s nothing better than Hungarian rices…. Are you surprised? Not just in Valencia know about rice. Rice tradition in Budapest is long-standing and they create great dishes with this ingredient, such as rice and meat balls accompanied by tejföl, chicken with rice and paprika, the colourful rice salad (includes yellow rice) with pepper, raisins, dried tomatoes, parsley; Hungarian style rice with mussels…

Everything cooked with…tejföl (bitter cream essential in the typical Hungarian sauces) is worth tasting. Its intensive and delicious flavour combines with everything -meat, fish or vegetables- and it’s the perfect garnish for the traditional Hungarian gnocchi, which are smaller than the italian ones.

 

Travelling to Colombia: 3 cities you must visit

By Luke Durden in Colombia

Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga is considered “the beautiful city” of Colombia, and also known as the city of the parks. Its ecosystem, mountains and forests give a breath of fresh air to the metropolis, where you surely would like to visit places like:

  • Parque del Agua
  • Parque de las Palmas: here you find the best cafes and restaurants in the city, a meeting point for locals.
  • Parque Santander: the most famous and important park in the city. It’s surrounded by buildings that are already part of Bucaramanga history.

The best choice is the Hotel Dann Carlton Bucaramanga, located in Barrio Sotomayor, a central area close to the best places of the city, as Parque de las Palmas.

Bogota

The capital and financial heart of Colombia. It’s perfect for business travels to Colombia due to its wide hotel offer, from which we stand out the following:

  • Hotel Dann Bogota Norte: in the 17th Avenue and just 15 minutes away from Bogota’s World Trade Center. One of the few that has Sello Ambiental Colombiano and rooms with anti noise glasses.
  • Dann Carlton Bogotá: luxury hotel in the centre of the city. Perfect for business events and meetings.
  • Dann Avenida 19: more than 4 decades of service in the centre of Bogota. A hotel that satisfies the most demanding guests.

If you still have time, you cannot miss the following must-see places:

  • Museo del Oro: the most important of its kind in the world. It has been declared a National Monument.
  • Parque de la 93: sign of Bogota’s scattering.
  • Catedral Primada
  • Jardin Botanico de Bogota

Ibague

For aquatic sports lovers. It is a young and developing city, however Teatro Tolima, Museo Antropologico or Jardin Botanico San Jorge are samples of the city’s history. Its beaches and fish gastronomy are unique.Departing from Bogota, you can reach Ibague by land or departing from any other Colombian big city, you can reach it by plane.

Once there you can stay at Hotel Dann Combeima Ibagué, the best one in the city, but not the most expensive one. It will make your trip special in a city with an idyllic climate and lots of places to discover.

Enjoy Matalascañas and Costa de la Luz with FERGUS Style El Cortijo Golf

By Esther in Andalusia

Costa de la Luz is an amazing destination and Fergus Style El Cortijo Golf makes your holiday experience in Matalascañas much more interesting and unique. You will never forget your pleasant experience.

The chain offers you one of the best hotels of the firm, located in the heart of Matalascañas beach with direct access to the Doñana’s golf course and National Park, as well as to the large beach of this park.

A total pleasure

If you plan to visit Matalascañas, in Costa de la Luz, whether you are travelling for leisure or business, do not miss the opportunity of visiting Hotel FERGUS Style El Cortijo Golf, and enjoy all what Matalascañas has to offer.

hotel in Matalascañas

hotel in Matalascañas

What to see in Matalascañas?

In Matalascañas you can admire 4 kms of fine white sand beach facing the Atlantic ocean. Apart from the beach and going for a swim, there are lots of different activities to do and other places to see. Here are some examples:

  • Parque Nacional de Doñana: one of the best known natural parks in Spain.
  • La Peña: old military building. A defense tower that fell over a long time ago, which remains upside down and crumbled into the sea. It is possible to see the old remains from the coast.
  • Parque Dunar and Museo del Mundo Marino
  • Nudist beaches of Mazagon or Castilla

Why Fergus Style El Cortijo Golf?

Because it doesn’t matter whether you are travelling for family holidays, a romantic getaway, a golf tournament, enjoying the beach alone or for business and you need a great meeting place, this 4-star hotel in Costa de la Luz with an impressive Andalusian touch and close to the biggest golf course in Doñana is perfect for you.

You will enjoy a horseback riding to admire one of the most beautiful sunsets in Matalascañas beach or drive to Parque la Doñana from early morning by 4×4 to admire the purest nature.
Why Fergus Style El Cortijo Golf? Because there’s nothing better!

Tenerife: a destination to learn cooking

By Esther in Uncategorized

Tenerife is the most well-known island in the Canary Islands and especially its gastronomy. 5 restaurants which were awarded Premio Michelin, one of the highest culinary distinction award, are located in Tenerife. There’s no place with such a high culinary distinction and prestige.

Tenerife has beautiful beaches, monumental mountains and running and hiking places, but it’s also one of the best gastronomic destinations, where it is possible to make a career in cooking and study culinary higher education.

An island with a delicious historical background

The best culinary secrets in Tenerife are found on their lands, which always have been really profitable for all the people from Tenerife. It’s a fertile ground where potatoes, bananas and lots of vegetables have been grown for more than 400 years.  Honey and cheese are also world-famous in Tenerife, and villagers worked hard to obtain the perfect flavours.

gourmet restaurant in Santa Cruz, Tenerife

gourmet restaurant in Santa Cruz, Tenerife

Gastronomic hotel Iberostar Grand Hotel Mencey

Santa Cruz, Tenerife, and the Canary Islands are well-recognized since the 50’s.  After decades of effort,  illustrious guests came and tasted its delicious food, now a gastronomic icon in the city.  In fact, it’s a gastronomic icon thanks to a culinary classroom which offers guests a tasting menu and cooking courses at themed kitchens.

Culinary school in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

La Cocina del Mencey is responsible for training the new generation of chefs in Tenerife. It also offers courses for visitors and people who want to start a career as a chef: European haute cuisine courses, intensive exotic, Indian or Japanese food courses and Spanish and local cuisine courses.  Whether you want to learn cooking to make a culinary career or to surprise someone, The Mencey Cookery Classroom is the perfect place for you. You will learn to prepare a wide range of difficult drinks and cocktails in a unique destination.

And…2016! Iberostar’s year begins

By Luke Durden in Luxury Hotels

Every beginning of the year our expectations are really high. Projects, improvement purposes, plans…The energy of a new beginning and resetting the counter to zero help us to better start these new challenges. In the case of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, commonly appearing in our posts, 2016 seems to open the doors to a great transformation, which can potentiate the long sought-after quality change, in which they invested so much for months.

In this 2016 touristic season, Iberostar includes some new great assets to its portfolio, which did not happen for a long time. This new bet changes completely the Company brand history: we do not just talk about Iberostar as beach resorts for families in Tenerife, Mallorca or The Caribbean, but as luxury hotels and boutique hotels in the centre of Madrid or other big European capitals like the mythic Grand Hotel Budapest.

All these changes and challenges are heavily asking for a short analysis, especially taking into account that January is the month of Fitur (Madrid’s International Tourism Fair) and it is time to talk about tourism, tendencies, numbers and tourism industry projects.  

Iberostar Grand Hotel Budapest

Iberostar Grand Hotel Budapest

Experiential Resorts

The idea of experiential tourism is not new at all, but it is now when hotel chains are increasingly taking it into account. Now the trendiest offer is: athlete hotels, kids’ hotels that seem theme parks, Only Adults hotels like oasis of relax…It is possible to stay at hotel X, as if it was the holiday destination itself. Therefore, I have 4 free days and I want a relaxing escape at a Spa hotel in Tenerife, but I do not want to stay at any hotel, I want to stay at Iberostar Grand Hotel Mencey. This is an example of today’s thought. Why? Why would someone like to stay at that hotel and not at a cheaper one at the same destination? Because the travel experience is the hotel itself. In this particular case, it consists of enjoying 4 days of 5-star customer care in the oldest Spanish hotel, a spa hotel in Tenerife with all of the colonial charm and really modern spaces and facilities, which include spa, gastronomic restaurant, the best culinary classroom in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, nightlife atmosphere…

 

Iberostar made great efforts to promote and renovate Grand Mencey hotel and now it is trying to do the same in all its Grand hotels, which we list you below so you can understand the tendency that these strong luxury resorts are following in our country (previously more related to The Caribbean holidays):

 

IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Mencey

IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Mencey

 

New formulas, more destinations

In addition to this new luxury bet, Iberostar has already demonstrated its purposes of devoting this year to introduce its offer in destinations and places still uncovered by them. This is the case of the new hotel in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, an only adult’s hotel with chill out, free Wi-Fi, All Inclusive option and golf course in the nearby (the only one in Ibiza). Another new incorporation is in Costa del Sol, even though the destination already includes some hotels of the chain, Iberostar chose a beach close to Marbella, where there is not any chain hotel. We are talking about El Saladillo beach and the hotel is already in the market under the name of Iberostar Costa del Sol.

Madrid is one of the last and biggest bets of this hotel firm. The first urban hotel of the group: a hotel in Madrid’s Gran Vía, offering high quality gastronomy (in fact, restaurant El Trapo is run by the famous chef Paco Morales) and a trendy rooftop in the big city. Although it seems a luxury hotel, it actually is a 4-star hotel, which services are addressed to business customers and couple getaways, as well as to provide a different and original place to Madrid society, where to have a good time and not just an accommodation.

At the moment, this urban hotel line is more developed in other European destinations as Budapest, one of the big capitals where Iberostar has already been working for a long time. Barcelona is still not included in the portfolio, but we prefer not to discard it, taking into account the last chain steps. In this way, we leave the door open for this city, which is in fact one of the most tempting to open a hotel now: tourism figures in the Catalan capital are one of the most positive and optimistic, if we analyse their historical evolution. Barcelona is never a mistake.

Internal improvements

Opening new hotels is a development method, but Iberostar also detected the importance of working with its own resources and optimize them. This is reflected in the investment of the chain in recent months, in the mature tourism area of Playa de Palma, where it has 3 of its best hotels in Mallorca. Renaming, spaces and facilities renovation and services improvement resulted in a consolidated offer in Mallorca with more modern accommodation concepts: Only Adults, High quality All inclusive, experiential hotels…
Iberostar Bahía de Palma is one of the best examples of this renovation, previously called Royal Cupido, now one of the most complete Only Adults hotels in Palma. See view suites, bay view terraces with pools, spa, luxury beach club, restaurants, exclusive themed animation for couples and groups of friends…Everything at reduced prices in relation with Playa de Palma accommodation offer and establishing a high-level hotel network for all budgets.

Holidays in…Barcelona, Madrid or Sevilla

By Luke Durden in Urban Hotels

 

Today we are going to review most desirable destinations of 2016. We looked for urban, rural and beach tourism references to make our selection. Multiple offers and price advantages available now: early booking, Let’s go!

Let’s start by the capitals…You choose

Vacaciones en Barcelona

BARCELONA

This city is always one of our favourite destinations, a must in our directory. We can enjoy the Catalan capital all year round thanks to its cultural offer. By the end of January, music lovers could organize a Barcelona city break to attend one of the few concerts performed in Spain by Foals, a trendy brand at the moment.

For those who enjoy art and design in a different way, there are also interesting plans the beginning of the year in Barcelona. For example, Macba offers a great experience to live with children. We are talking about Espacio Mutante, similar to Carlos Bunga work by Toni Hervàs. It is possible to admire the temporary exhibition of Nitrato de Xavier Ribas until 6th March.

In the list of accommodations for your Barcelona getaway, we included some perfect options for art lovers, such as Vincci Bit and Vincci Gala, both at affordable prices at the first months of the year. Also, central hotels like Catalonia Sagrada Familia or Catalonia Atenas, both in the area of Sagrada Familia. Not to mention Catalonia BCN Plaza, one of the trendiest hotels in 2016.  

Vacaciones en Madrid

MADRID

From one capital to another, and city break approaching: Madrid will always be a good plan. The city offers all year round a wide range of leisure, relax and business options, which anyone could easily organize its tailor-made travel with. A plan that cannot be missed this January and February is visiting the city and tasting the typical cocido madrileño, eating some tapas, go drinking some beers and enjoying a play. Gastro-cultural escapes to Madrid are now more famous than ever because gastronomy is becoming increasingly important in the capital and stands out from the rest.

We must highlight some famous places like Mercado de San Miguel, the traditional tascas in Barrio de Las Letras or the must-see cavas, where we can find most of the modern tapas bars in the city.

Our accommodation proposal meets with our gourmet escape plan: gastronomic hotel IBEROSTAR Las Letras, in the heart of Gran Vía; Vincci Soho and Vincci Soma; the most exclusive Petit Palace as Embassy Serrano and Lealtad Plaza, or boutique hotels like Posada del Peine, the oldest in Madrid at Plaza Mayor, where you cannot miss tasting a delicious squid sandwich.
Vacaciones en Sevilla

SEVILLA

This is the best moment to visit Sevilla, if you do not want to feel the so common hot flashes. Prepare your luggage, go out and feel this city’s magic. Madrid’s cultural agenda is full of great plans that you will love. Apart from tablaos, which are always the perfect choice to live the most authentic Sevilla and its music, you will have the possibility of seeing some exhibitions like Pedro de Campaña in the Museo de Bellas Artes; Pabellón de la Navegación -at Isla de la Cartuja- which comprises an interesting sample of Egyptian art called “Ramsés, rey de reyes” and, in its last days -closed on 24th January- we can see at Muelle de las Delicias the famous Terracota Army.

If you finally choose an escape in January, February and March, we suggest you to check  hotel Petit Palace Santa Cruz, hotel Marqués de Santa Ana and Canalejas Sevilla. You can enjoy free hotel services like free Wi-Fi at affordable prices in the centre of the city.

 

Mallorca prepares a luxury 2016

By Esther in Luxury Hotels

More and better. Mallorca is rapidly changing its 70’s label of mass tourism model. The island is working on a complete renovation: its mature vacation areas, like the spa hotels in Playa de Palma and the beach resorts in Magaluf are being fully renewed, promoted mostly by the island major hotel chains, which emerged and grew during the 60’s and 70’s touristic boom until becoming large multinationals.

In addition to this complete makeover oriented towards the most exclusive and luxurious accommodations, and a strong commitment to themed hotels of wellness, golf, leisure and families, Mallorca is changing its cultural offer, style and soul as a holiday destination. Over the years has maintained its reputation as one of the planet’s most coveted island, and now is trying to recover the values that have made Mallorca what it is today. Authenticity, nature, outdoor sports, quality services, folklore and tradition on the Mediterranean shore.

Gastronomy is also suffering a great conversion, changing from the typical combined dish and fast food for foreigners to gourmet dishes in which local products play the most important role.  In fact, some hotel chains as Garden Hotels established agreements with breeders from the island in order to offer meat from locally raised cattle in all their hotels with restaurant in Mallorca. The same applies to the agricultural food, especially the ecological one, with great potential in Mallorca.  A growing number of accommodations are offering healthy and high quality gastronomic service. Luxury hotels are at the Forefront in this sense -as this food remains very expensive- and make special related offers.  Some of them like the new Iberostar hotel in Portals Nous, have focused on that, requiring restaurants which comprise the island complementary offer to catch up with the circumstances.

In Palma, the capital, is where we can better see this change, because tradition and native culture prevails more on its inland villages and in Sierra de Tramuntana. The city is recovering its origins, its old city town, where many boutique hotels and extremely luxury hotels have emerged maintaining the charm of this Mediterranean city. We can find several shops, small inns, terraces and restaurants on its surroundings with a varied gastronomy offer, prevailing tradition and high quality products. This allows to increase prices and initiate a change -there is still much to do- from economy of scale to exclusive economy.

Other areas like the one from Playa de Muro and Alcudia hotels are still deeply attached to a more quality mass tourism. Therefore, in the north coast of Mallorca we can find a jumble of accommodations: “All inclusive” hotels surrounded by shopping boulevards and restaurants addressed to foreigners. Nevertheless, there are an increasing number of proposals considering this new Mallorca and trying to give visitors an added value, stylish ambience and sophistication lost over the years. Elegant beach clubs with luxury gastronomy and cocktails, more high category hotels, accommodations settled on old palaces and traditional beach houses, charming restaurants with Michelin star, spa hotels or special services for athletes, theme resorts, 5-star apartment complexes…The change has started but it may not be as fast as we want.

Natural: it is difficult to give up on winning effortlessly. The new Mallorca requires significant investments that not everyone in the tourism industry can afford -especially after this recent crisis years-. However, the threat of other Mediterranean destinations growth has had a profound effect and the actions taken by those who can afford them easily, have ended up engulfing many others. The reinvestment of profits in improvements -although modest- is increasingly seen at hotels even from small chains. Foreign capital contributions are becoming important: most of those new boutique hotels in the centre of Palma are the result of foreign investment groups (Nordic, Russian and Germans), which buy fincas and restore them with luxury designs and materials, and then sell them to upper-class groups living now with the middle-class tourist on the streets and beaches of the island, overbooking its hotels.

But let us not delude ourselves. Everyone should be welcome in Mallorca and the goal should not be to transform the island in a place reserved for high class people, but to become a role model of mature destination that grows, progresses and keeps an optimal quality standard in both luxury and cheaper segments, since a peaceful coexistence is essential and enriching in both directions.

Travelling to Colombia? Do not forget to visit Popayán

By Esther in Colombia

There are places not showing on the guides first pages, which hide thousands of possibilities to enjoy and discover things, experiences and feelings that whisper the authenticity of a destination and a country.  This is the case in Popayán, also known as Colombia’s Ciudad Blanca, which has never been the main focus of foreign tourism promotion, however it is one of the most magical places you can find in this wonderful Latin American country.

Its colonial atmosphere, art and heritage inherited from multiple civilizations with a particular Spanish influence makes Popayán a perfect destination to spend some days of cultural vacation. Among the mandatory visits is Puente del Humilladero, famous because of its arches and its spectacular fault in the centre of the city. Although it is not exactly the same as the original, as it was badly damaged by several earthquakes, it has been carefully renewed, becoming a sight worthy of being admired and photographed.

Puente del Humilladero

Puente del Humilladero

Popayán museums are also a great attraction.  otro de sus grandes atractivos. Casa Mosquera stands out specially because comprises a complete file, and an area exclusively dedicated to a museum and a traditional hotel. Negret museum is an essential element of Colombian culture, particularly in Cauca’s area. The name of Edgar Negret collects all the artist’s work, one of the best in the country. The Ibero-American Modern Art Museum is one of the most complete in Colombia, including famous international artists’ works as Picasso, Rivera, Chillida…

The Arquidiocesano Museum in the city includes very valuable pieces of worship for the more religious people. More than dozens of temples and sanctuaries are scattered throughout the districts, centre and outskirts. Making a tour to see some of the most representative ones is a great opportunity to understand local devotion to their gods: the temples of San Agustin, Santo Domingo, San Francisco, Las monjas…

Lastly, there is a must visit in Popayán: see Morro del Tulcán to admire some of the best samples of Pre-Colombian art.  Also famous is the Pirámide, so called because it seems a construction, but it is a hill with briquetting slopes.

Accommodation options in Popayán are varied, from diverse hotels to hostels and guesthouses. One of the best equipped hotels is Hotel Dann Monasterio Popayán which not just is exceptionally located in an area of outstanding natural beauty, but it was built on top of a former Franciscan convent. With colonial influences, a wellness area, large gardens, pools…it offers rooms in Popayán and suites to accommodate couples and families with children. For booking with discount in Dann Monasterio Popayán, please visit the official hotel website, as it allows you to book directly without intermediaries and at very reasonable prices.

Dann Monasterio Popayán Hotel

Dann Monasterio Popayán Hotel

Destination Andalusia: a colourful 2016

By Esther in Andalusia

Andalusia is a magic destination, a region full of possibilities where the best gastronomy, the traditional music, the customs, the heat of its sun and its people, the life in the streets, the endless beaches, the parties and the natural beauty of its history come together. Here we find a wide variety of destinations, all of them perfect for your holidays, but each of them ideal for a specific type of trip.

Seville

Seville is the best destination for a getaway as a couple or with friends. In 4 days you can discover its colours, its rhythm and its taste. The best accommodation option is a hotel in the centre of Seville, if possible in the old town, so that you can walk along its lively streets, visit its main monuments and its flamenco shows or do an exclusive tapas route.

Triana, Santa Cruz neighbourhood, Maestranza… There are lots of must visit places you have to include in your tour if you want to visit the most important museums, art galleries, gardens, churches and temples, typical bars of Andalusian cuisine, flamenco tablaos, parks and everything you can imagine. Put no limits to your imagination.

The hotels in the centre of Seville offer affordable prices during these winter dates, offering you the possibility to book a 4-star hotel at the heart of Santa Cruz neighbourhood at 63 euros per person and night with free Wi-Fi, breakfast, flexible check-out, free bikes for visiting the city, daily press…

Rio Gaudalquivir, Sevilla

Rio Gaudalquivir, Sevilla

Malaga and Marbella

Start organising your holidays: hotels spa in Marbella, hotels for families at the beachfront, luxury hotels in the centre of Malaga, hotels near Larios Street… You can plan your desired trip in an only destination. This is Malaga. The versatile capital of the Costa del Sol, the queen of the most exclusive summers and of winters that look like mild springs. A place where to enjoy the open air, walking along its narrow streets, partying until sunrise, discovering the local art or visiting the most beautiful beaches of Andalusia.

The type of accommodation can make the difference depending on who you are travelling with -with children, as a couple, as a group…-, as the offer is really wide, so we recommend you choose the one that suits your interests and your needs of rest and type of travel.  If you are planning on an urban getaway for discovering the capital, stay in a hotel in the centre of Malaga; if you prefer nature, stay close to the sea or to the mountain and choose a hotel in Marbella or a boutique hotel in Benalmádena.

Check out the cultural agenda at your accommodation and combine your own routes with the cultural proposals of this province: cinema, theatre, street performances, exhibitions, the Picasso Museum…

Cádiz

We know you are looking forward to visiting this city… A city of surf, of tapas in a terrace by the sea, of relax, parties, laughs and friends. This is the best destination for a holiday as a group and for a funny getaway at any time of the year. Besides, it features idyllic must visit places: Chiclana and La Barrosa, Roche, Conil…

You will not have any problem with the accommodation in this city. You can choose an apartment in front of the beach or the comfort of a spa hotel in Chiclana with all the necessary services. If you are a sports lover, choose a beach hotel in Cádiz, as it will allow you to enjoy the best of the Atlantic surfing the waves or sailing on a boat. The golf hotels in Chiclana also offer special plans: apart from plans for this relaxing sport, they offer gastronomic services which will allow you to taste the typical delicacies of Cádiz at an affordable price and with a guaranty of quality.

The city is a fabulous leisure alternative. The happy character of Cádiz’s people, the atmosphere of its bars and pubs, its bustling streets -during the day and night- the funny ambiance of its carnivals and the history of its buildings, monuments and patrimonial settings. The tacita de plata is the current in-style destination, with guaranteed entertainment.

Cadiz

Cadiz

Huelva

Huelva is a unique natural paradise, one of the most fabulous nooks for relaxing and enjoying a holiday with your couple or children full of adventures, routes, sports, games and good gastronomy. Huelva is quite big and it can be divided into different premium holiday destinations. One of the most classic destinations is Ayamonte, where you can choose between a stay in the village, with its customs and traditions, or a more complete accommodation in the outskirts, near the beach, like the golf hotels of Isla Canela, Isla Cristina and the marshland that surrounds these areas.

The area of Doñana is another good alternative for family holidays at the heart of nature, with comfortable services and customised leisure and relax plans. The hotels in Matalascañas and the hotels near Doñana park are a luxury accommodation for any time of the year. These hotel offer a good quality price ratio, family rooms and spacious apartments for everybody.

The Flecha del Rompido is an ideal plan for couples. It is a deserted beach where to get lost and enjoy the best company. Relaxing under the sun, reading, having a bath in the Atlantic… Besides, there are different accommodations in the surroundings, among which we highlight the best Adults Only hotels in Huelva, with services specially designed for romantic and wellness getaways.

Almeria

Almeria has been the setting of some of the most famous spaghetti westerns of history, a place where the desert-like nature embraces the Mediterranean Sea, where life is peaceful and where there is no place for stress. Almeria is an in-style destination, with its beaches, its culture, its history and its interesting tourist attractions that offer a wide range of proposals. In fact, those who visit Almeria always come back.

If you have never visited the city, 2016 is the moment. Choose a hotel in Cabo de Gata if you are travelling with your family, as it is one of the most entertaining areas for children, for enjoying the nature, the quiet beaches and the activities in the open air for all ages. The resorts in El Toyo have the widest offer of services for families and for all type if travellers, although you can also choose an apartment and organise your trip your own way. It might be more complicated, but a perfect alternative if you are travelling as a couple.

This area also offers you the possibility to plan a trip or a luxury relaxing getaway at one of the best 5-star hotels in Almeria, with spa, gourmet gastronomy…Enjoy a complete plan at your chosen accommodation and pamper yourself with exclusive services.