The Best Hotels Near Código de Barra, by the Record
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Twelve rooms in a converted townhouse on a hilltop in Andalusia, with views that allegedly reach Tangier on a clear day. Hotel Boutique V fills those rooms with Portuguese antiques and contemporary lines, then sends everyone to the roof terrace, where a jacuzzi does most of the heavy social lifting. The kind of place that attracts a quietly stylish crowd who found it and told no one, or at least very few people.
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Six rooms is all Plaza 18 offers, so getting in requires some planning. This boutique hotel occupies a 19th-century merchant's house in whitewashed Vejer de la Frontera, and the design pedigree shows throughout. Breakfast comes from local farms and lands in the garden; afternoons bring mint tea and Moroccan cakes in a living room hung with art. The terrace catches mountain views. It feels less like a hotel than staying with friends who happen to have excellent taste.
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Halfway between Seville and Cádiz, this boutique hacienda sits on a working olive farm, which does set a certain tone. Rooms open onto a central courtyard and run large, with king beds, private verandas, and marble baths dressed in an eclectic Andalucian-Indian-Zimbabwean mix. The pool suites are essentially private villas. Three pools nestle among citrus and olive groves, and the restaurant leans on market-fresh Andalusian cooking. Small-scale by design, and the better for it.
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Horses still outnumber cars on the sandy streets of El Rocío, which tells you something about what kind of place this is. La Malvasía is a rustic-feeling hotel on the edge of Doñana National Park, with timber ceilings, tiled floors, and mornings that begin with migratory birds rather than an alarm. The marsh is right there, the beach is close, and the pace is the kind you have to actively resist.