PERFECT HOMES MAGAZINE Issue 14 | Page 109

Benaojan Estacion village is an attractive traditional working Pueblo with the nationally acclaimed ‘Molino del Santo’ boutique hotel owned and operated by an English couple from Bristol who have been the proprietors for 29 years. The hotel has been awarded the accolade of the second best ‘Boutique Hotel’ in the whole of Spain and has been presented with a Certificate of Excellence for five consecutive years and entered into the Trip Advisor ’Hall of Fame’ a well deserved honour. There are also two other good quality traditional restaurants in the village that serve exceptional local food and also a small but well stocked food provisions store. Noted recent visitors to Benaojan include David & Samantha Cameron, Michael Portillo and Jamie Oliver. The Region is the home of the natural park of Sierra de Grazalema with its mountain peaks and highly varied flora and fauna where the hills are dotted with clinging Pueblo Blancos decorated with brightly coloured potted plants. The green hilltops and blue skies create spectacular scenery with frequent explosions of colour and wildlife abounds. The sophisticated old Roman town of Ronda with the original and oldest Bullring in Spain is 10 minutes drive away and is a ‘Gourmet Haven’ and the third most visited town in Spain. Ronda was an old haunt of Ernest Hemmingway and was recently visited by Michelle Obama. The late Prince Alfonso de Hohenlohe, founder of the Marbella Club in 1954, famously remarked: ‘Everywhere I sought my dreamed of City and at last I have found it in Ronda’. Further details available from: C/ Isaac Peral 4, 29692 Sabinillas, Manilva, Málaga Tel: (+34) 952 891 221 www.castlesestateagency.com UK CONTACT: T S LEISURE & PROPERTY Trevor Savage, Property Analyst & Consultant www.propertyanalyst.co.uk, Mobile: +44 (0)7743 769135 PERFECT HOMES INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE 109