Hacienda Minerva

The room was excellent, very spacious with a beautiful view on the hills and valleys around. The bathroom was also huge. The hacienda is quite isolated and this fact massively boosts, in my opinion, its appeal. Coming back late at night, driving through endless expanses of olive trees with only the moon and stars as companions and reaching our room crossing the huge front door, always open, and the typical Andalusian white patios really did have something magical to it. The value for money is simply unbeatable.

Lovely historic hotel with comfortable rooms and amazing food. For our last visit we had half board. The dinner menu choice was limited on half board and I would recommend that either you can choose from the normal menu and pay any additional cost for your choices or that you take the bed and breakfast option and just go a la carte for lunch or dinner.

This hotel has a beautiful location. The terrace where we had breakfast had a wonderful view. We also had a great meal in the restaurant at a reasonable price. However, several things were disappointing. The shower was too cold to use - would be OK in the summer, I’m sure. The breakfast was very poor value with no hot food. For the breakfast we paid £40 for 2 adults and 2 kids on Expedia - the hotel said it should have been €9 each but didn’t offer a refund, and that still would have been overpriced. There are a large number of cats around the place, which is cute but proved not terribly hygienic. The TV didn’t work. The shaving mirror in the bathroom was broken. These last 2 things are minor quibbles but for a “4 star” hotel with an 8.8 Expedia rating, it was not what I was expecting. Without those, I would booked a cheaper place. I will be wary of relying so much on ratings/stars in future.