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This seven-storey hotel offers two styles of rooms, to cater for all tastes: traditional, which have warm colours – oranges and purples, and pine furniture; and modern, which are bold monochrome, with strong, graphic print fabrics, and furniture in either black or white, accented by splashes of red. Some of the 147 rooms have balconies, and some have views towards the mountains inland from the city.

Villa Guadalupe Hotel

The Hotel Villa Guadalupe

Located 600m above the city, this sprawling white hillside villa has a stunning setting offering vistas over the city and coastline. The views are especially beautiful at night, when you can admire Malaga’s lights through the huge picture windows.

Vincci Seleccion Posada del Patio Hotel

Vincci Seleccion Posada del Patio is one of Malaga’s few five-star hotels, and has style and character. While the façade is traditional, inside Book now! the décor features flashes of strong, bright colours – the 106 rooms have yellow, pink or red bedspreads - and textured wall coverings. Suites are on higher floors (and therefore quieter): duplexes are in attic rooms with sloping rooves; others are sunnier, and some have balconies.

AC Malaga Palacio Hotel by Marriot

This hotel, part of the AC group, is located on Calle Larios, the central shopping street of the city, in a sleek 1960s corner building. It has 214 rooms, decorated in a warm, contemporary style with wood Book now! and neutral tones; some rooms have balconies; higher rooms are quieter, as they’re further from the busy, sometimes noisy street – you are right in the centre of the city. The minibar has free water, soft drinks and beer.

Room Mate Larios Hotel

A new face for the famous Hotel Larios, favourite of the city’s most celebrated living son, Antonio Banderas. With its reception on the first floor, this small hotel has Andalucia.com have stayed this hotela modern, trendy feel with Art Deco styling. Staff are informally dressed in T-shirts and tracksuits, making a relaxed, unstuffy atmosphere.

Eurostars Puerta Hotel Malaga (formely Silken Puerta Hotel Malaga)

Eurostars Puerta Málaga

This hotel has a striking façade, with a swirling celosia (Arabic lattice screen) design. The reception is large with a double-height ceiling, and furnished with modern, woven garden-style furniture. Located Book now!next to the train station (handy for getting to the airport, and to beaches such as Benalmadena, Torremolinos and Fuengirola), it features a sixth-floor spa and fitness suite, with outdoor jacuzzi-with-a-view.

Sol Guadalmar (formerly Tryp Malaga Guadalmar Hotel)

Sol Guadalmar

This modern nine-storey hotel, part of the Melia group, is set in beautiful gardens next to the beach and the close to the Parador Malaga Golf. About 5km south of the city centre, it is also well located Book now! for the airport. The 197 rooms and suites are comfortable, with pine headboards, pale bed linen, marble floors and sea-view balconies.

NH Malaga Hotel

NH Malaga

This hotel, part of a reliable Spanish chain, is located just outside the old town. It has 133 comfortable guest rooms with hypoallergenic beds, parquet floors and satellite TV, however be warned: Book now! unusually these days, WIFI comes at an extra cost (the first 30 minutes are free). Ask for a room facing the river (more accurately, dried-up water course), as these are less noisy.

Molina Lario Hotel

With an original 19th-century façade, this hotel has 103 airy, sound-proofed rooms decorated in modern, minimalist style – a cool palette of white, grey and Book now!black. Each room has a sound system plus bathrobe, slippers and umbrella to use during your stay, while the more luxe ones come with free chill-out CD and daily newspaper. Some larger rooms have four-poster beds, while others have balconies and city or port views.

Los Seises Sevilla (formerly Hotel Fontecruz)

Hotel Los seises

This hotel is tucked away down a side-street, which means it doesn’t have the bustling ambience of those on the main drag, though it’s only a stone’s throw away. As soon as you walk in, you realise it is very much modern in style, with black and white photos of film stars on the wall, a black marble reception and fluffy white hanging lights.

Hotel Gran Melia Colon

A long-standing favourite with bullfighters, the Colon was originally built for the 1929 Expo, and was recently revamped. It now boasts contemporary furniture (Philippe Stark), and a bordello-ish white, red, gold and black colour scheme. The velvet chairs and sofas in the round lobby.

Hotel EME Catedral

Hotel Eme Catedral

The EME Catedral was Seville's first designer hotel when it opened in 2008. With gold unisex loos, central patio with Arabic lattice celosia screen and 54 totally different rooms, it's in a class of its own; sophisticated but accessible. Some rooms have a view of the Giralda, while if you want to seriously splash out, the suites have private entrance, 24-hour butler and their own roof terrace with jacuzzi and/or pool.

Hotel Casa 1800

hotel casa 1800

The magnificent iron entrance gate tells you hotel’s name, in case you missed it. All the 24 rooms in the three-storey casa-palacio, built in 1864, are different. Casa 1800 has an unusual mix of décor, but it works – as you come in, the lobby has exposed brick (original, though rather out of place in an elegant palace), a chandelier, gold velvet-upholstered baroque furniture, parquet brick floors and a leather sofa.

Hotel Only YOU Sevilla (formerly Hotel Ayre)

Hotel Ayre

If you’re making a visit to Seville, and then heading off by train to another Spanish city – connections to the Andalucian cities of Malaga and Cordoba are excellent, as are those with Madrid and Barcelona to the north, thanks to the regular high-speed AVE services – this is the place to stay.

Hotel Palacio de Villapanes

Hotel Palacio de Villapanes boasts a formidable entrance of pale-coloured stone, topped by a heraldic crest. Inside, a red marble floor and imposing black pillars lead to the patio; the 18th-century palace’s historic pedigree (it was built by the 1st Marques de Torre Blanca del Aljarafe; the Villapanes title was taken by a descendant) is further evident from another massive coat of arms on the grand staircase.

Hotel NH Plaza de Armas

Handily located, this large hotel is not far from the main shopping area, very close to the Bellas Artes museum, and opposite (literally) the only cinema in Seville which shows films in English. If you’re heading east out of town, either by bus or car, then this is the best place to stay, as you’re minutes from the motorway and less than an hour from Huelva beaches and El Rocio, while Portugal’s not much further.

Hotel Casas del Rey de Baeza

A perfectly preserved example of a traditional Sevillano corral de vecinos (houses built around a central patio), this hotel is exquisitely decorated with understated good taste; the two courtyards feel thoroughly authentic, with cobblestone floors, baskets of oranges, rolled-up esparto grass blinds, sea-blue wooden balconies with winding plants, and potted geraniums on the wall.

Hotel Alcoba del Rey

Hotel Alcoba del Rey Seville

It seems odd in a city ruled by the Moors for 700 years (then called Isbyllia), that this is the only hotel in Seville based entirely around a Moorish theme - Alcoba del Rey means the King’s Bedroom. The owner used to live in Morocco, and he has employed materials which would have been used here traditionally 1,000 years ago.

Hotel Sacristia Santa Ana

If it’s after-dark ambience you’re after, this one’s ideally located for you – you can’t get closer to the action than on the Alameda de Hercules itself. Once notorious for its louche inhabitants, the recently revamped alameda is now the heart of bohemian Seville. This broad, tree-lined avenue, with its year-round buzzing outdoor scene, has innovative restaurants and bars.

Hotel reviews - Hotel Fuerte Marbella

Hotel Fuerte Marbella

The Hotel Fuerte Marbella enjoys a superb beachfront location, while also being close to the old town - so you're in a prime spot for enjoying the beach.

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