Cortijo Barranco, hotel, guesthouse and apartment rental near Arcos Gardens Golf Club, Cadiz, Spain

At the crossroads of history and old legends rises the white and magnificent Arcos de la Frontera, declared a National Historic Landmark and a piece of artwork in itself.

Just a few kilometres from this village lays the Finca Barranco, a charming holiday complex that combines the beauty of the mountains with the rolling farm lands and olive trees groves. One of the best assets of the Finca Barranco is the country estate “Molino Nuestra Señora de la Luz”, a traditional Andalucian farm which dates back to 1754 and served as an olive oil mill.

In what was once the old mill and today is a restaurant, weary travellers will be able to enjoy the most delicious dishes of traditional Mediterranean cuisine, prepared with products grown on the premises.

Its architecture is typical Andaluz, with its roots in the ancient Roman idea of building around a central courtyard, thus creating a quiet, shaded and fragrant heart to the building where one can sit protected from the hot summer sun by old vines, in delightful silence disturbed only by a gurgling fountain.

The fourteen rooms offered in this property are as carefully and gently looked after as you will be. Each of the rooms has a modern en-suite bathroom and is decorated individually according to the family's taste and talent, sporting such details as their home-crocheted bedcovers.

Breakfast is served by the fireplace in the huge, traditional dining room, dominated by its dark beamed cathedral ceiling. Lunch is not provided but dinner can be arranged, provided that it is ordered in time (by 5 pm) to allow Doña Consuela time to go into town for the shopping. Authentic, home-cooking is guaranteed, prepared by the lady herself.

You will be invited to sit by the fireplace with a cocktail in the dining anteroom while your meal is being prepared, and ushered into the dining room with it's long wooden tables to eat. A drawing room with a fireplace on the second floor is the perfect place to snuggle with a warm after-diner cognac, or if you prefer, a gentle game of billiards. If that is too taxing you can exercise your wits instead, at the chess table.

This building complex adds a number of rooms and adjacent houses to the farm, some attached to the main building. The others are scattered around the complex and were once used as lodging for the mill workers.

The vast central courtyard is a lovely place to while away the afternoons, there are splendid gardens and a big, inviting pool too. All around, as far as you can see, is rural tranquility.

To one side of the Cortijo are some self-catering cottage/apartments sharing access to the pool and other facilities.

For the energetic, the Cortijo can organize riding, hiking, mountain biking and golf.

The gentle climate of the Sierra in Cádiz, with average temperatures near 20ºC, is ideal for activities like hiking, outdoor photography, horseback riding, mountain biking, swimming, hunting, water sports, golf and many more. Guests can enjoy such activities and commune with nature throughout the year.

Golf nearby:

Arcos Gardens Golf Club
Designed by Landmark, creators of PGA West, Palm Beach Polo and Ocean Course Kiawah Island,  Arcos Gardens Golf Course has been developed as a challenge to professionals, whilst providing an enjoyable experience for amateurs.  The course has wide, forgiving fairways yet still manages to place a premium on accuracy as you approach the greens. Surrounded by a vast array of wildlife and plants, with views across the countryside to surrounding lakes and the cliff-top town of Arcos de la Frontera, a round of golf at Arcos Gardens is a true pleasure for all players.

Montecastillo Golf Club
Designed by the golfing legend, Jack Nicklaus, and opened in 1993, the course at Montecastillo Golf Club is renowned as one of the best in Europe and is ranked the 53rd best course on the entire planet.  Even Mr Nicklaus regards this course as one of his best designs.

Sherry Golf Club
The par-72 championship and the short par-3 course were both designed by Stirling and Martin of the Global Golf Company. The fairways are wide, and the greens are large and undulating, but with the course measuring 7,185 yards from the back tees, powerful striking is required to score well.  This is not to say that Sherry will overwhelm the average player; as is the case with any good new resort course, there is a good variety of tees, with one to suit all visitors.


Contact Us:
Finca Barranco
11.630 Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz)
Phone: 0034 956 23 14 02
Fax: 0034 956 23 12 09
E-Mail:
Website:  www.cortijobarranco.com