We just returned from a week driving around Andalucia, gorging ourselves on delicious tapas and wine, and celebrating my wife’s birthday.

I tried to find the best hotel in each city we stayed in, and am grateful to pricesquire for his help with booking (and nagging the properties for upgrades ) and to FlyingDoctorWu for his feedback as I constantly flip-flopped on our plans (as I always do), and to schriste for sharing his experiences at two of our hotels.

While you won’t find any Aman-level properties around here, we were lucky to stay at some a couple of special hotels, and I’d encourage anyone reading this to visit the region (especially while the Euro is deeply discounted for us Americans ), as we had a wonderful time.

Here I’ll share some photos and thoughts on each of the three hotels we visited (as well as some dining tips near each):

Hotel Hospes Palacio del Bailío, Cordoba
AC Palacio de Santa Paula, Granada
Hotel Alfonso XIII, Seville

I hope you enjoy!