The small
luxury country hotel in Casarabonela,
Málaga
On
a hilltop, in Casarabonela (Málaga, Spain), surrounded by marvelous
scenery is situated La Era Hotel, where you will find the best place to
rest comfortably and enjoy nature.
La
Era Hotel is a country boutique hotel with character and a special charm
for those travelers looking to find peace, tranquility and personalized
service. The Hotel owners, Isabel and Frank, personally greet their guests
to the hotel helping to make it a special stay where they can feel at home.
A Home with incredible views and beautifully tended gardens.
The
hotel is designed and decorated with a mixture of styles that run from
the classic to the rustic. As a genteel and welcome home in the country,
the Hotel has a dining room, terrace and bar service for the exclusive
use of its guests where they can savor a delicious meal and enjoy their
favorite drinks. A comfortable sitting room provides guests with a friendly
and relaxed atmosphere. Good music and easy reading from the library by
the light of the fire on chilly days or nights makes for the delight of
all.
La
Era exhibits an important collection of oil paintings - restorations and
contemporary works - as well as antiques, some brought expressly from distant
parts of the world and that can be admired in any part of the hotel.
The
La Era Breakfast meant to give you a good start for a day of exploring
or relaxing offers daily a choice of cereals, seasonal fruit, fresh squeezed
local oranges, charcuterie and cheese, village pastry and bread, plus home
baked cakes.
When
it can be arranged, choose from a variety of salads and delicious sandwich
creations served indoors, on the terrace or by the pool for lunch.
Dinner
is available every evening except Sunday and Wednesday leaving those nights
for the guests to explore and savor the local fare. Isabel can give you
her own list of village favourites.
Those
guests who are vegetarian may have a menu to suit their needs. The La Era
Bodega features a careful selection of Spanish wines.
Available
to the guests are nine double rooms; each decorated in a different style
making them unique in order to offer not only comfort but an unforgettable
and distinct stay on each visit. Every room, named after the nine towns
which form part of the Community of Sierra de las Nieves, displays original
oil paintings and engravings that together with the furnishing denotes
the care placed in decorating each.
All
of the rooms provide a full luxury bath with additional accesories such
as magnifying mirror or hair dryer which make the daily toilette a pleasure,
individualized air conditioning and heating, direct line telephone service,
satelite T.V. reception from various countries, safe, mini bar and terrace
or balcony with spectacular views.
La
Era also offers internet service to its guests. Nightly, the finely embroidered
sheets are pulled back inviting guests to a restful sleep. Ample
and carefully tended gardens, respecting the environment, surround the
hotel. Within these gardens, at the foot of the threshing floor, the hotel
has a pool for the private use of its guests.
PLEASE
NOTE: Hotel La Era is a non-smoking hotel.
Photo
Gallery
Location
and situation: For
those desirous of other amusement La Era also offers activities such as:
hiking, horse riding, 4 wheel drive excursions, or parapente. All of these
can be carried out or contracted from the hotel. Playing golf or enjoying
the beach are less than an hours drive away, including possible visits
to closeby cities and towns such as the coastal Málaga, capital
of the province and home to the new Picasso museum which houses an important
collection of works by the world reknown painter, native of Málaga.
Also
now open to visitors and completing the cultural, historical offering of
the city are the Arab fortress "La Alcazaba" and the Roman amphitheatre.
La
Era Hotel is found in Casarabonela, one of the "White villages" of Andalucía,
just 42 km. from Málaga, capital of the Costa del Sol and home to
the new Picasso museum. The area surrounding Casarabonela is known as "Sierra
de las Nieves" named a Biosphere Reserve by the Unesco.
Attractions
nearby:
Granada,
where the Alhambra is an obligated visit, is approximately a 135 km. drive
Antequera,
with the enigmatic natural stone structures of El Torcal National Park
close by is a mere 45 km.
Ronda
and Sevilla there are 70 Km. and 220 Km. respectively
Marbella,
city where the jet set abounds the distance from the hotel is 70 Km
Beaches
and golf - Torremolinos (45 Km.approx.), Fuengirola (55 Km. approx.),
Marbella (70 Km. approx.), Estepona (80 Km. approx.).
