Tatler Award Winner: Most Heavenly Hideaway

The secret favourite of everyone you know, even though they haven’t told you about it, the creeps. The Reid family’s two sons have recently taken over, given the place a renewed vitality – it’s absolutely at the top of its came. Halfway between Seville and Jerez, in the grounds of a working olive estate, it has amazing views and is perfect for visiting the ‘white towns’ in the nearby hills. There’s lots of space, wonderful bedrooms and three separate casitas. The gardens burst with lemon trees; there are not one but three swimming-pools; and the tortillas melt in your mouth. Go riding, walking and in winter organise a partridge shoot. Stylish, intimate, so pretty you gaze at it for hours, this is a winning bolthole, now with a new lease of life.

Original Travel (tel: 020 7978 7333). Rates: Double, from £220, including breakfast