Taramona
Nestled in the spectacular Sierra Morena mountains natural park near Cazalla de la Sierra, 16th century Taramona overlooks a beautiful valley and is powered by solar energy and illuminated by fire torches, hurricane lamps and candles. You’ll dine in a magical corner of the house – perhaps the old olive mill where saddles hang on the wall – before sleeping in one of the bedrooms scattered through the candle-lit building. Luxurious bedlinen, plump pillows and hot-water bottles during the colder months ensure the most blissful of nights.
Rajasthani tented camp
Our Rajasthani tented camp is the most unexpected and welcome of surprises after a day’s ride. Your home for the night features a front porch, main room, and a bathroom/dressing room, all beautifully lit by oil lamps and candles. The tent is fitted with proper beds, fine linens, carpets, bedside tables, dressing tables, luggage racks, power banks and private bathrooms with hot-water bucket showers. The main camp tent offers sofas, armchairs, a fully stocked bar, and board games. Gather around the main campfire before dinner, cooked onsite, and savour a secret location dining experience under a candelabra of candles, surrounded by fire torches. Before bed, wrap yourself in a beautiful Indian velvet dressing gown and sit beneath a glittering canopy of stars in a UNESCO-designated star gazing area. Put your order for tea or coffee in before heading to bed and you will find it outside your tent in the morning.
Trasierra
Nestled in the mountains near the town of Cazalla de la Sierra, Trasierra is a beloved 15 th -century family property where George grew up. It’s a place of unbridled but relaxed luxury, its gardens and walls filled with orange trees, figs, aloes, flowers, herbs, wisteria and roses. Each room has its own private terrace, there’s a large pool to cool off in during the heat of the summer, and a bar for cocktails and sundowners. Here, you’ll eat sumptuously and sleep soundly in a bed as soft as a cloud on Egyptian cotton sheets and plump pillows.
Ancient farmhouses
During the season, we take on some of the most beautiful and ancient farmhouses (or cortijos, as they’re known in Spain) in the area. These are buildings that have been abandoned for decades, and have remained perfectly untouched ever since, like memorials to an ageless way of life. We tread lightly in them, ensuring their magic is preserved while providing you with all the comfort and luxury you’d expect. The buildings are lit by oil lamps and candlelight, while bedrooms are furnished with proper beds, soft Egyptian cotton and plump pillows, hot-water bottles for the colder months, bedside tables, luggage racks and hot-water bucket showers. You’ll find a fully stocked bar on site, and dinner is a served by candle light in a dramatic setting to maximise the theatre and atmosphere of these historic buildings.
Mobile camp
Our mobile camp can be set up even further into the wild to give you more of the untouched magic of Spain. You’ll be sleeping in bell tents which, like our Rajasthani tents, are equipped with real beds and the finest cotton sheets and soft pillows, with fur rugs and a hot-water bottle for the colder nights. Other comforts include a carpet underfoot, bedside tables, luggage racks, charging points, towels and dressing gowns. Shower off the day’s dust under piping hot water in our specially constructed shower house beneath a mighty old oak tree. As darkness falls, the camp becomes a magical theatrical set, tables laid for dinner, the clearing lit with fire torches, oil lamps and candles. In the morning, we’ll bring tea or coffee to your tent and, following anothern sustaining breakfast, we’ll set off for more adventures.
Pit stops with sherry, Jamon iberico and other locally sourced delicacies will be served in different spots chosen for their beauty and stunning views. Beautifully set up picnic lunches in the middle of nowhere. On one day you’ll even be joined by a horse-drawn carriage, laden with lunchtime treats, parked in yet another outstandingly beautiful viewpoint.
In the evening, you will enjoy a magnificent feast of traditional Andalucian food cooked over fires, accompanied by organic wines of the area – with candles and oil lamps dotted around the camp and flamenco gypsies playing wild music.
