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LOS CASTANOS, SPAIN A feeling of bien estar, or wellbeing, will wash over you at this tranquil Andalucían oasis. Set in the pueblo blanco of Cartajima (population 100) just 14 kilometres from Ronda, this secluded boutique hotel takes its name from the area’s chestnut trees. The only good reason to leave the rooftop terrace at Los Castanos, with its mountain and valley views, is to explore the white-washed narrow streets and Arabic origins of Cartajima. B&B from €110 per double room. (Calle Iglesia 40, Cartajima, +34 952 180 778; loscastanos.com)
Aer Lingus flies from Dublin, Cork and Belfast to Málaga multiple times daily.
BACHMAIR-WEISSACH, GERMANY Owner Korbinian Kohler’s dream was to create a place of happiness, recapturing the freedom of a youth spent in cosy inns by Lake Tegernsee in the Bavarian Alps. The result is a wellness hotel that combines subtle luxury and elegance with Bavarian unpretentiousness – a grand hotel with a boutique ethos. Music, art and lake-side living come together in a kind of cosmopolitan Tegernsee country club, complete with a nostalgic fondue stube, a gasthof and a sushi bar in an 18th-century mill built by the Bachmair family. B&B from €277 per double room. (Wiesseer Strasse 1, Bavaria, + 49 8022 842 46 000; bachmair-weissach.com)
Aer Lingus flies from Dublin to Munich up to twice daily, and from Cork three times per week.
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4 FINCA EL TOSSAL, SPAIN Five miles from the old fishing village of Altea and a million miles from the Costa Blanca’s tourist hubs, this rustic and bohemian casa calms the senses with the scent of orange groves, pine woods and the gentle sway of palm trees. Set high in a green valley and surrounded by peaks of up to 1,800 metres, Finca El Tossal is within walking distance of the Algar waterfalls. Nearby Altea, with its strong Moorish influences and performing arts centre, counts many artists among its residents. Prices from €42 per person for a junior suite. (Ptda La Foya 5, 03518 Bolulla, Alicante, +34 965 97 2183; boutiquehotel-costablanca.com)
Aer Lingus flies from Dublin to Alicante three times daily in October, up to twice daily in November and from Cork three times per week.
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