Keen golfers will already know Finca Cortesin as home to the Volvo World Match Play Tournament – but this magnificent resort offers much more than just 18 holes of top-notch golf.

For the perfect antithesis to Marbella’s more glitzy side you can’t get a more sensory private paradise than Finca Cortesin. Billed as a ‘Paradise of Privacy’, its tranquil ambience centres on a beautiful courtyard of olive and oak trees; the suites are equally beguiling, with great design touches and colourful accents that subtly add personality. It has a real feeling of luxury – but although palatial, it’s not impersonal.