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If Ian Schrager were to open a micro-hotel in southern Spain, it might look something like El Juncal ('the willow'). Partly inspired by London's St Martins Lane hotel, this is the brainchild of the team behind Tragabuches restaurant, Ronda's modernist shrine to Andalucian nueva cocina. El Juncal was an unremarkable hotel before the team gutted it and turned it into a small, state-of-the-art minimalist hotel with lots of glass, white walls and recessed lighting. Decor is on the comfy side of Zen austere: plump sofas, plumper beds, underfloor heating in the bathrooms and a guests-only restaurant where the menu offers a new take on inventive combinations of local ingredients. As well as a sauna and Jacuzzi, the extensive grounds feature a large outdoor swimming pool with a sloped 'beach' at one end.
WHEN TO GO
Spring or autumn, or early September for Ronda's wild, week-long autumn festival
WHICH ROOM TO BOOK
An upstairs room (ideally number 9) whose large balconies overlook the gardens and the Sierra de las Nieves
CONTACT
El Juncal, Carretera Ronda-El Burgo, 29400 Ronda, Málaga (00 34 9 5216 1170; fax: 5216 1160; reserves@eljuncal.com). Doubles about £65-£95
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