La Dehesa de Don Pedro
Cool comfort farm
Sunny Spanish grasslands
La Dehesa de Don Pedro is a family-run boutique hotel set in a converted 19th-century farmhouse in the grasslands of southwestern Spain. What was once partly a barn and stable quarters for livestock is now transformed into a suite of delicately renovated bedrooms and lounges for discerning humans (although you’ll still spy horses grazing outside). Inside the amply proportioned building you’ll find antique furnishings, neat parquet and tile, and a palm-planted courtyard giving access to peaceful guest quarters. Highlights include the saltwater infinity pool glistening in the Spanish sun, and the restaurant, offering ample grazing of a more sophisticated kind: authentic Mediterranean cooking made with hyper-local produce.
Food & Drink
Top Table
Without doubt, an open-air terrace table, making the most of that arresting rural landscape.
Dress Code
Your best agri-chic – casual, comfy ensembles that look the part on the sunny terrace, as well as on a meadow stroll.
Hotel Restaurant
Las Mesas serves a buffet breakfast (from 8am to 11am), plus lunch and dinner. There’s a large log-burner on one side, a high, vaulted, wooden ceiling and exposed stone walls. In good weather, enjoy your traditional Mediterranean meal, including handed-down family recipes, outside on the generously sized terrace. The leg of lamb keeps diners coming back for more, and there’s also the unmissable Iberian pork, a local speciality. Seasonal veg, fruit and salad comes courtesy of the immediate region.
Hotel Bar
You can relax with a local wine in several restful locations here: try the convivial main living room, its narrower, more intimate sibling, the stone-bound courtyard or the poolside terrace.
Last Orders
Breakfast is from 8.30am to 10.30am, lunch from 1.30pm to 4pm and dinner from 8.30pm to 11pm.
