In 1989 Hugh and Jane Arbuthnott and their young family discovered Andalucia and built a house on a 500 acre farm called Almuña . Surrounded by the most beautiful country imaginable they set about finding places and routes often known only to muleteers and shepherd boys. They have created a variety of active and cultural holidays many of which combine walking in the hills and valleys around them.

Today their home has 7 comfortable guest bedrooms all with their own bathrooms and the house has a feel of age and an indefinable atmosphere of conviviality. You arrive through the grounds of olives and enter the house via a cobbled courtyard dripping with jasmine to behold views of shimmering white villages scattered over green mountains stretching to the distant Pillars of Hercules and beyond in to Africa.

Hugh and Jane are your hosts on all their holidays and on each one you will spend some time at Almuña. It might be two nights of your walking journey to Ronda or the entire week learning to paint or perhaps celebrating a 50th, 60th or 70th in a private party of your friends and family.

Delicious food is an essential part of all their holidays in Spain. Jane is a renowned cook producing delectable meals and picnics with fresh organic ingredients often home-grown from the Almuña kitchen garden. She has a delightful and dedicated staff from the local villages, such as Antonia and Paco who also cook and produce classic dishes only to be experienced in an Andalucian home. Hugh ensures a wholesome supply of quality wine from various regions of Spain.