Finca BuenVino

B&B near Seville - Recommended by Alastair Sawday's

B&B in Aracena National Park, Seville, Andalucia, Spain



The main house (cortijo) is a family home which we run as a Bed & Breakfast. We enjoy meeting people and sharing our experience of the area. Buenvino is famous for good food, a relaxed ambiance, old world charm and stunning scenery. At the top of the hill sits the beautiful infinity pool with views out over the rolling hills. We also have 3 independent self-catering cottages dotted about the orchards and woods and some distance from the cortijo. We produce chestnuts and cork, and keep hens, lambs and pigs.

Family Run B&B in Sierra de Aracena Nature Park, near Seville, Andalucia, Spain

Finca Buenvino Bed & Breakfast is our home; it’s not a hotel, but the place where we have lived for 30 years, and welcomed guests and cookery students from all over the world. The house is set amongst 60 hectares of mixed forest, chiefly sweet Spanish chestnuts and cork oaks. We also have fruit orchards and olive groves. There is a small stream running through the valley, the "Arroyo Buenvino", which gives its name to the property. We run sheep on the land, and Iberian pigs from which which we make our own home-killed and cured Jamon Serrano, as well as salchichón and chorizo. Depending on the season, we grow most of our own organic vegetables.

The estate lies in the heart of the Sierra de Aracena National Park and Picos de Aroche near Seville in Andalucia, Spain. This is a richly endowed landscape and one of the least known and most beautiful parts of Andalucia.

The walking is outstanding and the air is pure. In spring the sounds are of birdsong and running water with spectacular wildflowers in April, May and June. Our beautiful saltwater pool is perfect for those hot summer days, and also in our later Indian summer.

In late October and early November the trees change colour and the chestnuts ripen. Once again it’s perfect for walking. Return to a hot bath and log fires and a glass of wine or Oloroso sherry. Good food, congenial company, beautiful nature, peace and comfort are all here.

Bed & Breakfast
	We have four bedrooms for those wishing to stay with us on Bed & Breakfast Basis. Two Bedrooms offer steam shower cabinets with further two bedrooms equipped with bathtubs. We use only fine 398 thread count Egyptian 100% cotton sheet and Pillows are 90% goose down, 10% goose feather. Click here for More
Self Catering Cottages
	We also have 3 completely separate self-catering cottages on the estate. Each has its own small private pool. Cottages sleep 4-6 and have well equipped kitchens, with electric ovens and gas hobs. In the local market town there is a good supermarket, with an excellent fish counter (8-10 mins by car). There is also an excellent butcher and baker. Click here for More
Dining
	In winter, guests dine in the panelled and candlelit dining room, and in summer they dine out on the terrace after dark. We use fresh local ingredients where possible, including Iberian Pork, mountain lamb, and wild game when we can get it. We have our own eggs from our own hens. Jeannie bakes fresh whole meal loaves from organic flour. Click here for More
Cooking Courses
	We run six cookery courses per year, three in April-May and three in October. We concentrate on Spanish cooking, with some North African influences. We visit the famous Sanchez Romero Carvajal 5J Iberian Ham (Jamón) factory, in Jabugo (about 8Kms from here) and we drive down to Jerez for a winery tour, followed by lunch at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river. Click here for More

Finca BuenVino

Family Run B&B in Sierra de Aracena Nature Park, near Seville, Andalucia, Spain

Bed & Breakfast

Self Catering Cottages

Dining

Cooking Courses