Built in the style of a Catalan village around the Fornells cove on a lovely stretch of the Costa Brava, this much-loved hotel ('well run, in a beautiful spot') was thought 'truly wonderful' by a regular Guide correspondent

The Vives family’s unassuming hotel offers ‘good value on a coastline that remains unspoilt by development’.

On the outskirts of this famous hill village, on a hillside with ‘breathtaking views’ across olive terraces to the sea, this holiday hotel has long been popular with Guide readers.

This stone-built parador stands on a cliff-top overlooking the harbour and marina of the lushest and least spoilt island in the Canaries

This former 19th-century monastery is now an elegant Mallorcan-owned hotel in a ‘stunning’ setting, two kilometres west of Orient, in beautiful, remote valley.

One of the remotest of all the paradors, a modern white-painted building by a black lava beach on the smallest, least visited of the Canary Islands. 

La Palma, the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands, is small and volcanic, less busy than its larger neighbour Tenerife. 

On a hill within the ramparts of this interesting old Basque fishing port/seaside resort (also known by its Castilian name, Fuenterrabía), this small B&B hotel is a converted 14th-century palace (‘stone and wood predominate’). 

On a cobbled street near the seafront of this interesting little port in the lush north-west of Tenerife, this small designer hotel provides ‘a charming blend of style, comfort, cosy ambience, and friendliness’, according to a visitor. 

Well located, between Passeig de Gràcia (where you can see La Pedrera, Gaudí’s unusual apartment building without a straight line) and La Rambla, this large, modern hotel is a DoubleTree Hilton hotel, but it does not feel like part of a chain.

‘A bargain in a delightful location’: this pretty house is not far from the upmarket Residencia.

On the beach in an unspoilt small Costa Brava resort, the Farrarons family have run their hotel since 1935.

‘A wonderful little hotel,’ say visitors. ‘An excellent welcome; we much enjoyed our junior suite.’

With ‘brilliant service’ and ‘fantastic rooms’, David Stein’s small luxury hotel, a converted 17th-century palace, is ‘strongly recommended’ by visitors.

A ‘most relaxing’ small, hotel composed of two white villas in a residential area of this popular, ‘if not particularly appealing’, resort.

On an attractive square just off La Rambla, next to the Liceu opera house (and Metro station), this former convent of St Augustin has ‘simple, comfortable accommodation -- good value’.

In a ‘spectacular, albeit isolated’ setting, this purpose-built parador is ‘excellent and inexpensive’, says a visitor endorsing ‘with enthusiasm’ its entry in the Guide.

‘More stylish retreat than owner-managed home from home’, this designer hotel gran luxe in the Eixample district ‘delivers a comforting base for forays around the city’, say trusted Guide correspondents.

This 'welcoming’ boutique hotel, managed by owners Jed and Amanda Filmer, is built in Andalusian style with a central courtyard and fountain, old oak beams and old monastery doors.

The ‘charming’ de Ponte family have converted the quinta and other buildings on their banana plantation (they have owned it since 1507) into this small rural hotel just outside Garachico.

This listed belle époque villa was built in 1899 by a shipping magnate. It is in a residential area above this charming fishing village in northern Spain.

‘The food and setting were superb,’ says a visitor to this former olive mill located in the Serra de Tramuntara mountains near Sóller and its ‘Port’.

In the historic Gothic quarter by the cathedral, this 18th-century palace has been restored, ‘imaginatively and stylishly’, as a small hotel. 

Located at the top of La Rambla, and five minutes' walk from Plaza Catalunya, is this former hostal turned into small, inexpensive hotel.