The location of this luxury boutique hotel – facing Plaça Reial in the Gothic Quarter – could not be bettered and breakfast (included in the rate) is taken in the square itself.

'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'.

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

The rooms in this imposing 19th century former townhouse are decorated in a contemporary style,with mainly white and beige hues with splashes of red.

On a pine-covered hillside overlooking Palma bay, this large holiday hotel, with mock-Moorish tower, is managed by its owners, Lorraine and Martin Xamena and their son Alejandro.

In an attractive village, with cobbled streets and tiled rooftops, surrounded by orange and lemon groves, this 300-year-old house has been run since 2003 as a small rural hotel.

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

In a village on the north-east tip of Mallorca, this much-admired restaurant-with-rooms is run by the 'delightful' French owner/chef, Gérard Tétard, with his wife, Laurence and their son William.

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

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

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

'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.

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.

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

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

Beautifully set among trees at the foot of the craggy Roca del Corb, the Pallarès family's smart, modern hotel is not far from the main Andorra to Lleida road.

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

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'.

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').

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.

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.

Set in a 19th-century former palace, this stylish upmarket boutique hotel retains original features such as high ceilings and large windows, but the room decor is decidedly chic and contemporary.

This charming boutique hotel is located on the Plaza de la Independencia, and within walking distance of major sights such as the Prado Museum, Reina Sofia Museum and the Cybeles Fountain.

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.

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.

Near the sandy beaches of Mallorca's northern cape, this small luxury hotel stands quietly in landscaped gardens amid pine trees, in a busy resort.

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

Hotel 1898 once housed the headquarters of the Phillipines Tobacco Company (the name refers to the year Spain lost the Philippines as a colony) and the company's initials are still engraved on the revolving glass doors onto La Rambla

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

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.