Luxury villas in Spain pulse with fiesta spirit and siesta ease. Along the Balearic coast, minimalist cliff-side retreats carve terraces into chalky bluffs, while Andalusian cortijos hide amid olive seas and horseshoe arches.
Breakfast may be pan con tomate served beside a Moorish fountain; by afternoon, you’re aboard a classic schooner tracing Ibiza’s secret coves, or touring Gaudí’s lesser-known masterpieces with an art historian. As dusk gilds the sky, flamenco heels echo through Jerez bodegas where sherry ages in oloroso barrels. Tapas arrive in cavalcades—jamón Ibérico, salt-flecked padrón peppers—paired with velvety Priorat poured by the winemaker himself.
Whether you chase Basque waves or Granada’s Alhambra shadows, each boutique estate opens a private passage to Spain’s seductive duende.