Ikos Andalusia is rated the number one resort in the world by Ikos, and the property makes a credible case for that claim. On the Costa del Sol between Marbella and Estepona, the resort spreads across 21 acres of landscaped Mediterranean gardens that run down to a privately serviced beach.
Nine indoor and outdoor pools, the largest villa collection in the entire Ikos portfolio, two new restaurants added as part of the most recent expansion, and a full all-inclusive programme that covers everything from watersports to spa access and a complimentary electric MINI Countryman for exploring the surrounding Andalusian countryside give it a scale and ambition that very few all-inclusive hotels in Spain can match.
The setting does much of the work on its own. The Mediterranean laps against the private beach, whitewashed villages rise into the hills above, and the warmth of the Costa del Sol fills the 21 acres of palm-dotted gardens that connect the accommodation to the water.