UNIQUENESS
Cortijo del Arte Hotel and El Museo Restaurant were opened in 2011 in an old Arabian cattle ranch, on theAndalusian farm Casablanca. It is placed by the Guadalhorce River, stretching for 6,000 square metres, and it is surrounded by orange trees, gardens, patios, stables and Gino Hollander Town Museum.
CHARACTERISTICS
There are 17 rooms in the hotel, ten of which are on two floors. They are named after famous people from Málaga or Andalusia, such as Antonio Banderas, Carlos Álvarez, Dani García, or Pablo Ruiz Picasso. Moreover, there is a conference room, and another large room for meetings and exhibitions. You can enjoy swimming pool and Andalusian patioas well.
This farm house was restored on several occasions after it had been purchased by the Town Council of Pizarra in 1985. The contract for its management was awarded to private companies for 10 years.
Customers can do plenty of activities like horse carriage ride, cooking or dance classes, different sports that include cycling, hiking, archery, climbing in the area of El Chorro, etc.
LOCATION
The hotel is placed on the Pizarra-Málaga (A-7054) road, 2 kilometres away from the town centre of Pizarra, in the direction of Cártama Station. It has an exceptional position in the Guadalhorce Valley next to the river which the valley is named after, at the bottom of the Gibralmora Mountains, and it is surrounded by citrus fruit orchards. This area has a great ecological importance due to the diversity of trees and water birds, which is why the route‘Contrastes y Azahar’ [Contrasts and Orange Blossom], approved by the Andalusian Government,goes through it (PRA-118).