The only hotel in Spain on Tripadvisor's Top 10 best hotels in the world is in Estepona

The only hotel in Spain to feature on TripAdvisor's list of the ten best hotels in the world to stay in this year is in the Costa del Sol. The Ikos Andalusia is an exclusive complex that has 411 rooms spread over seven buildings and is planning to add 19 villas and more exclusive suites that will make it become the largest resort of the Greek company that owns it.

The resort cost 180 million euros to build in 2021, and another 17 million euros is to be spent on its expansion. It is located on the beachfront in Estepona and is the first Ikos hotel in Spain.

The complex is in ninth place on the TripAdvisor list, which is headed by the Rambagh Palace Hotel, in Jaipur, India. Second and third places are held by the Ozen Reserve Bolifushi, in the Maldives, followed by the Colline de France, in Brazil.

The Ikos Andalusia shares its ranking with the Shangri-La Shard in London; the Ritz-Carlton, in Hong Kong; the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai; the Romance Istanbul Hotel, in Istanbul; the Ikos Dassia, in Corfu, Greece; and the Padma Resort Ubud, in Puhu, Indonesia, which closes the list. More than 1.5 million hotels were considered for the list.

The Ikos Andalusia boasts five-star luxury and its facilities include eight swimming pools, both outdoor and heated, seven restaurants, first-class sports facilities, a theatre, and a spa. In addition, for the most demanding clients, it offers the Ikos Deluxe Collection range of exclusive services, that includes a wide variety of privileges such as the use of a private swimming pool.

It operates with the Ikos Infinite Lifestyle concept, which redefines the all-inclusive luxury offer in the Mediterranean with details such as making a vehicle available to guests for sightseeing or agreements with restaurants in the destination so that guests can enjoy the local cuisine.

It also has 60 luxury suites, nine of them with a private pool, to which 17 more suites will be added next year, of which there will be two four-bedroom villas with a private pool, three-bedroom luxury suites also with a private pool, and a two-bedroom luxury penthouse with sea views. The latter are part of the expansion project which is underway and which will ultimately provide 19 villas.

The group said that "Ikos Andalusia will become the largest complex among all the Ikos properties". The chain has nine other establishments on the Greek islands of Halkidiki, Corfu, and Kos.