Hotel Fuente del Sol

About the venue

Hotel Fuente del Sol, Antequera

Hotel Fuente del Sol is a four-star rural hotel and spa in the hills south of El Torcal de Antequera, Andalucía's first natural park, about an hour from Málaga Airport. Built in the style of a traditional Andalusian farmhouse, it is hired exclusively for weddings of up to 150 guests, with ceremonies by the lake, beneath a holm oak or on the vineyard's old threshing floor, and dinner in the courtyard, gardens or events hall. Its 19 rooms and rural houses sleep around 50, the in-house team cooks organic, zero-kilometre menus, and there is no music curfew. Weddings start from about €22,000 for 50 guests including food, drink and two nights for 38.

Hotel Fuente del Sol stands in open countryside near La Joya, south of El Torcal de Antequera, the extraordinary limestone landscape that was Andalucía's first natural park. From its terraces the views sweep across the Guadalhorce Valley to the mountains, and Málaga, Granada, Córdoba and Seville are all within about an hour and a half.

The four-star hotel is built in the spirit of an Andalusian farmhouse, with Arab-tile roofs, whitewashed walls and an arcaded courtyard, and inside, wood beams and terracotta floors. There is a saltwater pool, a private spa looking out towards Málaga, and the Balcón del Sol restaurant, where breakfast comes with organic olive oil pressed from the estate's own olives.

Couples can marry in several outdoor settings: a lakeside clearing shaded by a holm oak, the La Encina spot, or the vineyard's old threshing floor overlooking the valley, with civil or religious ceremonies possible. Cocktails and dinner move to the central garden, the Andalusian courtyard or the bright events hall, and the pool area hosts welcome or day-after parties.

Fuente del Sol has hosted weddings since 2005, most of them for couples from abroad, and its own wedding team plans and coordinates the day, from photography, music and décor to transport and the banquet, and the kitchen builds menus around organic, zero-kilometre produce. With no music curfew, the party can carry on under the stars or in the hall.