The hotels building has been converted from a derelict mill into its present form as a luxury hotel originally a flour and olive oil mill dating back to the 18th century the building was abandoned in 1993 many of its original features such as the milling stones machines and moat remain in place giving the hotel a charm of its own outside gardens are built on 2 terraces landscaped with fruit trees these lead down to a beautiful waterfall cascading into the river guadalcobacinpicture an