Anantara Villa Padierna Palace, San Pedro AlcántaraAnantara Villa Padierna Palace in San Pedro Alcántara, Spain has a corrected score of 3.7 ± 0.3 (thin evidence, 4 of 4 platforms), ranked 3 of 7 hotels we score in San Pedro Alcántara. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 3.7 before correction: Booking.com 4.3, Tripadvisor 4.1, Google 4.3, Agoda 2.3. Rooms from about $603 a night (cached, not a live quote).Anantara Villa Padierna Palace is a five-star resort built in 2003 in the style of a Tuscan palace, set in Benahavís on the Costa del Sol, between Marbella and Estepona. It has 132 rooms, suites and pool villas, three 18-hole golf courses, a full-service spa, several restaurants and a beach club reached by shuttle. Around 1,200 works of art are displayed across the buildings and gardens, and the hotel belongs to The Leading Hotels of the World. It suits golfers, spa guests and families wanting a large resort with plenty of facilities, and rates start around $603 a night. Guests report occasional Wi-Fi and television problems in the villas.What stands out

Three 18-hole golf courses on site

Full-service spa with pools

1,200 artworks in gardens and interiors

Beach club access via shuttle

Watch out for

Wi-Fi unreliable in the villas

Some TV connection problems reported

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