This small charming hotel is situated just beside the basilica that houses the universal Santa María de la Esperanza Macarena in Sevilla. The hotel´s discrete, but elegant façade does not prepare you for what you will find in the interior: an explosion of colour, the relaxing sound of water and exhuberant aromas of another era. The architectural structure of Alcoba del Rey de Sevilla, based on the restoration of materials made by craftsman that were used in the Andalusí Seville, is centred around a Mudejar patio. The reception, grocery store, lounge, breakfast room and eleven guest rooms all lead off this main patio. Each guest room has a story of its own since they are dedicated to important characters in the former Al-Andalus. The decorative features and structure are different in each room: four poster beds, carved bed heads, inner doors with a horse-shoe shaped arch, silk and cotton fabrics, cedar wood furniture, etc. The owners have also taken great

care with the bathrooms to ensure that they are in keeping with the rest of the hotel. Examples include the baths, polished brass basins and Victorian taps imported from India. Another of the attractions is that guests can buy any of the decorative elements that are present in the hotel.