"Think of the Costa del Sol and you quite naturally imagine your hotel will be right front and center on the beach. Anantara Villa Padierna Palace Benahavís Marbella Resort, in contrast, lies some ten minutes inland — and, as it turns out, that makes all the difference. Well, that, and a few stylistic differences. Rather than the whitewashed Andalusian style you might expect, Padierna Palace is a dead ringer for a Tuscan villa. Not only that, but there’s more than a whiff of English country-house style in the hyper-luxe interiors. Safe to say it’s one of a kind — and it’s got the star-studded guestbook to prove it." - Tablet Hotels