2021: A SPACE NOMAD ODYSSEY
“I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission” – Hal 900 The steppes of Central Asia conjure a landscape of vast grasslands where the temperatures are extreme and where nomadic tribes and [...]
LET´S SLOW DOWN AND LEARN TO LIVE THE GOOD LIFE
“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.” Walt Whitman Let's face it, we live in a world where everything happens at great speed. The rapid access to all kinds of [...]
THE OLDEST LIVING BEINGS IN THE LAND
In every landscape there are a few natural features whose importance is so great that they function like the keystone on an arch, without which everything would fall apart, hence the term designated to them by the [...]
A DARK STORY IN THREE ACTS
Stories bring places to life, and places attach special meaning to stories. Every story takes place somewhere, and every place has a story to tell. Our story begins in the womb of the mountains with the minerals [...]
FROM BEEKEEPER TO BEELOVER: An interview with Jonathan Powell, Part 1
“Sometimes a man must go alone into the forest and die into its heart, so he can bring back the forgotten pieces of this world”, Daverick Leggett, The Bright Burning Jonathan Powell, trustee of the [...]
THE PERFECT RECIPE TO FIND A SENSE OF PEACE
All of us feel the need to disconnect once in a while, to let go of our (sometimes) overwhelming day to day responsibilities, to clear our minds and return to ´ourselves´, after a period of being on [...]
A NEW GARDEN FOR A NEW YEAR
“We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil”, Leonardo da Vinci Climate disruption is the most pressing issue of our time, and current food systems account [...]
PORTRAIT OF AN ANDALUSIAN CORTIJO
La Donaira’s hotel, nested in an idyllic natural paradise between the Serranía de Ronda (Málaga) and the Sierra de Grazalema (Cádiz), is a renovated Andalusian Cortijo over a century old. In keeping with its values of promoting and protecting [...]
THE MEDICINAL GARDEN
In the beginning there was a medicinal garden. Right below the Hotel or “Cortijo”, the medicinal garden holds its ground. Almost as if attached to the Cortijo, the medicinal garden works as a homeopathic medicine transferring its essences to [...]
TIME TO GET MARRIED!
Have you ever thought of having your wedding in a permaculture-based farm, surrounded by the mountains and overlooking the valleys? Please take over the entire property! La Donaira is the ideal size for a wedding [...]