Cadiz Province, Spain

Oku Andalusia

Price per night from$259.66

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR247.50), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

Style

Wabi-sabi siren

Setting

Costa del soul

Refined revelry awaits for the whole clan at opening-soon Oku Andalusia. This beachfront resort will echo Oku’s signature style — bohemian ethos, polished finish — but pairs adult sophistication with young-at-heart fun, care of a host of restaurants, beach club and five pools. Little ’uns will lap up the kids’ club and teens can hit the tennis courts, while parents take some ‘us time’ at the sprawling spa. It’s a formula set to make family time together all the sweeter. 

 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

255, including 72 suites.

Check–Out

Noon; check-in, 3pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability and an extra charge.

More details

Rates at Oku Andalusia include buffet breakfast; half board also includes dinner at the Terrace or To Kima, plus children under 12 eat for free if they’re staying with an adult on the half-board rate.

Also

Eight ground-floor Classic rooms will be adapted for wheelchair users, with roll-in showers and lowered controls and surfaces. You’ll also find that all communal areas are accessible.

Hotel closed

For 2025, the hotel will open from 1 July to 16 November. After this, it will open annually from March to November.

At the hotel

Beach club; kids’ club; tennis and padel courts; gym; boutique; charged laundry service; and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, Marshall Bluetooth speaker, air-conditioning, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and luxury bath products.

Our favourite rooms

We’re yet to have a proper nosy in the rooms at Oku Andalusia, but a little bird told us that they’re set to have wabi-sabi-style interiors with earthy tones and soul-soothing views. We’ve got our eye on the Roof Terrace Sea View, with its Med-backdropped sunloungers and shaded seating area. If you fancy secluded dips para dos, make a beeline for a Deluxe Suite with a private pool.

Poolside

With its beach-club feel, the sea-facing terrace conjures laidback Balinese days with four saltwater pools, swaying palm trees and palapa parasols. For longer lengths, hit the main pool, or if size doesn’t matter, you’ll find two smaller pools on the lower levels, plus a little-Smiths-only spot for shallow splashes. If you’re feeling a bit sun-kissed, retreat indoors to the spa where you’ll find the fifth (heated) pool, framed by arched windows and edged by sunloungers.

Spa

The state-of-the-art spa will be decked out with an indoor pool, sauna and steam room: a relaxation area, meditation courtyard and medicinal-herb garden will help delay your return to the real world. The treatment menu is still under wraps but we’ve heard whispers of CBD-infused facials, sound-healing rituals and full-body reiki.

Packing tips

A notebook will come in handy for jotting down herbal remedies from a garden workshop, or gratitude journalling after a healing sound bath.

Also

Hit the courts for endorphin-releasing rounds of padel and tennis; there are also fitness camps and a high-tech gym. If you favour a more gentle approach to wellness, practise mindfulness in a garden workshop or morning yoga class.

Children

Very welcome. Most rooms take a free baby cot; all suites sleep up to two under-12s on a double sofa-bed for a charge. There’s a kids’ club for under-12s; a teen zone; tot-friendly pool; adventure playground, and babysitting on request.

Best for

All ages.

Recommended rooms

Suites will sleep up to two under-12s on a double sofa-bed that can be made up for an extra charge; all bedrooms (except Roof Terrace Sea View) will also take a free baby cot for one under-four.

Crèche

The kids’ club will cater to under-12s (it’s free for over-twos), and older Smiths can hang out at the teen zone.

Activities

There will be an adventure playground and family-friendly activities, such as treasure hunts, craft workshops and local farm visits. Older kids can take part in watersports or beach bonfires.

Swimming pool

There’s a shallow splash pool that’s for kids-only.

Meals

To Kima will offer a children’s menu. Little ’uns are welcome at the Beach Club’s restaurant, but the club and bar area is for adults only.

Babysitting

Babysitting will take place at the kids’ club, giving your little Smiths more room to play.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

The jury’s out on this one until the hotel opens…

Dress Code

Easy, breezy beachwear will fly at each restaurant, but you might prefer something sleeker for dinners at Oku.

Hotel restaurant

Four soon-to-open dining spots will see you through from day-starting yoga sessions to late-night revelry. A farm-fresh breakfast buffet will mark mornings at the Terrace, and you can swing by throughout the day for frothy coffees, light lunches and pergola-shaded cocktails. Mediterranean-nodding To Kima will impress with poolside lunches and alfresco dinners of salads, bocadillos and sharing plates. Dinner-only Oku will whip up small plates, Robata-grilled meats and delicately presented sushi, or you can relinquish all (self-)control with its omakase menu. At the toes-in-sand Beach Club, Hispanic flavours, freshly grilled seafood and caviar-topped plates are set to be popular with locals and guests alike.

Hotel bar

There will be bars at Oku, the Terrace and the Beach Club, but finer details are still hush-hush for now…

Last orders

At the Terrace, breakfast is from 7am, lunch from noon, and dinner is until 11pm. The Beach Club opens for lunch from 11am; for dinner from 7.30pm to midnight. Dinner at Oku is 8pm–11pm, with drinks until 1am.

Room service

You’ll be able to order dishes to your door from a dedicated menu.

Location

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Address
Oku Andalusia
Urbanización Alcaidesa s/n Alcaidesa
Cádiz
11315
Spain

You’ll find beachfront Oku Andalusia in the south of Spain, along the coast from Gibraltar in Cadiz Province.

Planes

Gibraltar Airport is a 30-minute drive from the resort; Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport is under 90 minutes away by road.

Trains

Rail routes from Ronda, Madrid and Seville call at San Roque station, which is a 15-minute drive from the hotel, and staff can arrange transfers on request.

Automobiles

You might want your own set of wheels to take in Andalucian beaches and towns, such as Sotogrande, Gibraltar and Tarifa, which are all less than an hour’s drive away. There’s public parking outside of the hotel, and the hotel has free valet services.

Other

If you plan to chopper in, the heliport in Algeciras is a 25-minute drive.

Worth getting out of bed for

Want-for-nothing resort Oku Andalusia will entertain around the clock with sunrise meditations, cooking classes and DJ-soundtracked evenings at their adults-only beach club. Holistic spa therapies, and tennis and padel courts are also in the works, plus you’ll be able to borrow stand-up paddleboards. Tots to teens will be catered to with an all-frills kids’ club, dedicated pool and family-friendly activities, such as beach bonfires and creative workshops.

The surrounding area is just as special with the Rock of Gibraltar framing views, plus hikers’ favourite Los Alcornocales nature reserve is your neighbour. Architectural feat, Ronda and seafront Sotogrande are a short drive away; lively Marbella is less than an hour by car. Staff can arrange whale-watching boat trips, cycling tours or kitesurfing in Tarifa. And you can toast to your day with a sherry tasting tour of bodegas in Jerez de la Frontera.

Local restaurants

Wood-fired pizzas, sharing rice dishes and tapas bites delight at Sal Verde Restaurante, which honours its name with its golf-course setting and verdant views. At seafront Trocadero Sotogrande, grilled fish and colourful sushi platters are as photoshoot-ready as the poolside crowd. Dishes at harbourfront Fresco may draw inspiration from around the world, but its produce is sourced close to home.

Local bars

Get a taste for local life at low-key beach club Restaurante DBlanco Alcaidesa, where local wines and crisp cervezas are your sundowners. Up the ante with a day trip to Nosso Summer Club Marbella, the place to be seen on the Costa del Sol thanks to its classic cocktails, live music sessions and free-spirited flair.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this family-friendly hotel in Andalucia and unpacked their sherry and tennis whites, a full account of their beachfront break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Oku Andalusia in Cadiz Province…

There’s still a lot to be revealed about in-the-works Oku Andalusia, but if its Smith-approved sister stays Oku Ibiza and Oku Kos are anything to go by, you’re in for a treat.

There are surface similarities — the brand’s trademark rustic-luxe style, holistic wellness and chef Mark Vaessen-led dining — but this newcomer sets to charm all ages. A creative kids’ club will entertain under-12s with craft afternoons, beach outings and an adventure playground; independence-seeking teens can hang out in their own area or on the tennis and padel courts.

But little Smiths don’t entirely rule the roost. Grown-ups will get their fair share of thrills: a souped-up spa with restorative therapies, herb-garden workshops and yoga classes; an adults-only beach club with DJ sets, and a handful of Mediterranean-inspired restaurants.

Its location is privileged — on Andalucia’s sun-drenched coastline, overlooking sand dunes and the Rock of Gibraltar — but our go-to position will be on one of the sea-breeze-kissed sunloungers...

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Price per night from $259.66