Buying in SpainSomeone with €3.9 million to spend could live like royalty at Heredad La Contesa, a restored country residence on 21 acres outside the hill town of Ronda in Andalusia, southern Spain.

Colliers Jackson-Stops is agent for the 520sq m (5,599sq ft) mansion, which was the home of the Condesa de Guadalevin until her death in 1924.

Heredad was built in the early 1900s in neo-classical and Andalusian styles of architecture. Distinctive blue and white tile detail on the roof parapet, balconies and walls is typical of the region.

With 11 en suite bedrooms and formal grounds designed by a French landscape architect, a select hotel venture is a possibility. The main living area includes a kitchen, diningroom and sittingroom leading onto a terrace broad enough for group dining.

Forty-five minutes' from Malaga, Ronda is famous for its deep river gorge, El Tajo, and its superb local restaurants.