Casa Zinc

Rooms

All 6 bedrooms are adorned with carefully selected vintage gems from the 1890s to the 1940s, from laboratory lamps to old desks. Modern amenities feature too, so no need to fret: you won’t miss out on plasma screens. High ceilings, large windows and whitewashed walls lend all rooms a fresh and airy quality, and the posada’s location on a quiet street guarantees a peaceful night’s sleep, as do the soft, queensize antique beds. Bathrooms impress with their repurposed porcelain pedestal sinks and free-standing iron bathtubs.

Cheapest are the standard rooms (Patio on the ground floor and Mirador on the first floor), both of which have views of the pretty patio and the 4-tonne olive tree. We stayed in Mirador and found it very sleek; we loved the modern/vintage blend (the iPod dock, mixed with the salvaged windows and rustic bathtub). Next up are the Estudio rooms. The clue's in the name for Biblioteca, on the ground floor, which is kitted out like a library and has a small private garden with views of the petanque court. The other Estudio room - Diseño - is on the first floor, and is furnished with original Art Deco pieces. It looks out over the patio below.

Proving this is a family-friendly posada, there’s a triple room designed especially for little ones, resembling something between a classroom and a college dorm, and appropriately called Back to School. We loved the blackboard and geometry triangles, and as there's a double and a single bed, it's perfect for parents plus a child.

Pick of the bunch, though - and the most expensive - is Arquitecto. Made to resemble an architect’s office from the 1940s, this loft-style bedroom boasts gorgeous large windows overlooking the patio and garden, and has a walk-in closet and kingsize bed.