
This veteran establishment was built upon the arrival of the first tourists that found their way to the Costa Brava in the early 1960s. Perched on a rocky precipice, directly to the south of Almadraba Beach, the hotel looks below to the horizon from the gardened terraces and swimming pool that than peers over the sea cliff. Well conserved, though without decorative details, the hotel is favored by...


Practically on the French boarder and very close the sea, where the Pyrenees bows down stands Can Xiquet, a small hotel that has 17 serene and refreshing bedrooms with excellent views of the green Mediterranean. The main house, a newly constructed building, enjoys huge windows that create a unique frame for the scenery in the Empordà region that reveals the Mountain of Albera, the far off town of ...


One of the most attractive accommodations along the Costa Brava stands near the town of Begur, in a lush spot with natural springs and brooks, surrounded by Mediterranean woodlands with oak and pine trees. This 17th-century convent once housed the religious order, Padres Mínimos, and it still conserves the original structure built of local materials: stucco facade, ceramic tile floors, walls combi...


Between Bordils and La Bisbal, amid the green fields of Empordà, lays a little medieval village with a very Mediterranean style called Madremanya. At the edge of this town there is a 14th century country estate, with arches from the 15th and 16th century, which has been converted into an inn; it’s a handsome place, the kind that attracts the attention of travelers passing by who abandon their cars...


A traditional payesa country house built in 1584, formally owned by the miter of Girona. To pass through the front gateway of the inn, is to enter a gardened area with a playground for children. Right off, the façade impresses with its magnificent stone frame, interrupted only by small windows and buttresses. Once inside, the stone structure cloaks every room. The bedchambers ...

Here silence is almost tangible, and definitely will not go unnoticed. At an altitude of a 1000 meters, this rural hotel and spa is located just outside of the town of ‘Ribes de Fesser’ near ‘Vall de Núria’ (the Núria valley). Its contemporary mountain construction is truly a joy to see. The hotel’s large windows not only let in the sunlight, they also provide an amazing view of the green meadows ...

Built in 1910, this modernist French neoclassic palace was entrusted to the architect Freixa by the banker Agustí Manaut as a gift to his daughter. Originally home to women, it attained noteworthy prestige before falling into decadence by the 1940s due to economic reasons. This hotel, located in the Catalonian valley of Cerdanya, where the Segre River flows, offers bedchambers positioned on along ...


The lost paradise of the Ampurdán is the enclave for this exercise in new rural living. Here, all the juice of the countryside is in effortless harmony with the comforts of an urban hotel. Close to the medieval aromas in Peratallada, Hotel Aatu is hidden amid the forests. Once found, the sight of its intense orange walls is comforting in this place where surrounding stones and rocks are on strike....


This whitewashed construction overlooks one of the most spectacular rocky coves along the Costa Brava, in Fornells. The building has been added onto over the years, since the time it was originally founded by Xiquet Sabater, whose statue is displayed in the living room. The façade reveals the contraction’s evolution: balconies, terraces, wood and plastic furnishings, aluminum or PVC windows… Almos...

A small palace built in1866, which is cataloged as a building of historic interest, encloses this enticing hotel sited in the center of Begur. Its pleasing interiors have a modern and elegant design that boast quality furnishings with a certain colonial feel at times. Space and luminosity prevail in the subtle and precise bedrooms. They are all different, featuring checkered floors, wood and whick...

The luxury of Asia without leaving the country, along the Costa Brava. Wanting accessibility explains the hotel’s seclusion, but it’s not enough detract from the presence of this resort that thrives on the pampering and exclusivity of one of the utmost referential establishments along the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The sensorial explosion of this hotel, contained in a cluster of conventional apart...

Within the walls of this 14th-century country building that served as the main hospital in the Empordà area back in 1350 and in the annexed rounded glass-walled gallery, guests find a pastoral hotel, inspired in contemporary design now fashionable in urban settings, introduced here by the architects LLuís Alonso and Sergi Balaguer. This establishment combines leisure, nature and culture. The decor...
