Catalonia Spain Walking Tour

Sant Feliu de Pallerols

For the next two nights, you’ll stay in a recently renovated traditional farmhouse on a mountaintop with panoramic views. Spacious guest rooms blend modern and rustic, with terracotta tile floors, white walls, large windows, and antiques. In addition to the main fireside lounge with exposed beams and cozy seating looking out onto a large terrace, there are other terraces, hammocks, a “cyber corner,” a reading room, and an outdoor swimming pool set in extensive grounds with gardens and trails. On almost 1,000 acres, the hotel raises its own cattle on surrounding pasture. The excellent on-site restaurant features the property’s own or very local products—such as an appetizer of figs, duck ham, and goat cheese, followed by a main course of local slow-cooked lamb, finished with a fig crumble topped with homemade ice cream.

Santa Pau

Family-owned and operated, the restored farmhouse compound is on a site continuously occupied for almost a thousand years. Intimate and welcoming with just five individually decorated suites, the guesthouse incorporates hand-restored antiques and furnishings and features terracotta floors and varied entrances and terraces. A swimming pool surrounded by landscaped grounds overlooks the valley view. The main floor is composed of a small library, a self-serve bar, game room, and fireside dining room where delicious home-cooked meals based in the Slow Food tradition are served.

Girona

A four-star boutique hotel in Girona’s historical center provides easy walking access to all of the city’s sites—the Cathedral, the medieval city walls, and the Jewish Museum and neighborhood. Located on a quiet cobblestone street in the Old Town, this fully renovated building offers spacious individually decorated guest rooms with contemporary furnishings and neutral tones. Centered around its interior courtyard is a garden and outdoor swimming pool.

Cadaqués

For three nights your home is a four-star family-run hotel sits right on the waterfront of the small fishing village made famous by Dalí and Picasso. Recently fully renovated in a casually elegant coastal style, guest rooms are bright and contemporary. With a perfect seaside location, the hotel features amenities ranging from its ground-floor entry with lounges, bar, and covered terrace to the grounds and outdoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi, and steam room, you’ll fall in love with this place.