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Holidays in Spain: five exceptional hotels on the Costa Brava

2022-08-03T06:18:38.618Z


The Costa Brava and the Emporda hide a thousand still well-kept secrets and many beautiful addresses to rediscover this emblematic destination. Head south for a stay as a couple, with family or friends.


Renowned for its magnificent landscapes and its unique sweetness and art of living, the Costa Brava has a very varied hotel offer, which has developed with the boom in tourism since the beginning of the 20th century.

To savor the charms of the coast and its hinterland,

Le Figaro

has selected five addresses along an itinerary between sea and mountains, from north to south and from east to west, and above all away from the crowds. .

To discover

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Hotel Peralada Wine & Spa, wine tourism in the heart of Emporda

Next to Figueras and Cap de Creus, the Peralada Resort, which has just inaugurated a winery, is a top wine tourism destination in Alt Emporda.

The 5-star hotel has 54 rooms and 10 suites, elegant and contemporary, with a view of the golf course or the swimming pool and the Albères in the background.

To relax, a spa, a pioneer in Spain, offers treatments based on the benefits of grapes.

Three restaurants, including a starred one located in the heart of the 14th century castle which also hosts a casino and a music and dance festival every summer, complete the picture.

That of a stay between history and culture, sport and well-being, wine and gastronomy.

For whom:

a couple of epicureans, occasional golfer and lover of history, wine and gastronomy.

Price:

from €255 per double room with breakfast.

Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf, C/ Rocabertí, s/n.

17491 Peralada (Girona).

Such.

: +34 972 53 88 30.

Hotel Castell d'Emporda, castle and rooftop

The Castell d'Empordà is a 4-star hotel that combines all the magic of a thousand-year-old castle with contemporary design and modernity.

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20 minutes from Begur, the Castell d'Emporda is a 4-star hotel that cannot be classified.

According to your desires and the 57 rooms, you sleep in a 12th century castle, in a tower with a panoramic view from the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean, in a family room with decoration inspired by Dali or in a "Garden" suite which opens onto the fields.

This eclecticism can be found at the table as the Castell d'Emporda offers a gourmet restaurant, a locavore brasserie by the pool and new for 2022, a Da.Li Sunset Terrace for tapas with a view and DJ evenings.

From the Middle Ages to the 21st century, passing through the 1970s, the Castell d'Emporda spans the centuries.

For whom:

the curious who like to be surprised.

Price:

from €117 per double room with breakfast.

Hotel Castell d'Emporda, Castell d'Empordà s/n, 17115 La Bisbal.

Such.

: +34 972 64 62 54.

Santa Marta, with the family facing the bay

Hotel Santa Marta, a hideaway of peace in the Mediterranean forest opposite Santa Cristina beach.

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Overlooking the bay of Santa Cristina, said to be one of the prettiest on the Costa Brava, the Hotel Santa Marta is nestled in the heart of 6 hectares of woods and gardens, away from the popular seaside resort of Lloret de Mar. If the modern building is a little impersonal and some rooms are being renovated, the short walk to the beach (almost private) invites you to a sweet day: a set of tennis in the morning, a lunch with iodized flavors with your feet in the sand, then idleness and swimming between the large basin and the Big Blue in the afternoon.

A restaurant serving traditional Catalan cuisine and a spa complete the offer of this 5-star hotel with 77 rooms.

For whom:

as a family for a relaxing beach break.

Price:

from €174 per double room.

Hotel Santa Marta, Platja Santa Cristina, s/n Lloret de Mar. Tel.

: +34 972 36 49 04.

Cala del Pi, adults only on the Cami de Ronda

The Cala del Pi takes you on vacation but also in the childhood memories of these hotels with a little old-fashioned charm.

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With its typically Spanish architecture and decoration, the Cala del Pi takes you on vacation but also into childhood memories of these hotels with their somewhat old-fashioned charm.

The major asset of this 5-star hotel which overlooks a small cove towards Platja d'Aro: the omnipresent sea.

To contemplate from the balcony of one of the 41 rooms and 8 suites, from the terrace of the restaurant which honors the local gastronomy, from the swimming pool and its deckchairs.

A few steps later, the Cami de Ronda invites you to walk through the postcard landscapes of this Costa Brava that has remained authentic as soon as you move away from the major tourist centers.

For whom:

lovers (of walking and the sea), the hotel is “adults only”.

Price:

from €179.55 per double room with breakfast and access to the spa.

Cala del Pi, Avda.

Cavall Bernat, 160 17250 Platja d'Aro.

Such.

: +34 972 828 429.

Hotel Camiral: luxury, golf and pleasure

The opening of the Hotel Camiral, in Caldes de Malavella, at the gates of Girona, the most Italian of Spanish cities, has marked the return of luxury to the Costa Brava.

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10 minutes from Girona, the Camiral appears like a flagship on an ocean of greenery surrounded by the Montseny, Guilleries and Gavarres mountains.

Contemporary, the building aligns its 138 rooms and suites overlooking a friendly lobby where you are welcomed by a "copa de cava".

A huge outdoor swimming pool, a 1000 m2 spa inaugurated in 2021, a gourmet restaurant and a resort offering two 18-hole courses, among the most famous in Spain, as well as a few vineyards, lakes, forests and luxury villas: the Camiral is an ideal base camp to relax in peace, half an hour from the sea.

For whom:

between golfing friends, lovers of high-end spas and contemporary luxury.

Price:

from €230 for a deluxe double room with buffet breakfast and free access to the fitness centre.

Hotel Camiral, PGA Catalunya Golf and Wellness.

Road N-II km 701. 17455 Caldes de Malavella - Girona.

Such.

: +34 972472249.

Learn more

To promote a more authentic offer of tourism on the Costa Brava, the Costa Brava Hotels de Luxe association brings together 14 charming hotels, 4 to 5 stars.

With a sea view, near the beach or in the calm of the hinterland, on a golf course, with a spa, you just have to choose!

Source: lefigaro

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