Hotel del Lago

A garden beside Puigcerdà lake

The Hotel del Lago is at Calle Doctor Piguillem, 7, next to Puigcerdà lake and about a hundred metres from the centre, where the shops and restaurants are. The building is surrounded by a garden, with corners for reading in the sun or having a drink in the afternoon, and in summer you have breakfast outside. From the door you walk to the lake, with its swans and its boats for hire. It is a base for skiing at Masella or La Molina and coming back to sleep in the town, not a slopeside hotel.

The spa is not paid for separately

The spa area has a heated indoor pool, sauna and jacuzzi, open all year and free for guests; it is not sold to outside visitors. Children under two cannot enter. Massages, therapeutic or relaxing, are paid for and booked at the hotel. In summer an outdoor pool in the garden also opens.

A fireplace in the room

The house has seven room types, and three have a fireplace:

• Suite 50, of 50 m², with a 25 m² sitting room, terrace, coffee machine and wood-burning fireplace. It is on the first floor, with no lift.
• Suite 30, of 30 m², with a sitting room, two bathrooms and a gas fireplace.
• Superior double with fireplace, of 24 m², gas fireplace.
• Comfort double, of 24 m², with a double bed or two beds, and standard double, of 15 m².
• Family triple, of 24 m², with three beds, and interconnecting family room, two doubles joined inside for four. These two are booked by phone.

All have air conditioning, soundproof windows, minibar, flat-screen television, hairdryer and wifi. Breakfast is a buffet with local produce. There is a 24-hour reception, a lounge with a fireplace and a lift in the main building.

Price and booking

The website advertises its best rate from €123 and a getaway in a superior double with fireplace from €153, with no dates: the price for the day comes up in its booking. Telephone, 972 88 10 00; email, [email protected].

Getting there and parking

From Barcelona you go up the C-16 and the Cadí tunnel and then the N-260 to Puigcerdà. The hotel has two car parks of its own. Without a car, the Rodalies R3 reaches Puigcerdà station, in the lower part of the town; from there you walk up or take a taxi. For dinner nearby, La Borda del Ceretà is in Puigcerdà itself.

Pets are not accepted.