Hotel Mas Salvi

A 17th-century farmhouse in the Carmany

Mas Salvi is a four-star hotel in a 17th-century farmhouse, in the protected green area of the Carmany de Pals, among oak trees, with seven hectares of its own woodland and garden. It is a kilometre's walk from the area with restaurants and the public transport stop and about 3 km from the beach. It has a 24-hour reception, a restaurant with three spaces and an outdoor pool and an indoor one, and organises weddings and celebrations. It opens its season in early April.

The rooms

There are about thirty, spread over three floors, in four categories: deluxe, junior suite inside the farmhouse, suite (the largest) and the Suite Torreón, in a stone tower with views of the Empordà landscape, Mediterranean design with curved lines and beds of over two metres. All have air conditioning, heating, free wifi, a flat-screen television, a safe, a desk and a minibar; in the tower, also a shower and bath, bathrobe and breakfast in the room.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

The restaurant is run by chef Jerónimo Vera, with Mediterranean cooking using Empordà produce. Breakfast is served from 8:00 to 10:30. At midday, from 13:00 to 15:30, The Grill operates by the pool, with tapas, fresh starters and grilled meat and fish. Dinner, from 20:00 to 22:30, is served in the dining room with large windows onto the garden or, in summer, on the terrace. Book online or on 972 63 64 78.

Spa, parking and getting there

There is a massage room and a jacuzzi, and bicycle hire with Gran Fondo. The hotel has private parking and a garage. You arrive by car along carrer de Carmany; Girona airport is about 44 km away. Nearby you have the Gothic old town of Pals, the Josep Pla viewpoint, Platja de Pals, the flooded rice fields and the golf taster at Golf de Pals.