Can Bastons

Can Bastons is a restored farmhouse in the l'Estanyol quarter of Vilanova de la Muga, a hamlet in the municipality of Peralada surrounded by countryside. The estate brings together several dwellings that share a garden and pool. You can stay in two ways: in bed-and-breakfast rooms in the main house, or by renting a whole house for a group.

Four houses on the same estate

• Can Bastons I is the house of rooms: five, three doubles, a triple and a quadruple, all with their own bathroom and a terrace or balcony. There is a lounge, dining room and fireplace, heating and air conditioning, TVs in the rooms and free wifi. Guests do not use the kitchen: the owners prepare breakfast, and with half board dinner too. The minimum stay ranges from one to four nights depending on the season.
• Can Bastons II is a separate house with four rooms with bathrooms, rented as a whole. The website gives a capacity of ten people on one page and eleven on another: confirm it when you book.
• Can Bertu, also separate, has six bedrooms and five bathrooms, for fifteen people.
• Mas Fita has seven rooms with bathrooms, rented individually and, outside high season, also as a whole house, with a two-night minimum.

Prices from the website

At Can Bastons I, per night: the basic room, with a double bed, €85 with breakfast and €125 with half board; the double, €90 and €130; the triple, €110 and €170; the quadruple, €130 and €190. Can Bastons II is rented from €550 for the weekend and Can Bertu from €650; for both, the minimum stay ranges from two to seven nights depending on the time of year. Mas Fita, whole, on request.

There are three packages: two nights for a couple with breakfast and a bottle of Empordà cava for €199; the wine-tourism break, with two nights, breakfasts and a guided visit with tasting at Empordàlia, for €245; and the Can Bastons break, for two, with breakfast and dinner, for €260.

The saltwater pool

It measures 13 by 5 metres, is saltwater and is heated by solar panels, to between about 22 and 29 degrees depending on the time of year. It has a non-slip area 45 cm deep for the little ones; the rest goes down to 1.50 m. It is enclosed by a cover that opens when the weather is good, and around it there is lawn, a covered space and a picnic area. It opens, as a guide, from 1 May to 15 October. Some weekends the picnic area is reserved: ask first if you want it.

What is nearby

According to the house itself, the Estanys trail of the Aiguamolls starts practically at the door and the nature park is about 10 km away. Figueres is 12 km away, with the Dalí Theatre-Museum at 14; Cadaqués is 25 km and the Cap de Creus lighthouse, inside the nature park, about 30. The Empordàlia winery, in Pau, is 4.5 km away. With children, the Albera tortoise centre makes an easy morning.