Hotel El Pati

An 18th-century Catalan house in the centre

Hotel El Pati is a two-star hotel on Carrer Hospital, in the centre of Peratallada, surrounded by the natural stone wall, the bell tower, the Torre de les Hores and the castle. It occupies an 18th-century Catalan house carefully restored and decorated in traditional Catalan style. It is small: it has capacity for ten or twelve people, so the service is personal and it is best to book well ahead in high season.

Eating in-house

In the same building is the El Pati restaurant, with a large courtyard between natural rock, walnut trees and plants, and indoor dining rooms. It opens at lunchtime, from 12:30 to 15:15, and in the evening, from 19:30 to 22:15, and closes on Wednesdays: if you are staying that day, look for dinner at another restaurant in the village. The hotel’s website does not detail the rooms or breakfast, so ask when you book.

Getting there and parking

You can’t drive into the centre. Park in one of the three car parks around it (Dalt, to the west; l’Església, opposite Sant Esteve, or Baix, to the east) and walk up with your luggage. From 2 to 6 April, from 14 June to 14 September and on the weekend of the Fira Medieval they are blue zone, but guests of the hotels in the core don’t pay: ask the hotel how to prove it.

What to do nearby

From the door you have the medieval centre as far as Plaça de les Voltes and the moat cut into the rock and the wall. By car, a few minutes away, the Iberian town of Ullastret and the Fitor dolmens, in the Gavarres. At sunrise the balloon flight over the Empordà takes off from Colomers.