Hotel Mas Generós

A hotel born from a garden

Mas Generós is a small, sustainable rural hotel in Fonteta, a few kilometres from Peratallada, in a landscape of holm oaks and pines in the first foothills of the Gavarres, with the Montgrí in the background and the fields of the lower Ter around. The house explains that the project began with the garden: a naturalistic garden adapted to the Empordà landscape, with a vegetable garden, aromatic herbs and a “secret garden”. It is inspired by the so-called blue zones, the places where people live longest, and translates this into a Mediterranean diet, a calm life and outdoor activity.

The rooms

There are four types: double, deluxe double (larger, with a whirlpool bath), superior with private terrace and the Mas Generós Pavilion, a separate, recently built building, made with local materials and with its own entrance, for up to eight people. On the first floor, next to the library, there is a historic piano.

Breakfast and restaurant

Breakfast is a buffet, in the garden or inside with classical music, with eggs from its hens, honey from its bees, jams and lemon curd made from the garden’s fruit, curd cheese from Fonteta and herbal teas picked each morning; there are vegan, gluten-free and lactose-free options. The restaurant, also open to non-guests, serves Mediterranean “garden” cooking with vegetables and flowers from its organic vegetable garden and recipes by its gastronomic director, Iolanda Bustos, author of Cuinar amb flors. It has an open kitchen, a stone fireplace, large windows onto the garden and a terrace in good weather, with vegetarian and vegan options. It presents itself as a restaurant for adults.

Getting there and what to do

You need a car. The address is Sant Generós, 21, in Fonteta. The house organises yoga in the garden, botanical walks, music nights, workshops and bike getaways. Peratallada, with its medieval centre and the moat cut into the rock, is a short distance away, and in the Gavarres you have the short Fitor dolmens route.