Ecohotel Mas el Mir

A 1366 farmhouse on the Les Llosses road

Mas el Mir is a Catalan farmhouse documented since 1366, deep in the mountains beside the road to Les Llosses, near Ripoll. It has been restored with lime plaster from Catalan quarries, wood and recovered antique furniture, and it runs as an eco-hotel: 26 solar panels, a biomass boiler, rainwater for the vegetable garden, the garden and the animals, a saltwater pool treated by electrolysis, an outdoor jacuzzi and cleaning with ozonated water. It is adults only and accepts pets. The owners also have two restaurants in Barcelona.

Seven rooms, from €145 to €270

The website prices, with VAT and accommodation only, for two people in low and high season:

• Hisop, 20 m², €145 or €165; single occupancy, €110 or €130. Milfulles and Espernallac, double rooms.
• Espígol, a 23 m² superior room, €155 or €175.
• Civada, a 28 m² superior room with a double sofa bed, for two to four people: €155 or €175 for two, and €40 more per extra person.
• Suite Heura, 40 m², with a fireplace: €230 or €250.
• Suite Romaní, a self-contained 80 m² apartment with a kitchen, a living room with a fireplace, a bathroom with a bath and its own parking: €250 or €270.

All have heating, a shower, towels, a bathrobe, a hairdryer and wifi. Firewood for the suites' fireplaces, €30 per stay. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out until 12:00.

A shared table at nine

Breakfast, with organic and local produce, costs €18 per person and is served until 11:00. Dinner, at 21:00 and always by reservation, costs €28: it is a varied table of mountain cooking with organic produce from the area, designed for sharing between two. They cater for vegan and vegetarian diets, allergies and intolerances if you let them know. They also prepare picnics for setting out on a route.

Dogs, always on a lead

Pets cost €18 a night and may be in the room, in the common areas and in the dining room, always on a lead. In the room there is a food bowl and a water bowl, and they get a welcome treat, but you need to bring their bed.

In winter, weekends only

During the winter season the hotel is closed from Sunday to Thursday. The Suite Romaní stays open all year, with breakfast by reservation, massages and the jacuzzi, but no dinners on those days.

How to get there without getting lost

If you are coming from Barcelona or Vic, do not go into Ripoll: turn off on the C-26 towards Les Llosses just before. Satnavs tend to send you through Ripoll and along narrow mountain tracks. Once here, the monastery of Santa Maria and the walk beside the Ter are in Ripoll, a short drive away.