Hotel Casa Vilella

Casa Vilella is an early-20th-century house on the front line of the Passeig Marítim, on the quiet stretch of the promenade, to the west of the centre. It bears the signature of Joan Rubió i Bellver, a disciple of Gaudí, and today it is a four-star superior hotel with only 14 rooms, a pool in the garden and a restaurant with a terrace that looks onto the promenade. It is the kind of place where breakfast is ordered à la carte and the lounge has a fireplace for winter days.

Fourteen rooms, garden or sea

All have Egyptian cotton bed linen, a Smart TV, a coffee machine and a kettle, a bathrobe, a safe, individual climate control and underfloor heating in the bathroom, and accept a cot. The categories:

• Standard garden view, 25 m², with direct access to the pool terrace and a bath.
• Attic garden view, 25 m², with a shower.
• Adapted standard, 25 m², designed for getting around in a wheelchair.
• Sea-view studio, 32 m², in the central, upper part of the house, with a living room facing the sea.
• Sea-view duplex, 40 m² on two levels, with a soundproofed picture window to the sea and a sofa bed for a third person or two children up to 12.
• Sea-view central, 50 m², the most special in the house: a terrace in a gallery of five arches over the sea and a hydromassage bath with a view.

The garden, the pool and the table

The pool is in the garden, behind the house, reserved for guests, with loungers, parasols and bar service. There is a front terrace with a sea view, a chill-out area with a fire bowl, a gym with a treadmill, cross trainer and bike, and a massage room.

The Mediterranean restaurant changes its menu every season and has a menu of the day and a paella menu. It is also open to non-guests: Wednesday to Sunday, 13:00 to 15:30 and 19:30 to 22:30; closed Monday and Tuesday. Book on 935 240 200.

Price, hours and what it does not allow

The website publishes prices from €190 a night, with a 5% discount for booking on it. Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00. Reception is open 24 hours and stores luggage. It does not accept pets, only guide dogs.

From the promenade to the station

The hotel is 1.3 km from the train and bus station and about half an hour by car from Barcelona airport. You can walk to the centre and the Punta along the promenade, with the town beaches on one side all the way; the Cau Ferrat and Maricel museums are at the end. If you come by car, the hotel has spaces in an indoor garage: ask when you book.