Rent a castle in Spain, a luxury large villa rental in Catalonia

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Some castles are more palatial residence than fortress and this is the happy case here. It's been in the same family since the 15th century and its Gothic-Renaissance character sets the scene for a suite of rooms and facilities that have been tastefully brought up to date to provide accommodation in grand style.

We offer the castle in its entirety for private hire.

The castle’s location is the Empurda region of  Catalonia, north-east Spain, roughly midway between the beautiful small city of Girona and Dali’s home town of Figueres, where his surrealist Museum is a major attraction. Sandy beaches and fishing villages of the Costa Brava coast are a 15-minute drive.

As befits its noble status, the palace has pride of place on the village square and its entrance is by the church, under an archway to a garden patio. This interior courtyard is furnished with easy chairs, sunshades, equipped with a pergola for shaded meals al fresco and a swimming pool for refreshing swims.

The ground floor holds a large and very complete kitchen, dining room and a magnificent banquet hall: an uplifting setting for the grandest of occasions under the original panelled ceiling.

A supplementary summer kitchen at ground level, with convenient access to the pool area, has all the amenities you need to prepare simple meals.

The first floor provides 4 en suite bedrooms and is also the venue for a hand of cards or backgammon in the games room, or a game of pool.  One of the bedrooms is “Queen Joanna’s room", where the Spanish queen stayed with her son, Fernando, in 1466. Later, as King Fernando of Spain, he would lead the reconquest of Spain from the Moors with Queen Isabel, and sponsor a sea captain by the name of Christopher Columbus on his voyage to the Americas. The Queen’s room has twin beds, a dressing room and bathroom.

The remainder of the accommodation is distributed between the two higher floors and the castle's attic, and is detailed below. All bedrooms feature unique furnishings and décor inspired by the castle’s history. Guests on the uppermost floor have their own living room and an additional kitchen.

Facilities include broadband WiFi internet, flat screen TV in most of the bedrooms, central heating, and air conditioning in all but one of the bedrooms.

Each week’s rental includes up to 4 hours' cleaning a day (excluding kitchens) from Monday to Friday. Other services, such as extra cleaning, catering, babysitting, chauffeur, guide, car or boat rental, can all be arranged on request.

Local activities are many and varied: golf, horse riding (and ponies for children), hot air balloon rides, parachute jumps, karting, cycling routes, water parks, kayaks and yacht or speedboat hire. We also have recommendations for beaches, gastronomical experiences, open air markets and cultural visits.

The Emporda district, where the castle is situated, is an area of gentle, green plains with a backdrop of the snowcapped Pyrenees. Activities both cultural and sporting are available in a natural environment that extends from the medieval village where the castle stands to the coast and picture postcard seaside towns such as Sant Marti del Pescador, built solely from local stone, a local ordinance outlawing discordant building and apartment blocks. World class Catalonia restaurants here will satisfy the most discerning palates.

Among the latter, highlights include the Dali Museum in Figueres (25 km), the ancient Jewish quarter of Girona (38 km), the Greco-Roman archeological site at Empuries (by excellent beaches) and outstandingly preserved medieval villages such as Besalu.

The wooded, volcanic area of La Garrotxa is nearby and the French border just over 30 minutes away.

Facilities
Fully equipped kitchen with dining service for 20 guests; additional summer kitchen; laundry room with washing machine, tumble dryer, iron & board; broadband WiFi internet; 7 televisions; 2 music systems; private swimming pool (6 m x 5 m, 1.60 m – 1.80 m deep) and courtyard patio with pergola and quality outdoor furniture including sunloungers; central heating; air conditioning in all but one bedroom, all linen provided, including pool towels.

Distribution
On four floors with twelve bedrooms in total

Ground floor: fully equipped kitchen; banquet hall; dining room; summer kitchen with access to pool area; meeting room; utility room; WC.

First floor: four bedrooms: one Master bedroom with two individual beds, dressing room and en suite bathroom with Jacuzzi; two twin-bedded rooms with dressing room and en suite bathroom (shower); one twin-bedded room with dressing room and en suite bathroom (bathtub); sitting room; games room.

Second floor: four bedrooms: one double-bedded with Queen size bed; one twin-bedded with en suite bathroom (shower); two twin-bedded rooms; two bathrooms (with bathtubs); utility room with washing machine and dryer.

Third floor: four bedrooms: three double-bedded and one single-bedded, sharing a bathroom.

Exterior
Garden courtyard with quality furnishings; pergola; swimming pool.

Notes:
-The rental price includes a cleaning service of living areas, bedrooms and exterior spaces four hours per day Monday to Friday. Kitchen cleaning is not included in this service.
-Additional cleaning, babysitting, catering and other services can be contracted on request.
-Catalonian breakfasts of cold meat platters with juices, coffee, croissants etc. can be provided.
-For safety reasons, the castle fireplaces are no longer in use.

Location and Distances
In a small Emporda village (one bar and one top-quality butchers)

Camallera (bar, restaurants, pharmacy, delicatessen)	5 mins
La Escala (seaside village)	12 km
Sant Pere Pescador (medieval coastal village)	14 km
Empuries (sandy beaches, water sports)	15 km
Girona Airport	40 mins
France	40 km
Perpignan Airport (France)	80 km
Barcelona Airport	130 km

Booking information for this property
Changeover day: normally Friday.
The booking deposit for this property is 30% and special cancellation conditions, slightly more rigorous than Rustical Travel’s general conditions, also apply (details on request).
A security deposit of 2,000 euros is required at the same time as the balance payment. This will be reimbursed in full with three weeks of the holiday finish date, subject to deductions for breakages and damage.

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