Luxury Catalonia villa with heated pool in pretty rural heartlands

Cardona, Barcelona province, Catalonia Property Ref: CA24

4 Bedrooms
Sleeps 8/10
Pool Pool
Property Ref: CA24

Top facilities at a very smart rural property, one hour from Barcelona. Sleeps 8 plus 2 children.

Booking information for CA24

The swimming pool is open all seasons.
The swimming pool is open all year, weather permitting, but please note it is only heated from mid-September to mid-May.
Obligatory costs not included, payable locally:
- Catalonia tourist tax is payable to the property manager locally. The tax is 0,60 euros per night for each person of 16 years and over (for the first 7 nights only).
Check-in time: from 17:00h to 22:00h; Check-out time: 10:00h
Pets may be permitted on previous request. Special restrictions normally apply. Please ask us.
A refundable security deposit of 250 euros applies to this property. This sum is payable to the keyholder on arrival (in cash) and subject to deductions for breakages/damages, unpaid local charges (when applicable) or exceptional cleaning.

Changeover day CA24

Changeover day is normally Saturday during the main Summer season, and flexible at other times.

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Summary

Top facilities at a very smart rural property, one hour from Barcelona. Sleeps 8 plus 2 children.

Facilities

4 Bedrooms
4 Bathrooms
Sleeps 8/10

Enjoyment
WiFi Internet; TV; Covered swimming pool (8 m x 4 m, 0.80 – 1.80 m deep), heated from mid-September to mid-May, with openable panels that can double as child-secure gating; Furnished porch terrace for dining; 6 sunloungers; Barbecue with charcoal provided.

Self-catering
3-ring vitroceramic hob; Oven; 2 Dishwashers; Microwave; Kettle; Coffee machine; Nespresso coffee maker; Toaster; Juicer; Blender; Fridge-freezer; Additional fridge.

Practicalities
Washing machine; Iron & board; Hairdryer in each bedroom; Air conditioning; Central heating; Open fireplace (a reasonable amount of firewood included); Hydromassage in all bathtubs (one of them jet-shower); Cot & highchair on request; All bedding and towels provided, including pool towels; Private parking.

Extras
Grocery shopping for your arrival can be arranged if requested well in advance.

A padel court next to the villa can be booked locally at an extra hourly cost (can be booked online or via Whatsapp).

A cleaning service is available at an extra cost (payable locally) if requested at least 15 days in advance..

Notes on Facilities
Two extra single beds for children on request.

Layout

Ground floor
Open plan lounge / dining / kitchen areas; Bedroom 1: Double bed with en suite bathroom/WC (walk-in shower with hydro massage, no bathtub).

First floor
Bedroom 2: Twin beds with en suite bathroom/WC (bathtub with hydromassage); Bedroom 3: Twin beds with en suite bathroom/WC (bathtub with hydromassage); Bedroom 4: Double bed with en suite bathroom/WC (bathtub with hydromassage).

Exterior
Porch terrace; Lawned garden; Pool area; Private parking.

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Overview

The villa is located in the rural heartlands of Catalonia, in an extraordinarily relaxing setting, where lakes and hills invite you to enjoy picnics and walks, with views of the early rises of the distant Pyrenees. The accommodation is excellent, very satisfactory. It is within reach of three airports: Barcelona, Girona and Lleida.

The property is private, smart and meticulously kept. Details that make a good property into a very interesting one are to be found everywhere: large windows making the lounge wonderfully luminous, the extra window in the shower to offer you a view while you bathe, the way the swimming pool cover can be opened and closed to suit the season, the way even radiators and fridge-freezers are decorated to blend into their surroundings.

The villa has four, spacious bedrooms for eight people. Their en suite facilities include hydromassage and a hairdryer each. Tall windows allow for plenty of natural light as well as views over the green countryside –and the beds are very comfortable.

One of the bedrooms is ground floor and is suitable for guests who have reduced mobility, the others are on the first floor.

A generous use of wood in fixtures and fittings is complemented by a natural colour scheme of earth and tan in decoration and quality fabrics, giving an overall impression of great taste and rustic modernity. The grand downstairs main room is furnished impressively, comfortably, and with a very complete array of equipment between living and dining facilities, including a PC connected to internet. There's also WiFi.

French windows open to the gardens and the emphasis is on natural light through tall windows, although evening illumination is well chosen also.

Meals can be taken at the long dining table or, more informally, outside at the pub-style wooden table under the broad porch.

The lawned garden is well maintained, as is the irresistible heated swimming pool. The glassed roof is designed so that it can either be enclosed entirely, partially open or opened to the wide, blue sky. You can also leave the lowest glass panels in place to act as a child-proof barrier.

Solar panels warm the water. If the sun is hidden by clouds, then there’s both an oil-fired heating system and a thermal blanket so that the pool remains open all year round. The sun loungers arranged by the poolside can also be taken to the lawn.

If you book the villa for winter swims, you have full central heating throughout the house, with radiators that can be adjusted to a temperature to suit in individual bedrooms, as well as a cast iron stove for log fires downstairs.

The house is built on a hill from where the panorama takes in hills, pine forest, the mountain range of the Sierra del Cadí and, far in the distance, the famed Pyrenean peak of Pedraforça. Although the gardens are fenced around for child safety (and added security, not that it’s an issue at this peaceful location), the property extends out over a full 50 acres, including local woodland.

The local town of Cardona (population 5,500) can be reached by a 20-minute walk along a pleasant path or a 3-minute drive. It has good restaurants that we will be pleased to recommend to you and a Sunday street market. There's a medieval centre and a hangman's tower. In addition to supplying all normal requirements relating to shopping, banking and eating out, it has two major landmarks that people come from afar to visit.

The 9th-century Romanesque castle that presides over Cardona was the last bastion of the Catalonian people to hold out against King Phillip V in 1714, when he won the War of the Spanish Succession. Its citadel later improved and became impregnable to Napoleon. Today, you can visit it and even stay in its hotel, although the reputedly haunted Room 712 is never normally given to guests!

Equally intriguing is the natural phenomenon which the castle once defended: the Salt Mountain. Until recently a major European salt mine, it is open to tourist visits.

Visitors are driven in special vehicles down to the Salt Valley, where they can view the incredible geological formation of the Salt Mountain. Following this, they are given mining helmets to walk through the 500 metres of galleries and see the amazing stalactites and stalagmites and different salt seams: sodium, potassium and magnesium.

If we describe this region as a lakeland, it is first for the picnics and natural swims to be had at the beautiful lake of Sant Pons, surrounded by forest, just 20 minutes from the villa, and secondly for La Llosa del Cavall, a stunning lake 45 minutes distant (see photos), where canoeing is possible.

For more dramatic, and this time mountainous, landscapes, don't miss Berga, 40 minutes away.

If small, historic destinations attract you, then we recommend historic Solsona nearby, a lovely place to simply stroll around; but if the big city is your thing, then the drive to the centre of superlatively cosmopolitan Barcelona takes little more than an hour.

Entrance to the villa is along a drive lined with olive trees to private parking. The only neighbouring property is villa CA25, a similar holiday home to the rear which faces away, so that your privacy is in no way impinged upon.

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Photos

Enjoy the view from porch and barbecue area

French windows can be opened up to the garden

Hire a paddle court 2 minutes walk from villa

Location

Setting

Pretty countryside by the Salt Mountain Natural Park. Pyrenees in distant view.

Location

Access via rural track in good condition. 20 mins walk or 3 mins drive from the small town of Cardona.

Cardona 20 mins walk

Most facilities, castle, Salt Mountain

Solsona 20 mins

Old, pretty village

Santa Pons 20 mins

Forested lake

La Llosa del Caball 40 mins

Cliffed lake

Berga 40 mins

Dramatic landscapes

Barcelona 1 hr 15 mins

Nearest Airports

Barcelona (BCN) 1 hr 15 mins

Girona (GRO) 1 hr 45 mins

Lleida (ILD) 1 hr 45 mins

Reus (REU) 1 hr 45 mins

Prices

Rustical Travel charges in Euros, VAT is included, no surcharges apply.

From	to	Price per week
08 Jan 202408/01/2024	22 Mar 202422/03/2024	€2,330£1,991$2,474AU$3,863CA$3,420
23 Mar 202423/03/2024	05 Apr 202405/04/2024	€2,920£2,495$3,100AU$4,841CA$4,286
06 Apr 202406/04/2024	28 Jun 202428/06/2024	€2,330£1,991$2,474AU$3,863CA$3,420
29 Jun 202429/06/2024	12 Jul 202412/07/2024	€2,795£2,388$2,967AU$4,633CA$4,102
13 Jul 202413/07/2024	16 Aug 202416/08/2024	€3,050£2,606$3,238AU$5,056CA$4,477
17 Aug 202417/08/2024	30 Aug 202430/08/2024	€2,840£2,427$3,015AU$4,708CA$4,168
31 Aug 202431/08/2024	20 Dec 202420/12/2024	€2,330£1,991$2,474AU$3,863CA$3,420
21 Dec 202421/12/2024	07 Jan 202507/01/2025	€3,050£2,606$3,238AU$5,056CA$4,477

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Booking information for CA24

The swimming pool is open all seasons.
The swimming pool is open all year, weather permitting, but please note it is only heated from mid-September to mid-May.
Obligatory costs not included, payable locally:
- Catalonia tourist tax is payable to the property manager locally. The tax is 0,60 euros per night for each person of 16 years and over (for the first 7 nights only).
Check-in time: from 17:00h to 22:00h; Check-out time: 10:00h
Pets may be permitted on previous request. Special restrictions normally apply. Please ask us.
A refundable security deposit of 250 euros applies to this property. This sum is payable to the keyholder on arrival (in cash) and subject to deductions for breakages/damages, unpaid local charges (when applicable) or exceptional cleaning.

Changeover day CA24

Changeover day is normally Saturday during the main Summer season, and flexible at other times.

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YOUR REVIEWS

Peter | August | 2022

Property was excellent. Its managers were excellent. The Rustical staff are so helpful, very responsive by email. I felt that I was getting value for money at all times."

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Paul | April | 2022

Lovely property with everything you’d need. There is a House right next to this to this one owned by the same people so it can be a bit noisy or disruptive but it didn’t bother our holiday. About a 10 minute walk into the village which was lovely."

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Mercè | August | 2021

La ubicació de la casa un 10, vistes espectaculars i zona exterior molt agradable. Pel que fa a l'interior de la casa li caldrien certes millores, es veu que tota ella ja te uns anys de rodatge i li convindrien canvis, com també a la piscina. Justament al costat hi ha una altra casa més gran que, quan s'ha ocupat, hem perdut la pau que respiràvem quan estàvem sols. Això ho comento perquè al moment de llogar la casa no vam ser conscients de la proximitat de l'altra casa."

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Caroline | July | 2019

The villa is stunning and all of the fixtures and fittings are of a very high standard, it is an extremely comfortable space with everything you need . It is beautifully kept and the couple looking after it are so helpful - communication was excellent. The location is beautiful with stunning views and an easy walk to Cardona. Cardona itself was also a great find with great restaurants and small, local food shops. It is a very charming town. We were 2 families of four and the villa was a perfect size - it didn't feel cramped and the eating areas, both inside and out are spacious. The booking process was very easy and communication was excellent. I wholeheartedly recommend this villa and indeed Rustical Travel to anyone looking for a holiday in Spain. The company provided a lot of information about the area and directions were clear and easy to follow. The whole process went smoothly. I would definitely use them again and for Spain they would, without doubt, be my first choice."

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Andrew | June | 2019

Nice house in a nice location. Good service from Rustical Travel and very helpful owners at the property."

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Adrian | October | 2018

We stayed in villa CA24 in mid October and were delighted the weather was still lovely and warm. The villa itself was excellent with jacuzzi style baths in almost every bedroom. The mountain scenery was simply amazing l, with just a short stroll along a picturesque country path into nearby Cardona. The heated pool was great too, just the right temperature (although you do have to cover it every night after use). The garden was spacious and the kitchen and it's facilities were very good. Overall we spent a very enjoyable 8 nights and would happily recommend it to anyone interested in a remote location getaway."

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Liz | August | 2017

Lovely house, beautiful location, very helpful host. House has everything you need. Gardens and outside areas are spacious and great for kids to run around in. We are definitely thinking about returning. Cardona is a lovely town, about 20 minutes walk away- lovely bars, restaurants and shops."

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Dana | July | 2017

We had an absolutely wonderful week at Property CA24. The house was perfect for our family of 8. It was very clean and well stocked. The hosts, Pilar and Miguel, were extremely accommodating and available to us when we had any questions or needs. The pool was clean and refreshing. The location perfectly suited our desire for a daily adventure while we had plenty of time to hang at the property and enjoy the views and peaceful farmland. I highly recommend this villa and its hosts."

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Johannes | August | 2016

We are totally satisfied about the service of Rustic Travel as well as about the quality off the house and the service off the owners. So: nothing to complain about and no need for improving this or that: just keep going on as you did till now."

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Eugene | August | 2014

We had a thoroughly enjoyable week in Cardona. The villa was extremely comfortable for our family of six and the entertaining space, suitable for bigger numbers, was very useful as we had family living nearby who came for a BBQ. A lot of thought had been given to the equipment, layout and interior design of this wonderful character house. Pool towels would have been useful. The seal on the oven door was broken and one of the fridges was not working effectively but it was the last week of the season, which may explain this. During our stay we visited the salt mine in Cardona, which was very interesting and the tour is available in English, if you enquire when these specific guides are available. We also had dinner in the Parador hotel (Cardona Castle) and the set price, three course meal was exceptionally good value at 30 euro per person. The setting is impressive and the service good. The walk into Cardona is enjoyable and does only take 20 minutes. It would be helpful to have a little map in the villa showing where to find this walk as it took us a few days to work it out! The food we pre ordered, for our first night's supper was really good quality and delicious and good value for money. A great idea to make life easy on arrival."

Rustical Update

Pool towels are now available for all guests: simply ask Pilar for them.

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Kevin | July | 2014

The photos do not do this property justice - it is exceptionally equipped and very comfortable. We have been away with many companies on our family self catering trips, but Rustical Travel are simply the best we have experienced - the attention to detail before the trip was outstanding and their properties are clearly very well looked after. Many, many thanks - we all thoroughly enjoyed our stay"

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