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Guixols is one of the most picturesque places for a holiday house to rent on the Costa Brava in Spain
The Costa Brava has always been known as the place to go for self catering vacation rental in the Spanish Costas and is known for it's traditional charm and picturesque holiday atmosphere. You couldn't find anywhere better to find a holiday house for vacation rental in Spain than this charming artist's holiday house to rent in Spain . . . within striking distance of Barcelona.
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Ca La Tia Fina
Charming 4 bedroom 200 year old Mediterranean Artist's town house to rent in Sant Feliu de Guixols just 40km from Barcelona. , Costa Brava, Catalunya. Our holiday house has a peaceful atmosphere and we hope that you love it as we do. You could not get anywhere more concveneient for a holiday, incomparably well situated just 5 minutes walk to the beach and town centre. The house has been owned by our family since it was built. It is well maintained and restored. All facilities new in 2000/2001. The garden and patio offer peace and privacy in the heart of the town. The best option to combine charming and peaceful living with usual holiday activities. Two garages for two cars. Girona 40km, Barcelona 100km, Figueres 70km.
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Centrally located on the Costa Brava just 40km from Barcelona if you want to go there but , Sant Feliu de Guixols and surroundings offer all you might expect for a great beach vacation. Figueres: Salvador Dali museum. Empuries / Ampurias: Greek city ruins. Concerts starting June/July in the area +/- 40km max. Girona: do not miss the opportunity to visit this "little beauty". Barcelona: Gaudí: Temple of La Sagrada Familia, buildings and Parc Guell, Joan Miro's Foundation, Picasso museum. In Montjuich's Congress Palace, one of the best Romanic Art Museum in Europe. Top gastronomic tip: Restaurant Comerç 24, in Comerç Street 24. Chef & owner: Carles Abellan. He started his restaurant recently after years of experience at the world-renowned Restaurant Bulli, in Roses. A "must" in your visit to Barcelona.
The house
At the beginning of Joan Maragall St, the house is just 5 minutes walk to the beach and the town centre. The outside appearance hides its charming ambience, antique furniture and its peaceful atmosphere.
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| House front. (Please wait & Follow me) | Old Mediterranean stile entrance |
Walk into the ground floor. Draft by Isidre Vilaseca from the patio |
The patio, garden, living/dining room and kitchen, creates a wide, comfortable and peaceful atmosphere. I asked the artist Isidre Vilaseca to come and see it.. I am happy he enjoyed it and decided to paint two masterpieces in the house, today hanging on the walls of my residence in Barcelona. See below.
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Patio and garden |
Living room |
Isidre Vilaseca, born in Barcelona in 1945, lives in Castell d'Aro, not far from Sant Feliu. I used to visit him & his wife at the time he came home to work on the two paintings shown above. (Funny, they hosted 22 cats at that time) I met them again recently. If you are interested in meeting him and seeing his paintings in Castell d'Aro, they would welcome your visit. From time to time, he shows his work in Sant Feliu & surrounding towns. Maybe, if you are lucky, 100 m left in our street, Joan Maragall, in Carmen Tache's Gallery.
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Patio & garden glances
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Day or night, the patio is the house's reference | |
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The kitchen from the patio |
Well and plants on the patio |
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A corner of the
garden |
Antique
amphora |
The lonely
bench |
The passage of time
We love the signs of the passage of time in the house, which I like to contemplate once in a while, during the periods we live at Ca La Tia Fina.
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The last time we painted the walls of the patio I decided to keep the vault as it was. The fine work drawn by the passage of time, was fixed by a good friend and great painter: Manel Bea. He encouraged the idea. Quite old and seriously ill, he came to the house and did the resin coating himself, helped by my niece, Yolanda. He went forever a few months later. Many thanks, Manel, Many thanks, Yolanda. Two of Yolanda's iron sculptures can be found in the garden. |
| The old vault |
The old wall
Partially shown in Isidre's painting ( Patio and garden ), it brings to my mind younger, happy days in the house ( I am 61 ), with deep regrets: Sooner or later I will have to rebuild it and loose it forever. Pity! (Maybe you won't see it).
Come upstairs
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The staircase keeps its original shape and character | |
First floor
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| Double queen-size
bedroom. Formerly Tia Fina's bedroom |
A two-ambience room with two main
individual beds and two more in the
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Second floor
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The room on your left , |
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On your right, |
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Sorry ! I forgot to introduce La Tia Fina
"La Tia Fina" means Aunt Josephine. Josephine Perdrieux, my father's aunt. The first Perdrieux who came from France to make his home in Sant Feliu, introduced the cork for use in bottling wine in the area.
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Meet her in the living/dining room in three photos. With my grandmother and a sister (end 19th century). With my daughter Eugenia, around 1970. With my father, around 1960. ( Hi Dad !!!. )
This room, like most in the house, hosts old family furniture. We feel comfortable here. Some guests seldom use it. They prefer to live on the patio and in the garden. Sometimes, we do too, in spring, summer and early fall.
The end of your arrival day
You know a lot about the house now. It's time to come down and, for us, just to wish you a great holiday, and disappear. You will perhaps discuss room distribution, take luggage up, rush for emergency shopping, have a first glance at the town, and maybe try a short walk to the seaside and meet the quiet rhythm and sound of my dear evening Mediterranean waves.
Have a pleasant dinner on the patio, but, to start, I suggest opening the fridge and trying a delicious chilly Chardonnay. It will help you plan the coming days!
On your arrival, Lore, my wife, and I, will have been pleased to welcome you, show the house, some shopping places nearby, the way to the beach and town centre, a few tips, and a lot of written & printed information about Sant Feliu and surroundings. Writing the draft for this page has been nice for me. I got some time to think about the house, the former & future generations, and myself. I feel happy. The house, your house, is shown as it is.
Best Regards
Lore & Pedro
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| Bedrooms - first floor | 1 double queen-size. 1 room with 2+2 beds |
| Bedrooms - second floor | 1 double queen-size with cot. + 1 room with 2 beds |
| Washrooms | 1 old shower-room on the ground floor and 2 new (in 2000) shower-rooms on the 1st & 2nd floors. |
| Living area | Dining-room, seats 6 to 10, living room 5, patio 8, Piano/TV 6. |
| Outdoors | Balcony, patio with BBQ, nice & peaceful furnished garden. |
| Kitchen | Hob, oven, microwave, fridge, dishwasher, toaster, coffeemaker, food processor, juicer, liquidiser. Tools for fish, BBQing & paella. |
| Inside patio | Additional fridge, washer & tumbler dryer, iron & board. |
| General | Gas, central heating, room heaters, house linen & towels, thorough cleaning on changes, additional "light cleaning" on Tuesdays at 3pm, FREE. Optional cleaning on saturdays for guests staying two weeks 130 Eur. Mobile phone with chargeable card. |
| Leisure | Video, satellite TV, radio, stereo, CD player, piano. Children's beach toys. Two mountain bikes. |
| Local activities | Concerts, museums, restaurants, disco, golf, sailing,
diving, jet-ski, cycling, horse-riding, tennis, trial & enduro bikes,
cross-karting, aquapark,....... All shown in our house book. But the main
one is, therefore..... REEE - LAAAA - XIIIIINGGGGGGG !!!!!! |
| Excluded | Pets and animals. |
| Remark 1 | Bring bath towels. |
| Remark 2 | Much to my regret, the house has no lift. Unfortunately not suitable for wheelchairs. |
| Remark 3 | Children & babies very welcome. Many of us have been babies & children in this house once |
| Rental rates 2004 (Euros) | |
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| 3rd January to 27th March | 1.300 |
| 27th March to 19th June | 1.600 |
| 19th June to 4th September | 2.200 |
| 4th September to 30th October | 1.600 |
| 30th October to 18th December | 1.300 |
| 18th December to 2nd January (2005) | 1.600 |
| Conditions of Booking | |
| Booking deposit | 40 % (payable upon confirmation / contract date). |
| Balance | 60 % (8 weeks before entrance date). |
| Refundable damage deposit | 600 Euros (to be refunded on your departure). |
We book sat. to sat. !!!
Arrival time after 4
p.m.
Departure time before 10
a.m.
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Joan Maragall St. In 1940, by Josep Amat |
The sloping tree in the Paseo, by Josep Alberti. Now cut down |
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Josep Alberti was a "genuine genius". Painter, poet, singer, good fellow and friend. Sant Feliu's Townhall will open a museum in his old house, which he left to the town together with a significant collection of his best paintings. | |
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Sunset in Sant Feliu, by Galofre Oller |
Fishermen's boats next to the beach, by local painter |