Yoga to heal body and mind in La Garriga de Castelladral.
depression and anxiety they are two of the great evils of the society of our century. According to OCU data obtained in 2017, the 57% of the population believe they have had anxiety problems sometime in your life, while 34% said they had suffered from depression sometime.
Life without stops and the loss of our contact with nature and ourselves takes us to the limit. Let's stop the time, let's rest, It is time to reconnect with our habitat.
Take the car and a backpack with just enough because you will not need more than comfortable shoes and warm clothes. These four retreats near Barcelona will ask you for nothing more than good company or solitude. It's up to you!
La Garriga de Castelladral, a country house with views of Montserrat.
THE GARRIGA DE CASTELLADRAL AND ITS NATURAL ELEGANCE
We arrived in the rush of fleeing the city, we can be seen from a league away but we are in the right place. Just over an hour from Barcelona , we landed in what seems like a paradise. Outside watches and (if you can) outside mobiles.
La Garriga de Castelladral farmhouse, its herd of gentle dogs and a view without roads or traces of life until Montserrat They welcome us with open arms. Long live the slow life!
this farmhouse opened in 2008 and is a family business that Núria and Jordi keep alive with much love. “My father always wanted to restore a farmhouse, we started little by little and a cousin asked us if we could have her wedding here...”, explains Núria.
From a family home it became a hotel with 14 rooms, spa, restaurant, and a wedding venue.
The forests of Súria and Castelladral isolate us and the farmhouse, decorated with great detail, gives us that warm feeling (heat) to finish feeling at home.
Their honest bar offers us a glass of wine and his library everything necessary to start to drop revs. It costs, but a private spa may be the solution.
One of the bathrooms of its 14 rooms.
Gastronomy is, without a doubt, one of its strong points. under the term slow food , we adhere to a healthy diet with local products.
“In the end, everything revolves around the same philosophy. It also helped us to meet Albert, a very young chef who grew up in his grandparents' restaurant soaking up home cooking”, says Núria.
You must not miss the scrambled tortilla or fried eggs from their hens, They are an explosion of flavor.
Neither do their natural juices, cakes and homemade honey, the delicious bread baked in your oven and a must have fresh yogurt.
Let the Montserrat sunrise wake you up and take a walk in the most absolute tranquility to start the day. ask for the circuit connects and go into the forest.
For lovers of yoga and meditation It is a perfect place, in fact in April they organize a retreat with veronica blume and a five day detox in march . In addition to wine and oil tastings, cooking courses and retreats for couples.
Love Suite in Can Casi, in Regencós.
CALM AND LUXURY IN CAN CASI
We do not see the sea when we arrive at Can Casi, but we have 10 minutes in the town of Begur . The towering pines and the blue sky of the Costa Brava they warn us that you have to leave the stress behind , far behind.
Can Casi is a rural hotel Renovated in a farmhouse with years of history. Previously it was owned by Casimiro, a man whom Emma, the owner, had great appreciation for and proof of this is the name and part of the restoration.
"The house was already mine, I worked in Barcelona but I was very fed up. My idea was to come and retire here, but I didn't know what I was going to live on. First I thought I would rent the rooms, but then I said: since I do it, I do it well”.
This rural hotel (for adults only) has a very clear concept: that the environment, the kitchen and the treatment make the guest feel like a guest.
If there is something that achieves it, it is its seven rooms, each one of them with a special charm, a unique decoration and ecological products. The most demanded is Love Suite with fireplace and a dream bathtub where the world stops .
Despite being a more popular destination in summer, winter and spring are ideal for yoga retreats, massages in the heat of the fireplace, bike rides and visits to nearby towns, such as the charming peratallada.
“Starting in spring, people ride horses, they can fly in old planes, they can take balloon trips to see all the Empordà Y diving in the Medes Islands Emma explains.
In the natural environment of Mas Salagros.
MAS SALAGROS, REST 20 MINUTES FROM BARCELONA
It seems impossible that this is so close to Barcelona haven of peace , but it exists. Of course it exists.
More Salagros is the first 100% ecological ecoresort in Spain and it is in Vallromanes, surrounded by the Serralada Litoral, ideal for your green getaway.
When a hotel is entirely ecological, it means that it is made up of rooms made and decorated with materials that respect the environment.
Sleeping in one of their beds becomes something really nice.
Of the 60 rooms we recommend the incredible suites located in the oldest building of the ecoresort, a Roman farmhouse known as Can Sala Gros.
Before the sun goes down, we lose ourselves in its surroundings in one of the hiking trails that they recommend at reception.
And if you haven't disconnected enough yet, it's time to enter Aire Ancient Baths, a wonder to understand two ancient civilizations: the Roman and the Arab.
Air in Vallromanes.
Of all the experiences they offer, we opted for the holistic ritual that leaves us… speechless!
We start with a moisturizing massage with green tea oil with the technique lomi-lomi of Hawaiian origin and, after that, we hopelessly succumb to paradise with a exfoliation on hot marble.
Dinner is provided by chef Beniamino Campolo and his sommeliers , who understand and know how to recommend the best wines. Their oven roasted pumpkin cream is a delight.
Casa Albets, vegan and ecological farmhouse in Lleida.
CASA ALBETS, ECO HOTEL IN THE LAND OF A THOUSAND FARMHOUSES
We settle in the land of a thousand farmhouses , Come in Solsona and Cardona , in the province of lleida ; a land full of natural and agricultural landscapes painted with these fabulous historic estates.
Casa Albets is one of them, an 11th century farmhouse with 200 hectares recently restored.
Its peculiarity is that it is the first ecological hotel in the area. This means that “the sources of energy are 100% renewable, the electricity comes from renewable sources and both the heating and the domestic hot water are heated with a biomass boiler that consumes chips from local forests, whose extraction also contributes to the fight against forest fires ”, says Megan.
Also, bedding and mattresses are made with 100% natural materials , among many other details.
One of the vegan dishes at Casa Albets.
Joel and Megan, in addition to being convinced environmentalists, have been vegans for many years, which is why the Casa Albets restaurant also breathes their philosophy.
“For something to be considered vegan, it has to meet the requirement of not coming from the direct exploitation of animals. That is why in the Casa Albets restaurant we do not use products of animal origin”, they add.
The menu you will find here is vegan, of course, and a Toni Rodríguez brand , executive chef.
Attention to breakfasts: homemade cakes, cookies, bread spread with chocolate and hazelnut cream, and jams from Riuverd (Social integration company from Solsonés that produces organic jams with less than 20% sugar). There is more: vegan cheeses, natural juices and five types of vegetable milk.
Each of its rooms tells a part of the history of the house.