![]() The genuine Bohemian candle-glass chandelier and the fabulous terrace overlooking the sea are definitely the distinction and highlights of the Suite. ![]() The walls are decorated with wood and natural silks, adorned with magnificent Sevres vases that can only be found in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Our main suite, the Royal Suite is a spectacular jewel in Louis XV style. The Villa offers total privacy and a terrace equipped with garden furniture. In the courtyard, there is a third bedroom with its own bathroom and it’s own separate entrance. The main Villa has 2 bedrooms, with separate bathroom, own kitchen, a large living room with a beautiful sea view and a private yard. Located on the grounds of the hotel, the Villa allows enjoying from the hotel services and facilities whenever necessary, and opting for independence at other times. Salvador Dalí, Josep Pla, Placido Domingo, Josep Carreras, Camilo Jose Cela, Octavio Paz, Salvador de Madariaga among many others have passed through the Hotel as well as others more recently, such as Santana or Lady Gaga.Īfter 85 years since that first day of 1932, the Hostal de La Gavina continues stronger and more present than ever its legend.įor those who enjoy the feeling of independence, our villa offers an excellent option. Numerous artists, Nobel prize winners and other intellectuals have visited the Hotel not only for their holidays, but also as meeting point and for sound performances. On the political scene, La Gavina was frequented by world leaders such as Lord Selwyn Lloyd, former British Chancellor, in love with S’Agaró and the Ensesa family, or Clark Chichester Clark, former prime minister of Northern Ireland, Aziz Sedki vice prime Minister of Egypt or Giscard d’Estaing from France. It has also been visited by the Kings of Spain on several occasions.Ĭulture has been a protagonist of La Gavina’s history. This made Hostal de La Gavina a meeting place of many famous movie stars and gave way to more recent actors like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson or Robert De Niro. Arkadin” by Orson Welles were shot among others. Since the early 1950s famous Hollywood movies like “Pandora” with Ava Gardner, “Suddenly Last Summer” with Elizabeth Taylor or “Mr. S´Agaró and Hostal de La Gavina have been the stage and vacation spot for many personalities from the world of politics, culture and the arts. The old is mixed with the new in a subtle and timeless way. Today, the 11 rooms have become 74, the hotel has been adding the seawater pool, a spa, restaurants and meeting facilities, but maintaining its original style and its historic heritage as on the first day. The Hostal de La Gavina has also been growing. S’Agaró has grown slowly without ever losing sight of its origins. The first house of the development, Senya Blanca, was constructed in 1922 and eight years later, on 2 January 1932, the Hostal de La Gavina opened its doors.īoth buildings were part of the seaside villas community that Josep Ensesa was building together with the architect Rafael Masó i Valentí, a renowned defender of traditional Catalan design that defined the character of S’Agaró with porticos, towers, terraces and low roof lines to create a colony for art lovers. Josep Ensesa Montsalvatge, his son, continued his fathers legacy by keeping the establishment at the highest level, and achieving that La Gavina was declared as a cultural site of national interest by the Government of Catalonia.Ĭurrently the fourth generation of the Ensesa family, Julia, Virginia, Carina and Josep Ensesa Viñas are taking care of the Hotel with the same enthusiasm and commitment as their ancestors, converting the Hotel and S’Agaró in a unique and magnificent spot. It was the first hotel in Spain to become member of the prestigious association Leading Hotels of the World. His Hotel became the most luxurious in the area and one of the best in Spain and Europe. Josep Ensesa Gubert, one of the most brilliant hosts in tourism in this country, set a legend. ![]() The jewel of his project was Hostal de La Gavina. ![]() The name he chose was a clear reference to the Agaró stream that ran nearby. His ambitious project of a garden-city overlooking the Mediterranean would become one of the most elegant and exclusive spots of the Catalan coast and visited by a large list of personalities from around the world. In the early 1920s, Josep Ensesa i Gubert persuaded his father Josep Ensesa i Pujades, a successful industrialist from Girona, to buy the land that stretched from the bay of Sant Pol to the long Sa Conca beach, now known as S’Agaró.
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