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El Turó (villa)

Home:39851
Sleeps up to:18   (8 bedrooms)
Rates:£5364 to £7841 per week
Will consider:Short-breaks (4 days or fewer)
Hen or stag parties
Corporate bookings
Changeover day:Flexible
Access:Car advised
Nearest amenities: 2.5 km
Notes:May take pets - please enquire
Suitable for children
Smokers welcome
Self-catering

Home description

Dating originally from the 17th Century, El Turó (meaning the hilltop in Catalan) is a well-preserved typical Catalan baronial mansion, situated on a very quiet and private location out in the middle of a forrested nature preserve, on an unpaved road out to some medieval shrines. Very generously proportioned, with impressively large living quarters spread out over three floors, El Turó boasts lots of attractive decorative details, like the old terra cotta floors, gorgeous wooden ceiling beams, huge stone door frames - some showing the original medieval inscriptions - all with above-average furnishings, spread over three floors, each with a central living room.

private outdoor swimming pool set in dramatic surroundings.
private outdoor swimming pool set in dramatic surroundings.
Private indoor swimming pool.
Private indoor swimming pool.
Large private outdoor swimming pool.
Large private outdoor swimming pool.
Large private villa.
Large private villa.
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The Costa Brava/Catalonia region

The Costa Brava is rightfully famous for its breathtakingly beautiful coastline, where wide beaches of golden sand and crystal clear waters alternate with rocky promentories and little coves backed by sheer cliffs topped with pine and oak forests. The interior of the Costa Brava is every bit as stunning as the coast (and far less affected by tourism), with pristine medieval villages set in lush, typically Mediterranean landscapes.

A short drive to the east and you are in the wooded hills of the pre-Pyrenees, with trout-filled streams feeding environmentally protected lakes - like the one in Banyoles - offering a welcome alternative to the coastal beaches.


Barcelona / Castelltercol area

The once prosperous wool and ice-producing town of Castellterçol has now become a quiet village for well-to-do Barcelonans to keep their quite sumptuous holiday residences. You can tell from the art-nouveau and modernist villas that there´s money in them there hills. (An opera singing friend told me he once gave classes to Vitorrio de Sica´s grandchildren here, as that famous Italian director´s wife was from here, or at least her family had a summer house here.)

Castellterçcol town centre has some nice old buildings, a shopping street with everything you need on a small old-world scale, from a smattering of stores (small supermarket, butchershop, fishmonger, terraced cafés, restaurants, tapas bars, and even a couple of places to play tennis (see my area info for this in the link above).


How to get there

Girona is the nearest airport. It is a well served international airports with regular flights departing form around 12 UK airports. Airlines such as Ryanair, BA, Thompsonfly and euroflights offer great flight prices for those on a budget!

More information on low price airport transfer can be found at www.shuttledirect.com.

There are many car hire companies based at the airport and around the region. They offer a large range of vehicles, to suit every budget. See companies such as Hertz, Europcar and Avis.


Activities near Barcelona

Sports:
Horse Riding
Fishing

Great for:
Walking holidays
Rural / countryside retreats
A winter sun break
Cycling holidays


Facilities

Luxuries:Private indoor Pool, DVD player
General:Central heating, TV, CD player, Table tennis, Games room
Standard:Toaster
Utilities:Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
Rooms:Bedrooms (8), Bathrooms (8)
Furniture:Sleeps maximum of 18
Other:Please check with the advertiser regarding linen and towels.
Outdoors:Private outdoor pool (unheated), Private garden, Swing set

Further details indoors:
He ground floor consisted of three large 95m2 rooms, like the naves of a church, three rectangles with additional rooms like chapels attached. The massive wooden double front door opens on to the central living room, which as you can see from the photos below, has a distinctive oriental or Middle Eastern flavor, the four large sofas (two seating 6 or 7, two seating 3 or 4), and a large fireplace with Turkish lighting and high wooden ceiling beams complete the atmospherics.

A flagstone staircase from this central room leads up to the bedrooms on the second and third floors, and beyond the staircase there is a room with a bar consisting of a bar with bar stools, a card table, a little fridge, a TV, and a nicely lit ancient stone and brick bread oven, just one of the many decorative features that adorn every room of this house! To the right of the central room is the kitchen and to the left the dining room.

The kitchen has a central dining table seating 14 or more next to an indoor BBQ grill and to the far side of the room is the modern kitchen area, with a food prep island in the middle, including a small sink.

Further details outdoors:
There is a lot more I could say about El Turó. It is a house full of nooks and crannies and lots of little details indoors and out. There is a four car garage and lilly pond out front and there are plenty of walkways around the house and the pool is amongst the largest we have in our catalogue of rental properties and the lawn space around the pool is large enough to kick a ball, although there are some football goal nets over by the empty horse stables, along with some swings, and other kiddy features.

The pool area has about 14 light-weight designer loungechairs and the poolside outdoor BBQ area seats about 10 but additional seating can be added and there is a food prep area and a sink, along with the villa´s 9th bathroom here. There are other features I´m not sure if I should make much of, such as the videocamera security system, with video fed of the remote controlled gate on one of the TV channels, and the owners told me that the entire garden area can be lighted at night, but they don´t want guests to run up huge electricity bills so they are keeping the switches under lock and key, as they have done with the wine celler, which they have turned in to a much needed shortage area. The indoor pool is kept year-round at a water temperature of 29ºC....


Further details

One house cleaning, as well as, sheets, towels and linen change per week included in the rental fee.


Rental rates

Rental prices originally quoted in: Euros €Convert to:
PeriodFrom
To
Weekly
Nightly rate Minimum 
stay
WeekdayWeekend
Low Season 8 Jan 0921 Jun 09£ 5,364--1 Week
Mid Season 21 Jun 0925 Jul 09£ 6,409--1 Week
High Season 25 Jul 0923 Aug 09£ 7,227--1 Week
Mid Season 23 Aug 0913 Sep 09£ 6,409--1 Week
Low Season 23 Sep 0923 Dec 09£ 5,364--1 Week
Christmas 23 Dec 0911 Jan 10£ 6,691--1 Week
Low Season 11 Jan 1018 Jun 10£ 5,364--1 Week
Mid Season 18 Jun 1023 Jul 10£ 6,691--1 Week
High Season 23 Jul 1020 Aug 10£ 7,841--1 Week
Mid Season 20 Aug 1010 Sep 10£ 6,691--1 Week
Low Season 10 Sep 1023 Dec 10£ 5,364--1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Friday to Friday rentals in high season.

Rates based on 19 pax.

Low Season weekend rates 2000 Euros (2 nights) + 550 per extra night.

Different rates apply for Easter and New Year. Please contact us for details.

Prices are all inclusive and there are no extra or hidden charges whatsoever.


Availability

See below for next 9 months' availability - to see the next 24 months click here

Key:1112Booked1112Available1112Unknown1112Arrival/Departure dates


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Name:Charlie and Maria Williams
Company:Villas Barcelona
Tel:+34 93 268 2300
Mobile:+34 656 364 960
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