We're an English family from London. Our son was born in Madrid and we lived in Barcelona since 2000. We bought this Catalan masia (large country house) in 2001. We chose this villa because of its fantastic location. It has everything - a peaceful, rural location with lovely views and yet is only 5 minutes from the shops, 10 minutes from buzzing Sitges, 30 minutes from the airport , 40 minutes from Barcelona centre and is surrounded by wine country, gastronomic delights and exciting historical places to explore. So it satisfied my husband's love of country life, I can still escape to galleries, museums, theatres and city life that I love and we can go off together discovering new interesting places.
When we arrived there was a tiny kitchen with only a stone sink and a cold tap. Most of the cooking was done on the open fireplace in the dining room. Every room had swallows nesting in them and we had to wait for the birds to hatch and learn to fly before we could start painting. The birds used to peck on the windows in the morning for us to let them in. There was one shower with only a hot tap so we had to wash in buckets.
Built in 1605 this was a wine producing house surrounded by vineyards. Every year we enjoy seeing how our Guests are using the house and thinking of new projects to make new improvements. We hope you have a wonderful stay!