Can Bassa

Can Bassa

Madremanya is the kind of village that makes you wonder how you went this long without knowing it existed. Enclosed within its original medieval walls in the foothills of the Gavarres massif, an hour from Barcelona and twenty minutes from Girona, it feels genuinely removed from the Costa Brava in a way that the coast itself rarely manages in summer. Can Bassa is woven into those walls, a 14th-century farmhouse restored by Pedro and Isabelle with the particular care of people who have been coming here for decades and know exactly what the place deserves. Three rooms in the main farmhouse, each with exposed stone walls, beamed ceilings, and countryside views, and six individually designed houses and cottages spread across the property, some with private gardens, some with terraces, all with kitchens and the kind of space that makes a week feel like the right amount of time rather than too long. The shared pool sits in the garden with views across the valley. Breakfast is served outdoors when the weather allows, bread, cheese, local meats, and fresh orange juice with the countryside opening up in every direction. The honesty bar in the main house stocks wines from the neighbouring Eccocivi vineyard and is priced at levels that make it feel like a genuinely generous gesture. Pedro maintains a fleet of e-bikes and will map out a route through the medieval villages of the Baix Empordà, Peratallada, Pals, and Monells all reachable within an hour on flat tracks and farm roads. The Costa Brava beaches are forty-five minutes by car. Girona, one of the most beautiful cities in Spain, is twenty minutes. The Dalí Museum in Figueres is an hour. This is a property for people who want Catalonia quietly, who find the beach clubs and resort hotels of the coast a performance they no longer need to attend, and who understand that the best version of Spain is often found in a village of four hundred people where the restaurant on the square has been run by the same family since before anyone can remember. Short version: A restored 14th-century farmhouse within the medieval walls of Madremanya in the Costa Brava hinterland, run by Pedro and Isabelle with three rooms and six houses, a garden pool with valley views, e-bikes for the village circuit, and Girona twenty minutes away when the village eventually stops being enough.