Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf

Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf

Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf sits in the middle of its own golf course in the old Empordà region, close enough to Peralada Castle that its casino, its museum library of more than eighty thousand books, and its Glass Museum are all within easy reach. The resort itself is compact, just 62 rooms spread across two low floors, so the Wine Spa rarely feels crowded: a hammam, sauna, steam room, and spa tub sit alongside massage and solarium treatments. Two restaurants serve local and Mediterranean cooking, and rooms carry individually regulated air conditioning and heating rather than one shared system, along with satellite TV. The best beaches of the Costa Brava are fifteen minutes away, though there is little reason to leave the grounds: an indoor and an outdoor pool, paddle tennis courts, a library, and a casino all sit within the resort. Families get a playroom, highchairs, and babysitting on request; business groups get a conference hall and dedicated meeting rooms. What separates it from other Costa Brava resorts is having all of this on one piece of land, an eighteen-hole course, a working winery at the Celler Perelada, a castle museum, and a casino, each one reachable on foot rather than by car. It does not suit anyone chasing a beachfront address, since the sea stays a short drive away, or anyone after a fast city break. It suits a golfer whose travelling companion has no particular interest in the sport, since the spa, the pools, and the casino each give that companion their own reason to stay through dinner. A 62-room resort built around its own golf course in the Empordà, with a Wine Spa, two restaurants, and Peralada Castle's casino and 80,000-book library a short walk away. It suits golfers travelling with a non-golfing partner more than anyone chasing a beachfront address.