Xanadu Villa enjoys an enviable location at the superb Camiral Golf & Wellness Resort. Just outside of the beautiful Caldes de Malavella, guests enjoy the sensational natural surroundings, fabulous trips into Girona or Barcelona and beach days on the Costa Brava's outstanding coastline. The villa is located just an hour north of Barcelona, 20 minutes drive from glorious sandy beaches and rocky coves and boasts one of the highest concentrations of Michelin-starred restaurants in the world on its doorstep.
Girona is Northern Catalonia's largest city. It is a fabulous jewellery box of galleries, museums, and Gothic churches and boasts a wonderful dining scene, all sprinkled along a web of cobbled lanes and medieval walls. The Riu Onyar separates the walkable historic centre from the gleaming commercial centre on the west. Visitors can enjoy food tours tasting many different kinds of Jamon Iberico, ice cream from Girona's most talked about ice cream parlour Rocambolesc, tapas, fish, delicious Palamos prawns and meats. Catalonian cooking is delicious, based on picada and sofregit sauces.
Girona is a paradise to explore on two wheels, with hundreds of kilometres of quiet roads and a fantastic network of cycle trails for all levels. The Vias Verdes cycling routes are wonderful, mostly flat, using a network of disused railway lines from the mountains of Montseny to the picturesque port towns of the Costa Brava. La Devesa Park in central Girona is wonderful for families, surrounded by three rivers and towering plane trees. There are serious road cycling climbs for the most experienced cyclists. The Sea Otter Europe Bike Show, one of the world's biggest cycling festivals, features a Granfondo ride.
On the coast, Lloret de Mar is a very popular tourist town with a wide range of entertainment and a beautiful coastline. It boasts an attractive historical centre, beautiful ancient buildings, outstanding shopping, a pretty Old Town and eight beaches in total. The Church of Sant Roma is very attractive and a popular stop for tourists. Located on the top of the cliff between Cala Boadella and Fenals Beach, Santa Clotilde Gardens are one of Lloret de Mar's best-kept treasures. If you enjoy the gardens, you may also want to visit Marimutra and Pinya de Rosa botanical gardens in nearby Blanes. There are some wonderful festivals and events in the Santa Clotilde Gardens, including the Clon Festival concert series and the Lloret Outdoor Summer Festival. Throughout Lloret de Mar, visitors enjoy many other festivals and fairs, including the Fair of the Americans, Fenaltecs de Musica at Fenals Beach, the Medieval Fair and the annual Carnival.
For a total change from the buzz and excitement of Lloret de Mar, you can head into Catalonia's Pyrenees, an all-season playground offering raw natural beauty, fantastic skiing and snowboarding, incredible hiking paths to the jewel-like lakes and valleys of the Parc Nacional d'Aiguestortes i Estancy de Sant Maurici, the low-lying countryside of Cerdanya and the dramatic climbing terrain of the Serra del Cadi. With majestic scenery, plunging valleys, snow-dusted peaks, thousand-year-old monasteries, outstanding Romanesque architecture and fabulous gastronomy, hikes within the Catalan Pyrenees uncover so many delights.