It belongs to the famíly
Ventura Teixidor , six generations at the
service of its customers. The first written information
goes back to the year 1858. Before this, the ancient
Highway went past it, which went from Olot to
Figueres and Girona. The structure of the establishment
is that of a typical end-of-the-XIX-century Catalan
Inn, devoted to changing the carthorses of the
carriages. The current dining room used to be
the stable, and still preserves the original drinking
trough and manger, and next to it were the hauliers'
dining rooom, the village café and the gentlemen's
dining room, which was right next to the kitchen
to provide suitable service. .
Originally, hauliers slept in the stable on a
straw beds, later rooms were built in which the
maids slept, and later on more rooms for guests.
The first guests were school teachers sent to
the village and who had nowhere to eat or sleep;
other pioneer guests were musicians who came for
the Festivals: Sant Vicenç, minor festival, or
Sant Prim i Felicià, major Festival. Later on
rooms were added, which were renovated over the
years, including bathrooms and central heating.
The last renovations were made on July 1st 1995,
so that the hotel now has 5 Single Rooms and 22
Double Rooms, all of them equipped with Bathroom,
Heating, Telephone and TV and some have air-conditioning.Among
our customers there is a broad spectrum of well-known
characters, of which the following are just some
of the patrons who have eaten here: Messers Cambó,
Serra-Hunter, Ventura i Gassol, Nicolau d'Olwer,
Casanovas, Santaló and the presidents of the Generalitat
of Catalonia : Macià, Companys and Pujol.
To prepare a good meal you need to spend a good
many hours over the stove and a great love for
cooking, and that is what great grandmother Margarida,
grandmother Carmeta, granny Rosa and currently
la
Carme. have done for over a century. By way
of something quaint, we invite you to enjoy a
Major Festival meal from the beginning of the
century, at five pesetas per person.
Besides the numerous day-to-day acknowledgments
of our customers, we would like to mention three
in particular:
- In 1973 Rosa Teixidor was formally acknowledged
as a pioneer in the hotel and catering trade in
the region of Girona.
- In 1984 the Chamber of Commercea presented
her with the prize as the establishment that has
been active in the hotel and catering business
for over 100 years.
- One of the latest awards is the Diploma for
Merit in Tourism, presented by the Most Honourable
President of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
AThere are several Dining
rooms in the restaurant whose service and
gastronomic quality is known far and wide, decorated
in stone and Catalan arches, respecting the original
construction of 1858.
The establishment also disposes of a Swimming
pool . Car Park. TV and reading room. Bar.
Terrace. Bicycle rental.