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HISTORY



 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.

 

 

 
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