Notes from the host
Breathtaking Mountain Views with Big Pool
El Solei is a beautiful villa located in Puig-Surís, in a quiet, safe and sunny neighbourhood with breathtaking mountain views. Situated only 2 km. from Banyoles lake, 15 km. from Natural Park of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone, 35 km. from the magnificent Costa Brava beaches, 25 km. from the Girona International Airport and 115 km. from Barcelona city.
The house has got a capacity from 6 up to 14 people. It's a spacious house with 5 bedrooms (one is adapted for handicapped people), three bathrooms, a fully equipped kitchen (2 fridges, 2 coffee machines, dishwasher, microwave, juicer, toaster...), a large living room - dining room with TV, TV satellite, DVD, radio-CD, fireplace, internet access, central heating...
Besides there are four air conditioning machines distributed throughout the house to have a good temperature inside the house during the summer.
Outside there is a big garden of 1.000m2 with swings and a slide for children, a tennis table, a basketball hoop, a little house for children, garden furniture, a large wooden covered porch with barbecue and an outdoor fridge which is ideal for eating outside all year round, an enormous private swimming-pool of 10x5m with saline treatment, a garage for 2-3 cars and a charging point for electric vehicles.
This year 2025, El Solei has been awarded the prize for the best tourist accommodation for families in the counties of Girona and Costa Brava at the VI Girona Holiday Apartment and Villa Awards.
2 km. from the house there are the supermarkets, restaurants, shops and the hospital.
SOME ACTIVITIES:
• SPECIAL FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN: We have high chairs, baby beds, bed linen for baby beds, beds handrails, games and toys, fenced swimming-pool, enclosed garden, swings and a slide for children, tennis table, a wooden house with a kitchen inside, basketball, climbing wall, rackets and balls for the ping-pong table, balls for the football table and basketball...
• HIKING: The routes have trail markers and are organised in a network of loop trails, and hikers can adapt the route or the stages according to their requirements or level of preparation.
• CYCLING HOLIDAYS: Life looks different when you're sitting on a bicycle: everything takes on the right speed and you become part of a landscape in motion. In El Solei there are lots of kilometres of routes and roads ideal for cycling with the family or with friends, in complete safety, so that you can take in every stretch of the region as if yo were re-creating it each time you pedal. You set the speed when you're on your bike and the infinity of proposals available will adapt to it perfectly.
Unique spots close to the sea or in the mountains, to find the complicity that comes to those who ride bikes. Besides, the house has got a specific enclosed patio to lock your bikes up.
• SHOPPING IN COSTA BRAVA: As you stroll through the romantic historic quarter of Girona, the capital of the province, why not take advantage to do some shopping in the exclusive luxury boutiques and shops that you come across on your way? Besides, next to the house there are two Shopping Malls or Shopping Centres where you will find all kinds for clothes, jewels, shoes, perfumes and gifts among others.
• GOLF: The house is located 9km from Girona Golf. It's an 18-hole, par 72 golf course designed by the English architect F.W. Hawtree, seeded entirely with Penncross, the best quality grass for playing golf. A course that is entirely adapted to its natural surroundings, featuring an advanced sprinkling system using regenerated water from Girona's purification plant, and meeting the most up-to-date environmental standards. The top nine holes are extremely competitive – their design requires players to use all the clubs in their bags. The bottom nine are simply spectacular, with all the tees set atop walls built with Girona stone, offering impressive panoramic views of the fairways. It is a true pleasure to follow the flight of the ball towards its destination, and encourages many players to take out their woods.
• SUSTAINABILITY: We are committed to defending the environment and the values of sustainability and responsibility because we know that the future of the Earth depends on our behavior towards it.
For this reason, we have received the Ecostars certification for our firm commitment to ecology and we have adopted the following measures in El Solei:
ENERGY SAVING
- The electrical energy supplied in the house comes from 100% sources of renewable origin.
- The appliances are with energy use A.
- The lighting both inside and outside are made with light bulbs and / or low consumption. In addition, the outdoor bulbs turn off automatically when there is daylight.
- The bedrooms have an automatic intelligent heating or air conditioning switch-off system with the window open. When the window closes, the air conditioning system restarts.
- Installation of 9 solar panels of 410w each for self-consumption.
RECYCLING
- We encourage the selective selection of trash in the following fractions: glass, paper, plastic and organic matter. There are different recycling bins in the kitchen and also in the BBQ.
WATER SAVING
- Shower taps and artichokes have devices for water saving.
- Double discharge toilet cisterns.
SWIMMING-POOL
- The water disinfection system is by a salt chlorinator which means that no chemicals have to be added to the pool water. In addition, it has positive benefits for sensitive skin.
GARDEN
- The garden of the house is a Mediterranean garden with trees and plants adapted to a temperate climate.
- The grass is able to withstand drought well in summer thanks to its root system.
- Automatic watering in the garden to avoid unnecessary water consumption.
SOCIAL POLICY
- We firmly believe in the local products, this is the reason we always try to buy our products from the local shops.
- In order to improve our services, we encourage customers to fill out a valuation survey.
- The house is adapted for people with reduced mobility.
- We work with an ethical bank.
- In the bathrooms, organic and ecological shower gel (no single-use plastics are used).
MOBILITY
- Bike rental available at the house to move around.
- Our house is a bikefriendly holiday home with services for cyclists.
- We offer the possibility of charging the electric vehicle.
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
- We encourage a different way of traveling and of enjoying with respect and care for the environment through different routes to discover the environment on foot or by bike.
- We recommend restaurants in our area to discover the local and typical cuisine of the area.
- We promote the proximity and km0 shopping.
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Hosted by Raquel Xargay
