From a privileged environment surrounded by mountains and magnificent valleys that are extend to the Mediterranean Sea, Brugarol wants to share with all bicycle lovers three of his magnificent spaces, in which cultural, architectural, landscape and gastronomic shake hands, proposing an offer with own soul.
Part of the Bikefriendly team has been to the three establishments that have been attached to the Seal to carry out a photo session, which for some of It has been magical for us.
Are These are the sensations that Brugarol has left us…
DOG HERAS D'ADRI
Three days have passed since our meeting with Can Heras. The entrance to the Mas was quite a surprise. A green iron door aged by the years gives us the Welcome to the majestic patio of Can Heras. Its elegant modernist tower jaw-dropping; centuries-old stone stairs on which we carry out the first photographs, from a session that will be forever marked in our retinas.
The most Bikefriendly space indescribable that we have ever seen. An ancient farm where stones tell us about stories from the past. A restoration that has respected totally the original architecture, wooden ceilings, stone walls, the cellars and stables in the basements, an authentic trip to the past that contrasts with the modernity of our facilities.
The old garage that housed the most beautiful wooden carts in the area, welcomes bike friendly. An unmatched corner both for its beauty timeless as well as for his incredible life story, he will be the one who will take care of our bikes.
In it moment when you realize the honor that the cyclist represents for the cyclist. space chosen for it, is when you understand the incredibleness of the place and the love of its owners for the bicycle.
A simple photo session turns into a very interesting history class about the family generations that have lived in Can Heras and customs of the society of the time.
After our bicycle route awaits us at the house to have dinner in front of the fireplace listening to stories of the family that formerly lived in this house. Memories and legends that left their mark on this region and that still permeate the entire region. home.
Entering Can Heras is go back in time hundreds of years. Silence, peace, comfortable discomfort, desired by all those who live a frenetic day to day in the middle of the bustle of the city. Dim light, smell of burning firewood, wood, cellar humidity and age,
Three days have passed since our meeting with Can Heras and we cannot stop feel the magic of that indescribable place. There are houses that have personality, There are houses that make you feel that they are alive, that they breathe, that they feel, that They want to be loved by those who inhabit them. There are houses with a life of their own and Mas Las Heras is one of them.
The more he will love us and our bikes. The Bikefriendly space is the stable where we will store our car and bike; their stays They will become corners full of peace and Pap, the best of hosts, for guests who will arrive tired after an intense day of pedaling.
They have Three days have passed since our visit to Mas and the entire team feels that someday we will have to return.
BELL.LLOC
My fellow bikers in charge of preparing the cycling route package for Brugarol, they had told me about a place where time stops. A farm in the middle of the forest surrounded by trails, vineyards and pine forests, where gastronomy in the purest style “empurdanès” is its greatest hallmark. Bell.lloc offers us the best of local gastronomy, taking care of food from the moment it is the seed begins to germinate.
Vegetable garden ecological, animals raised in an environment of harmony and peace, vineyards and olive groves Bathed in the Empordà sun, they are the basis of the estate's cuisine. Came, oil or cheeses with Empordà designation of origin, will be our best prize at the end of the day.
We went out of the farm and we travel along paths and paths that sometimes allow us to see the sea. Nature in its purest form, authentic mountain bike fun. To our colleague Alberto, biker expert, the family accompanies him; the laughter and screams of the little ones They allow us to fully enjoy the place we are in.
To the finish the photo session, we wash the bikes, we store them in the large Bikefriendly space and rest.
As the sun sets, we spend the afternoon satisfying our love for “wine”. Our guide is Pepi, director of the hotel and the soul of this place is the one who shows us the impressive structure of shadows and lights of the underground winery located on the farm, designed by architects designed by RCR Arquitectos (Pritzker Architecture Prize)
Darkness, sepulchral silence, smell of a winery, so far nothing out of the ordinary but, and if I tell you; rusty iron walls, cellar hidden under the roots of its own vineyards, bright yellow bottles placed symmetrically between asymmetric irons, underground rooms where the sun filters in the middle of impressive reddish iron structures, forming mesmerizing shapes of sun and shadows, can you imagine it?
A underground labyrinth that houses the cellars and shady rooms where we have gathered to share the pleasure of tasting the local wine.
On the farm Bell.lloc you can also taste the products from its own workshop and that They come from their gardens and livestock. Homemade jams, honey, cheeses, sausages and its wonderful Brugarol oil. A farm entirely dedicated to offering a experience around Km0 products, the familiar and exquisite treatment and the exclusivity of being in the middle of the Costa Brava and at the same time in a place Secluded and quiet, away from tourism and hustle and bustle.
LODGING HOUSE THE FOSCA
(Space Bikefriendly from October 2019)
The Fosca is the name given to one of the cleanest and quietest beaches in the region. Catalan Costa Brava. Located north of the fishing town of Palamós, it is the perfect place for all types of bikers and families.
Us We have focused our photo session on a more mountain bike experience and familiar, but we have been left with the desire to pedal through some of the quietest roads and closest to the sea through which we have driven these days.
Our team has been eating and dining at he restaurant at Hostal La Fosca that has opted for Mediterranean cuisine and seasonal based on the products that they themselves make such as: wine, oil or cheese, along with local products such as the well-known Palamós prawns.
A hostel located in a unique place surrounded by vineyards by the sea, pine forests elegant stone pines inhabited by squirrels and great diversity of species ornithological.
Nails dinners that have allowed us to enjoy some relaxed sunsets while the xup-xup of the fideuá gave off that unmistakable sailor smell, making us knowing that we were in the best place we could be.
We are looking forward to the bike-friendly space being fully operational so we can once again enjoy this magnificent place with our bikes.
