Notes from the host
Can Xargay
Can Xargay is a millennial traditional catalan house of XI century with a special charm situated in the village of Mata. Restaurants and shops are situated in a walking distance. The supermarkets and the hospital are located 1 km. from the house.
The house is situated 2 km. from Banyoles lake, only 35 km. from the beach (Costa Brava), 25 km. from the International Airport of Girona-Costa Brava and 115 km. from Barcelona city.
It is located in a privileged place since it lays between the sea and the mountains.
The whole house has got a maximum capacity of 20 people (if there are children and babies).
There are 8 bedrooms (one is for handicapped access), 6 bathrooms, a fully equipped kitchen (2 fridges, 2 coffee machines, oven, dishwasher...), a dinning-room, a living-room with TV satellite (international channels) and DVD, a reading room, a fireplace, a games room (with a tennis table, a football table, board games...), a wellness room, high-speed internet, central heating...
Besides there are three air conditioning machines distributed throughout the house to have a good temperature inside the house during the summer.
Outside, there is a covered porch with a barbecue which is ideal for eating outside all year round, swings for children, charging point for electric car and a nice heated private swimming-pool with an hydromassage bench.
It is appropriate to spend some days with the friends, family reunions, partying, birthdays… or just to spend some calm and break days.
The perfect situation of the house allows you to do several excursions around Pla de l’Estany by bike or on foot, through the lake surroundings declared of natural interest. You can also visit Girona province since the house lays in the center of it.
Car is not necessary because 300 meters from the house there is public transport (bus).
Private transfers from/to Airport are available.
SOME ACTIVITIES:
• SPECIAL FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN: We also think of children families and for this reason we have high chairs, baby beds, bed linen for baby beds, beds handrails, safety doors on the stairs, games and toys, fenced and heated swimming-pool, enclosed garden, swings, rackets and balls for the ping-pong table, balls for the football table...
• WELLNESS TREATMENTS: Can Xargay brings you closer to the senses world through a wide range of relaxing therapies where time will stop and your senses lead you to an exotic world of sensations. All services are offered by a licensed physiotherapist in Can Xargay wellness room. All products used are natural.
• 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 Can Xargay 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. After the cycling, enjoy a spa treatment in Can Xargay. Besides, the house has got a specific enclosed patio to lock your bikes up.
• HIKING: There are some walking routes from Can Xargay. They 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.
• GASTRONOMY: Culinary excellence is a virtue which is common to all the regions of Girona.
You will always be able to enjoy the pleasure of natural, traditional, sophisticated, creative or even ingenious cooking.
• 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 Can Xargay:
ENERGY SAVING
- The electric power supplied to the house and also to heat the pool's water 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.
- 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.
RECYLING
- 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.
- Outside, we have a recycling corner to store each waste separately.
WATER SAVING
- Shower taps have devices for water saving.
- Double discharge toilet cisterns.
WELLNESS
- All products used in the Inspira wellness center of Can Xargay are 100% natural and ecologically certified.
- In the bathrooms, organic and ecological shower gel (no single-use plastics are used).
- We offer is the possibility of buying natural km0 cosmetic products for a "conscious living" and with "zero waste" for taking care of yourself in a holistic, respectful and conscious way.
BUILDING
- Can Xargay is a thousand-year-old house from the s. XI restored respecting 100% the materials of the house and improving the insulation of the windows to achieve passive energy savings.
- The old furniture of the house has been restored to give them a new life.
SOCIAL POLICY
- We firmly believe in the local products, this is the reason we always try to buy our products from the local shops.
- We contribute financially to our village main fest ''Gales de Mata'' which is one of the oldest (more than 100 years) major festivals in Pla de l'Estany region and it's celebrated at the end of August.
- The house is adapted for people with reduced mobility.
- We are integrated into tourism associations.
MOBILITY
- Arrival in the holiday house by public transport (train or bus).
- E-bike and Bike rental available at the house to move around.
- 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 local restaurants to discover the typical cuisine of our region.
- We promote the proximity and km0 shopping in the different shops in the village.
