Hotel Emporium , 40 rooms
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Emporium is a family-run hotel in the historic center of Castelló d’Empúries, in Catalonia’s Alt Empordà region. It offers a gourmet restaurant with an award-winning wine cellar.
The hotel is just 2.5 miles from the beaches of the Costa Brava and Empuriabrava Marina. The area around Castelló is part of the Aiguamolls de l’Empordà Natural Park. There is easy access by road to Girona, with free parking at the hotel.
Bedrooms at the Emporium Hotel are bright and comfortable. They all have free Wi-Fi and satellite TV. The hotel also has a relaxing lounge and a cafe-bar, serving drinks and snacks all day.
The hotel’s elegant Empòrium restaurant serves typical regional cuisine. It offers tasting menus and a daily set menu, as well as individual dishes. The extensive wine list includes many local wines.
Hotel Emporium is in Castelló d'Empúries
Castelló d’Empúries, the chief town of Empordà in the Middle Ages, now combines its history, as the seat of an earldom, with a thriving agriculture.
Life goes on slowly there. Vestiges of its past include the old prison (in use until recently), the Jewish quarter (or call), the trade market (or Llotja), the Counts’ Palace, convents and monasteries, walls, mansions, and the Gothic Church of Santa Maria.
The church, which has a Romanesque belfry, is the size of a basilica because the town aspired to become an episcopal see. This never happened but it is still known as “the Cathedral of Empordà”. Its large organ has an exceptionally fine sound. A renowned Medieval Festival is held in Castelló each September.