The small local store is a delight offering a chance to meet the locals as well as stock up on all your essentials and to try some local produce as Bottifarra – the Catalan speciality sausage and locally baked Iberian bread. The 3 local restaurants offer superb high quality traditional Iberian cooking sourcing all produce locally, and offer excellent local wines.

The nearest railway station is Flaça, a mere 10km away, which provides easy access to Girona (10 mins), Barcelona (1 1/2 hours) and the French border (30 mins).

Ullastret is at the centre of what is locally regarded (and refered to in several articles including The Guardian) as the Golden Triangle. For exact location and driving directions, click here.

This triangle has as its points the medieval villages of Pals, Peratallada and Ullastret.

The golden beaches of the Costa Brava at L'Estartit, Aqua Brava and Calella de Palafrugell are about 15 minutes away while the Championship PGA Golf Courses of Emporda and Pals are about 10 minutes away.

Around Ullastret area a myriad of country lanes and small settlements that are set in a fertile plain of olive and almond groves, these lanes and settlements are ideal for walkers and cyclists to explore, while the bustling market town of La Bisbal (the antique and pottery capital of the area) is only some 5 Km away.

For those inclined to explore, Ullastret provides the ideal centre for visiting Girona, the Dali Museum at Figueres, the Roman/Greek ruins at Empuries and even Barcelona (approx. 1hr 20mins away)

The Emporda region is well renowned for it's fine wines and gastronomy, but also offers a wide range of activities such as golf, horse riding, walking, scuba diving, mountain biking, quads and cycling.