AN ARTIST HOTEL ABOVE CADAQUÉS
reaching out CataloniaIts northeastern shore is the Costa Brava, the wild coast of rocky coves and picturesque fishing villages. Right here the seaside city of Cadaqués could be found, hidden behind the dramatic panorama that descends to the Mediterranean Sea. From a distance, the place seems as a gaggle of white rocks climbing the hilly coast, lit by the brilliant blue harbor under. It's a city made up nearly completely of whitewashed fishermen's cottages, united by their deep blue shutters and terracotta roofs. The town is alleged up to now again over a thousand years. Its age could be learn in its stone streets – slim, winding, steep and now draped in Bougainvillea, the flowering tropical vine that blooms with a shock of purple and pink. By the 20th century, Cadaqués had turn into an artists' haven – it's the place Dalí spent his summers – and its conventional structure turned subtly infused with modernist influences.
Overlooking the center of the village under is small resort Casa Nereta — a design house that evokes extra of a house feeling. It’s among the many most up-to-date trendy interventions of the seaside metropolis and took form with a renovation to go with the environment and heritage of Cadaqués.
photographs © Salva Lopez
the layered historical past of the nereta home
Whereas the constructing itself is a historic aspect of the medieval streets of Cadaqués, resort Casa Nereta has a historic journey embedded within the heritage of the town. It started within the 1950s as the house and studio of Catalan avant-garde painter Joan Ponç. The home, initially constructed with a novel mix of Mediterranean and English types, witnessed Ponç's artistic course of. It hosted inventive giants reminiscent of Duchamp, Man Ray and Salvador Dalí, an artist with whom Ponç had a tumultuous friendship. It wasn't till 1992 that Ponç's son Joan and daughter-in-law Romy, herself an artist, envisioned a brand new chapter for the home, hoping to show it right into a boutique resort.
Casa Nereta formally opened in 2016, as Romy labored along with the headquarters in Barcelona inside firm Conti, Cert Studio will manage a renovation that has embraced the inventive heritage of the constructing whereas integrating up to date consolation. The staff was impressed by Rudolf Steiner's evocative natural types, in-built 1928. Goetheanum in Switzerland. Thus, the interiors are modeled with smooth curves and pure supplies. In complete, the resort consists of 13 rooms and a newly accomplished penthouse that opens onto a sunny terrace.
Casa Nereta overlooks the Catalan coastal village of Cadaqués
interiors designed for a wellness retreat
Now Casa Nereta is managed by Romy's son James, who makes certain it's an experienceful keep for his design-minded visitors in Cadaqués. Lastly, it's a retreat. Quiet and soothing through the day, it's distant (however nonetheless accessible) from the bustling streets and seashores under. The frequent areas of the resort on the bottom flooring function a gallery house, bistroand boutique, with clear design objects and furnishings. A bookshelf of artwork and images honors the location's heritage with works by Ponç and Dalí. This house is full of the scent of choose skincare merchandise—the staff hosts wellness-focused workshops testing botanical aroma lotions and oils. Different gadgets could be found on the market, together with handmade baskets, clothes and pottery.
In the meantime, an on-site restaurant, Bistró Nereta, serves Mediterranean-Peruvian fusion delicacies and hosts a rotating chef-in-residence. A number of experiences embrace out of doors yoga flows on a newly accomplished yoga deck, aromatherapy massages, holistic facials and pure wine tastings. On sure evenings, the backyard courtyard opens up for DJ periods, which flip the quiet retreat right into a home celebration. Co-founder, supervisor and artist James Pons tells designboom that the venue takes its title from swallows – not uncommon or swallow in Catalan — which arrive in Cadaqués to mark the change of season and are seen as an indication of fine issues to come back, a becoming namesake for an area that embodies the spirit of renewal and optimism.
Initially the house and studio of the painter Joan Ponç, the resort retains its inventive heritage
the interiors characteristic smooth curves and pure supplies, impressed by Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum
the resort provides wellness workshops, yoga periods and an in-house bistro that hosts chefs-in-residence