Outstanding is the only word that adequately describes Imma & Frank’s beautiful villa in Calonge, Cataluña. Five minutes from great beaches, the wonderful coastal town of Plaja d’ Aro {we enjoyed their annual Carnival, largest parade in all of Cataluña, 7 hours long) and the villa is centrally located to see and enjoy all of Cataluña. It is just over an hour to Barcelona by car or more fun taking the coastal train to the Gothic Quarter and La Rambla. North from Cadaques to French boarder via the coastal drive is a must with castles, great views and fishing villages with a French atmosphere. Just north of the French Boarder are a series of wonderful French coastal villages that are must stops. If you wish to see all that Cataluña offers this is the perfect location for your base. Gerona ‘old town’ is the place to be on Saturday afternoon and evenings.

The villa is modern by all standards, with a large gorgeous ‘family room’ furnished with beautiful collector quality vintage furniture overlooking the inviting pool and barbecue with a large patio. Full kitchen, two inviting fire places to stay cozy (my stay was all of February), solar heating, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, large front porch & ocean facing top floor patio. I chose this villa based on the picture layout along with its central location wishing to have a warm home like setting and I found the villa to be just what I hoped for. Gated parking near the front patio along with an inviting front and rear yard. Pictures tell the whole story and you will be very comfortable as I was. Fast internet allowed video streaming of my US based Direct TV along with a few English channels on the multi-language satellite system.

With the above description this review would not be complete without sharing my WARM welcome and support by Imma and Frank who insured that all of my needs were met and went out of their way to make my month long stay nothing short of wonderful. The villa is great but the hosts are even more wonderful and a true delight in every way. Imma even went to bat for me on a parking ticket I received spending several hours trying to wade through the Spanish legal system.

I would like to think that Imma and Frank provided special care and attention just for me but I suspect they do the same for all their visitors simply because that is the way they are, warm hosts that care about you. I spend my winters in southern Europe and this is by far my most comfortable villa to date.

Thanks to Imma & Frank