Spaceship with exhaust pipes? Nope. A design resort for fancy wine lovers. At Hotel Mastinell near Barcelona, you can stay in replica Cava champagne bottles.
„Let’s think big. Outside the box. Crazy. But close to the product.“ „How are you going to do that? Do you want to sleep in the cava bottle?“ (*Wicky Nose Rub Memory Pause)
„Would just ne‘ size larger .“
I don’t know how the design slash architecture team at Hotel Mastinell came up with the concept, but it must have been a really amusing PowerPoint presentation. Or a few bottles of Cava after work. But who cares? But I think it’s really cool.
Looking over the proverbial rim of the bottle couldn’t be more beautiful than in the design hotel. Because the said rim is your window there. And your rooms are located in a replica champagne bottle. The Mastinell in Vilafranca del Penedès is located in the famous Cava region. And because everything revolves around sparkling wine, the innovative architecture follows suit.
The result is an oversized wine rack with stacked cava bottles. In the package: 13 rooms, a restaurant, wine cellar, terrace, gardens and, safe, pool.
Hotel Mastinell: heart beats for Cava
There are 159 municipalities that are allowed to produce Catalan sparkling specialty cava. About 95% of all cavas are produced in the D.O. Penedès produced. Prerequisite: the wine must age on its lees for at least nine monthsand be sold at the earliest one year after the harvest. In addition, only the selected white grape varieties Viura, Xarello and Paellada are allowed for production.
Unfortunately, the fancy hotspot is geared a bit too much to Barcelona light figure Messi, and the transfer fee is not necessarily spectator-friendly.
Enter the XXL wine rack. But who wants to get out again?
Spaceship architecture, down-to-earth pool: wine-loving mix.
The budget question
There are also two bookable packages that gather different activities on the theme of culinary and romance. With the Culinary Experience you enjoy a tasting menu at the hotel, breakfast à la carte and the guided tour with tasting of 3 products. Overnight at Cava & Hotel Mastinell for one night in a premium double room or deluxe suite. Dinner is a combination to get to know the flavors of the land. It includes 7 dishes paired with in-house wines and cavas. In addition, you will visit the winery and can discover the secrets of cavas, followed by a tasting of 2 cavas and a wine of the best vintage. Bookable is this package for 422 euros. That was not yet romantic enough? Then there is in the romantic package on the above points still a Couple massage, paired with Gran Reserva cava 90′, with treatments obtained from the grapes. So once all-round care with wine. If that does not crackle. This bundle is bookable from 620 euros. More infos via www.hotelmastinell.com/de/angebote
