Take a look at La Bionda Hotel on the Costa Brava, a 17th-century private house transformed by Quintana Partners into an eight-room parador that feels like a portal into another era:
Just add red lacquer: the front desk was created from two flea market pieces renewed with glossy paint and key slots added by a local carpenter.
“Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel was an inspiration for a lot of the design details,” says Quintana's Pol Castells.
Most of the year, breakfast is served on the roof at a communal farmhouse table and outside on the terrace.
A bedside vanity with the original ceiling and tiled floor in one of the eight rooms.
A wicker pendant light and Spanish encaustic tile in another of the bedrooms.
A wood-paneled bathroom with sliding glass doors and a nautical bulkhead light.
A wood-paneled bathroom with sliding glass doors and a nautical bulkhead light.
Under an atmospheric raw ceiling, a fanciful headboard flanked by fringed lamps.