Main characteristics

Description

There are houses that can be explained in square metres. And there are others that can only truly be understood after spending a night there. This house, in the heart of Torrent, belongs to the latter category.

Because part of its value is visible: its 193 m² spread across three floors, the careful restoration, the light, the terrace opening onto the horizon of the Baix Empordà, the fireplace, the generous spaces, and the charm of a façade integrated into the village’s old medieval quarter.

But the other part — the hardest to describe and often the most valuable — is intangible.

It is the privilege of living in a village of around 175 inhabitants, where silence still exists. Where there are no tourist trains or waves of visitors. Where privacy is not a luxury, but a natural way of life. Where neighbours know each other by name and time seems to preserve an old-world elegance.

Torrent is one of the best-kept secrets of the Baix Empordà. A small stone village gathered around the church of Sant Vicenç, with narrow lanes, an open square behind the medieval gate of the old castle, and that serene beauty found only in places that have never needed to reinvent themselves in order to charm.

Here, doors often remain open during the day.
Here, the landscape still dominates the horizon.
Here, the nights possess a stillness that is difficult to explain.

And this is precisely what people who have lived in this house repeat most often: one sleeps extraordinarily well here. Everyone describes the same feeling. Each person attributes it to something different — the calm, the walls, the energy, the light, the silence, the shelter of the village — yet all of them end up using the same word: magic.

The house is arranged over three floors and offers a rare combination of authenticity and contemporary comfort.

On the entrance level, a spacious entrance hall full of possibilities welcomes you, accompanied by a double bedroom and a full bathroom.

On the first floor, the living and dining room with fireplace creates a warm and elegant atmosphere, alongside a separate kitchen.

The second floor hosts two additional double bedrooms — one of them en suite with a bathtub — a second bathroom, and a laundry area.

And on the top floor, an intimate terrace opens over the rooftops, the Empordà plain, and the distant outline of Pals, with that ever-changing light that makes this part of the Costa Brava unmistakable.

Torrent also preserves a discreet yet profound history: the remains of the medieval castle, the hermitage of Sant Llop perched above the Gavarres hills, the old railway paths that once connected Girona with Palamós, and, hidden among the forests, the megalithic remains of Puig Roig. Together, they create a cultural and emotional landscape of extraordinary singularity.

This is not simply a village house. It is a way of experiencing the Baix Empordà through calm, beauty, and discretion.

A refuge for those who understand that true luxury today is being able to hear the silence

Purchase costs: 11% ITP + Notary + Registration