S Agaro tourist information
The dreary main road of shops and restaurants linking Sant Feliu de Guixols with Platja d'Aro gives little idea of the attractive Modernist architecture and peaceful setting of S'agaro. The area known as S'Agaro was originally a private community founded in the 1920s by Josep Ensesa Gubert as a community of seaside villas for the wealthy, and the design of all the mansions was entrusted to Rafael Maso, the architect responsible for many of Girona's most attractive buildings. Only select people were invited to buy land and they had to build houses in sympathy with the landscape. An inn, originally intended for guests of residents, quickly found itself playing host yo the likes of Charles Chaplin, Orson Welles, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Bogart and Bacall. These large and expensive villas are still there (many now second homes for wealthy Spaniards) along with a small church and plenty of attractive, well-landscaped gardens. Access is still restricted ? no cars are allowed unless you're staying at the hotel or in a villa. The focus of the area is the beach of Sant Pol, backed by Modernist-style private villas; at the W end of the beach is a delightful, much-photographed Modernist villa (House of Needles or Torre de la Punxes) with 4 small, pointed, Gaudi-style towers. Modern, low-rise developments have sprung up around Sant Pol outside the restricted areas. The resort understandably gets crowded in July and Aug.
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