"Take a glamorous Art Nouveau–style mansion near the beach. Add in an elegant reading room with a marble fireplace, a generous breakfast spread with locally made jams, and a swimming pool bordered by a green lawn — the kind that invites you to kick off your shoes and sip sangria, barefoot in the grass — and you have the perfect equation for a memorable escape on the Costa Brava. The boutique hotel Casa Vincke, housed in a landmark that was once the home of a prosperous 19th-century industrialist, is a block inland from the waterfront promenade in Palamós. Stained glass windows illuminate the grand staircase that leads up to light-filled rooms with parquet floors, decorative cornices, antique chandeliers, and a sophisticated palette of white, olive green, navy blue, and mustard yellow." - Tablet Hotels