Property for sale in Castell d'Aro

The village of Castell d'Aro has about 2,100 inhabitants and a small, protected medieval centre. It shares a municipality with Platja d'Aro and S'Agaró, so the beach, the shops and the golf are a few minutes away, but the village itself stays quiet and residential.

It appeals to people who want the facilities of Platja d'Aro without living in a resort. Most of the houses are detached, with gardens, spread across the Vall d'Aro, which the river Ridaura runs through. We sell here regularly and look after houses in the area as part of our usual round.

The market is mostly detached houses and villas in the valley and on the slopes, plus a few village houses in the old centre, which come up rarely and often need work.

The castle that gives the village its name, Benedormiens, is first documented in 1041, when it was entrusted to the monks of Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Fires in 1462 and 1879 destroyed much of the medieval building. It has been restored and is now used for exhibitions.

Next to it stands the church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1078, with a late Gothic nave and a plain Baroque facade. The narrow, steep streets around them keep elements from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and since 1995 the castle, the church and the old core have been protected together as a heritage site.