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Palau Fugit Hotel

Girona, Spain

l Equipo Creativo has completed the interior design of El Palau
Fugit. Located deep in Girona’s atmospheric Barri Vell (Old
EQuarter), the award-winning studio converted a disused 18th-
century palace into a destination hotel as charming and seductive as
Girona itself.

El Equipo Creativo used the ‘two Gironas’ as their creative starting
point. The first is the Barri Vell; an emblematic district of weathered
stone façades, hidden cul-de-sacs, porticoes, and stone ramparts. In
contrast, the designers have highlighted the lighter side of the city -
namely the vibrant colours that bathe the townhouses flanking the
River Onyar, along with Girona’s most famous spring celebration - El
Temps de Flors (The Time of Flowers). These influences, enhanced
with striking modern art and crafted objects, create a hotel that begs
to be discovered and enjoyed.

"We aimed to create a sense of high luxury minus the pretensions. We
respected the original architecture, of course, but with fresh, elegant,
surprising and, at times, a little disruptive elements." El Equipo
Creativo

The building
Palau Fugit unfolds in two principal parts, both adapted to the needs
of modern travellers and experience hunters by the Barcelona-based
architecture studio Isern Associats. The first is the original palauet.
Here, an arched courtyard, renamed ‘La Placeta’, holds the reception
area, restaurant, and cocktail bar, as well as a tucked-away spa-for-one.
Guests go up to their rooms via the original staircase of the palace.

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