The village of Castellar de n’Hug,
up until the sixties, lived on survival agriculture and livestock.
Our family was no different and lived of having a few animals
and ploughing the family land. Also the family had a long tradition
of being blacksmiths as for more than two centuries all the ancestors’ heirs
to the family had been village blacksmiths and had lived where
the country hotel stands today.
In the middle of the twentieth
century there was a strong emigration movement towards the cities
and life in the villages became even more difficult. But with
the arrival of the mythical SEAT 600 also arrived Tourism, a
new perspective opened for small villages such as Castellar de
n’Hug.
With the arrival of visitors to the village new
demands grew and entrepreneurs such as Isidre, blacksmith, and
Cecilia, housewife and excellent cook, found themselves offering
lunches and renting some rooms. And this is how, more than forty
years ago, “Hostal La Muntanya” country hotel was
born.
Today, the daughter of Isidre and Cecilia, Sisqueta manages
the country hotel, already with the help of Ferran, the grandson.
HISTORY