Casa Vincke

Baix Empordà, Costa Brava · curated

Casa Vincke

THE VIBE

Nine rooms in an eclectic fin-de-siècle palace in Palamós, with a Repsol-awarded restaurant project in the garden.

THE BACKSTORY

The building at C/ López in Puigcerver 38 was constructed between 1888 and 1910 by architect Martí Sureda Vila in eclectic style, featuring semi-circular portal galleries on paired columns and Modernista ornamental elements. In 1906–1907, owner Miquel Gubert extended the palace to its current form. Enric Vincke Wischmeyer — German industrialist and director of the Armstrong factory in Palafrugell — acquired the property in 1940 after his own home was destroyed during the Civil War, giving the house the name it bears today. The property is listed in the Catalan Architectural Heritage Inventory. Hotel operations opened in January 2018.

WHY NOW

Dvisi received its first Repsol Sol in the 2026 guide — an external recognition that cements the address as a coherent gastronomic argument along the Costa Brava.

THE ROOM

The upper floor offers better natural light. Request a room facing the garden and pool — the street side along C/ López in Puigcerver is an ordinary urban road, not a seafront promenade.

THE TABLE

The Dvisi tasting menu — 11 courses with a Mediterranean base and influences from Asian and Latin American flavours, 60 € — Dvisi. Founded in 2014 by Jordi Simón and Laura Vicente, Repsol Sol 2026, listed in the Michelin Guide — the restaurant has operated in the hotel's garden since 2018; the Indivisible tasting menu (20 courses) costs 120 €.

THE SERVICE

Boutique scale with nine rooms; breakfast room, reading room, and garden with pool including hydromassage. Restaurant Dvisi — founded in 2014 by Jordi Simón and Laura Vicente, in the hotel's garden since 2018 — is an independent project, not the hotel's own kitchen.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

C/ López in Puigcerver 38 is located in Palamós Eixample. Palamós fishing port and Moll Pesquer — with its daily llotja and the geographically protected Gamba de Palamós — are a five-to-seven-minute walk south. Platja Gran de Palamós is seven to ten minutes on foot. The nearest train station is Flaçà, just over 20 km to the west; Girona-Costa Brava airport approximately 35 km.

HONEST CAVEAT

Palamós town beach is a seven-to-ten-minute walk away — not within sight. There is no on-site parking; street parking in the red zone is paid.

THE VERDICT

Casa Vincke solves a specific equation: nine rooms in a listed eclectic 1900s palace, garden with pool, and Dvisi — Repsol Sol 2026, listed in the Michelin Guide — on the same address. The hotel is not a beach-and-pool resort but a well-reasoned choice for those seeking gastronomic substance and a Catalan house with documented history. The absence of direct beach access is a real compromise.

THE FULL PICTURE

Casa Vincke exists for a specific reason: the fishing harbour at Palamos and the gambas hauled from the sea just beyond it. The Belgian Vincke family restored the dilapidated 19th-century townhouse beside the inner harbour not to create a luxury hotel in any general sense, but to live close to what had brought them to Catalonia – the protected designation Gamba de Palamos, a prawn fished at 600 to 800 metres depth in the warm currents that meet colder deep water offshore, and long identified by top chefs in Barcelona and Girona as among the finest raw ingredients in the country.

The nine rooms carry traces of the original 19th-century façade, dressed with the Belgian simplicity that serves as the interior principle throughout. No spectacular design gestures, but a consistent restraint that sets the property apart from the region's more typical family-run coastal pensions. Harbour-facing rooms offer morning views of the fishing fleet unloading the day's catch; that activity starts early and is audible, which is precisely how it should be if the choice of Palamos is to mean anything.

Reception knows when the fish auction opens to visitors. It knows which coastal paths lead to Cala Estreta in twenty minutes. It knows what La Gamba de Palamos is serving that evening. This is the service Casa Vincke provides – not an app with local tips, but owners who live in the house and know the answer without searching for it.

FACTS

FAQ

When is the best time to visit?

Dvisi received its first Repsol Sol in the 2026 guide — an external recognition that cements the address as a coherent gastronomic argument along the Costa Brava.

Anything I should know before booking?

Palamós town beach is a seven-to-ten-minute walk away — not within sight. There is no on-site parking; street parking in the red zone is paid.

What is the neighbourhood like around Casa Vincke?

C/ López in Puigcerver 38 is located in Palamós Eixample. Palamós fishing port and Moll Pesquer — with its daily llotja and the geographically protected Gamba de Palamós — are a five-to-seven-minute walk south. Platja Gran de Palamós is seven to ten minutes on foot. The nearest train station is Flaçà, just over 20 km to the west; Girona-Costa Brava airport approximately 35 km.

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