Cleaning & Babysitting
Our English and Spanish speaking housekeeper will be pleased to help with any babysitting, cleaning or ironing that you need during your stay. Just let us know what your requirements are.
Chef Service
To enable you to truly relax and make the most of your holiday, take advantage of our Chef Service leaving you free to enjoy the comfortable surroundings of your own masia. Our cook will shop, cook, serve and clear away all from our second guest house kitchen so you will not be disturbed. If you would like a break from cooking please let us know and we can send you menus and prices.
Menus are both Spanish/Catalan and International dishes according to your taste.
Breakfast
This will be a good opportunity to experience and experiment with the local Spanish and Catalan dishes.
Full cooked breakfasts and/or fresh fruit salad, cold meats (chorizo, jamon, or fuet), cheeses (Manchego, Tetilla, or Cabrales), yoghurts, choice of cereals and breads (pan con tomate) and assorted Spanish pastries (ensaimadas, croissants, or cocadas)
Served from 8.30am to 10am
Lunch
Main course and dessert (2 courses) chosen from a selection of menus
Served from 2pm to 3.30pm
Supper
3 course meal served at the table chosen from a selection of menus
Served from 8.30pm - 10pm
Wine and cava list available. (mainly Spanish wines and cavas from the Penedes and Sant Sadurni region). Drinks charged separately.
Any special dietary requirements, variations on the menus, wines or meal times can be discussed.
Sample Menus:
Four or five different tapas and salad
Mixed paella
Fresh fruit salad or ice cream
Herb and chilli gazpacho
Grilled lamb kebabs with rice and roasted vegetables
Ginger and lemon pudding.
Kids Menus: (under 8)
Spaghetti Bolognese
Chilli con carne with rice
Burgers & chips
Salads
Icecream, cakes, fruit salad.
Guided Excursions
We are very fortunate at Can Marce de la Penya to be able to benefit from the experience of an experienced tour guide. Dirk is a Dutch national and speaks English, Dutch and Spanish. He has 7 years experience as a tour guide in Barcelona and the surrounding areas, 8 years teaching the urban geography of Barcelona, and the rebranding of the Priorat wine district and Monserrat area for a Field study center in Barcelona.
There is so much to discover in this area of Catalunia. It is full of beautiful architecture, history, culture, wineries, gastronomic experiences and music. Possible excursions include:
Visit to Montserrat Benedictine monastery
Walk in the strange and beautiful mountains once under the huge lakes that covered Catalunia. Follow the Stations of the Cross designed by Gaudi amongst others to reach the cave of the Black Virgin discovered by shepherds. Visit the Church, Museum and hermitages.
Sample the wines of the Penedes wine district
Visit and have lunch at the famous bodegas of the region such as Torres.Explore Vilafranca's Saturday market and visit the Cava bodegas of Sant Sadurni such as Freixenet where you can go on a train ride tour to see how the cava is made or Cordoniu (designed by the famous Catalan Architect Puig I Cadafalch)
Visit Barcelona
With all its tourist attractions, Barcelona is the most visited weekend destination in Europe. Depending on what you are most interested in Dirk knows more or less every little corner of Barcelona and its history.
Parc Natural del Garraf
Walking tours of the Casa de los Americanos which is now an active Buddhist monastery where you can join the monks for a vegetarian lunch, the town of JÁboc with its many modernist buildings, the Iberian settlement of Olerdola.
Longer Excursions
For excursions further afield (1 to 1 half hour by car)- the Medieval town of Mont Blanc, the monasteries and beautiful cloisters of Poblet and Santas Creus, old Tarragona, Priorat wine district.
Trips 2hrs away - Medieval Besalu, La Garrotxa (volcanic parc), Cardona (salt mines - with amazing stalagtites and stalagmites and underground concerts), Ebro Delta
Bike Hire
Sitges Bike Rental Company
Centro Commercial Oasis, Local 34
08870 Sitges
Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 - 14:00 and 16:00 - 19:00
Tel: +34 93 894 9458
Motos Viñola
Passeig Vilanova, 33 - 35
08870 Sitges
Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 - 13:30 and 16 - 20:00
Tel: +34 93 894 5255
Horse Riding
Horse Riding at El Rancho
Contacts:
Diana: +34 686 984 597 or +34 93 811 0810
Helena: +34 608 990 198
Avda. Mestre Falla. s/n Hipica "El Rancho".
Sitges/Vallpineda.
Windsurfing & Sailing
Sailing & Windsurfing at Club Nautic Sitges
The Club Nàutic Sitges offers various courses, including windsurfing and sailing - www.nauticsitges.com.
Opening Hours:
From Monday to Friday from 10 to 18.00 (except Tuesday)
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 14.00
Tel: +34 93 7432057 and +34 654821572
Email: cns@nauticsitges.com