There’s something that often happens when you finish a trip: you arrive home with a plastic bag full of things you don’t remember wanting to buy, manufactured who knows where, with no connection to the place you’ve been.
At Hotel Bell Repòs, we’ve thought a lot about this. And that’s why we created our km0 shop: a small space, but very carefully curated, where each product has a name, origin and story. No mass production. Nothing without soul. Just things made with care by real people from the territory that surrounds us.
If you’ve enjoyed the Costa Brava that we tried to show you during your stay, here you can take a piece of it with you. Get to know what we have at our hotel in Platja d’Aro:
⭐ The “Producers of the Vall d’Aro” Pack
This pack is our favorite, and it’s no coincidence. It’s the perfect souvenir for those who want to take home not just a thing, but an experience.
It brings together three of the best producers of our municipality in a single gift: Vi(o)ritme wine from Albert, handcrafted honey from Josep M. Bas, and jam from Les Eroles by Glòria. Three people who work just a few kilometers from here, each in their own way, each at their own pace, all connected with the same land.
Want to see who’s behind this pack? Here’s the video:
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Vi(o)ritme wine from Castell d’Aro
Km 0 · Artisanal · Family-owned
Albert is a wine grower in Castell d’Aro. He cares for each vine as a living part of the landscape, listening to nature’s rhythms and intervening only when necessary. His wine is born from this balance: honest, alive, and with a personality that reflects the territory from which it comes.
Vi(o)ritme is not mass-produced wine. It’s the opposite: a project that values a slow and conscious way of working, so that what reaches your glass is as authentic as its origin.
Honey and Jams from the Vall d’Aro
If you’ve read our article about the breakfast buffet at our Platja d’Aro hotel, you already know who Josep M. Bas and Glòria from Les Eroles are. The honey from the Ridaura Valley and the jams from the Can Juanals farmhouse can also be found in the shop, in case you couldn’t resist them at breakfast and want to take some home.
Upcycling Bottles: A glass recycling project
Km 0 · Artisanal · Family-owned · Since 2014
Juan Righetti has been working since 2014 in his workshop in Vulpellac, in Empordà, transforming recovered glass bottles from nearby restaurants into functional objects: glasses, candleholders, plates, unique pieces. All handmade, using cutting, polishing, sandblasting and fusion techniques.
Each piece goes through a manual process that gives glass a new life through design and reuse. The bottles that would have ended up in the recycling bin become objects with aesthetics, utility and a story behind them.
At Upcycling Bottles, they believe that sustainability is not just an environmental concept, but must also be understood from cultural, social and economic perspectives. We completely share this vision.
By the way: Juan also organizes workshops at his Vulpellac workshop where you can learn to create your own pieces. Ask at reception if you’re interested!
Kaya Botánica Textiles: Craftsmanship on the Costa Brava
Recovered textile · Natural printing · Local and sustainable craftsmanship
Kaya Botánica is one of the projects that excites us most of all that you have in the shop, and it’s no coincidence: its pieces are made, in part, with plants collected from the garden of the Bell Repòs hotel itself.
Behind Kaya Botánica is a craftsperson from Tossa de Mar who transforms recovered fabrics from the tourism sector (such as sheets or tablecloths) into unique pieces, handmade and printed with plants from the territory. The technique used is ecoprinting or botanical printing: transferring the natural pigments of leaves and flowers directly onto the fabric, without chemical dyes, without toxic substances. Each piece is unique, because nature never makes two identical prints.
That the plants from the garden of our sustainable hotel end up transformed into a textile that you can take home with you is, we believe, one of the most beautiful cycles we have managed to close.
Why a km0 Souvenir Shop on the Costa Brava?
Because we believe that taking home a memory of a place should make sense. That behind each object you buy there should be a person, a meaning, a connection. That the best way to contribute to a healthy local economy is to buy directly from those who produce, or from those who distribute honestly.
Our km0 shop in Platja d’Aro is an extension of the same spirit that guides Hotel Bell Repòs: connecting people with the territory, with its producers, with a way of living and consuming that makes sense.
If you have any questions about any of the products, the craftspeople or how to get there, ask us at reception. We’ll be delighted to explain everything to you.
Hotel Bell Repòs is a family hotel with Biosphere certification in Platja d’Aro, Costa Brava. We are committed to sustainable tourism, local products and authentic experiences. Check out our rooms and book directly here with a discount.
Sònia Joanals
Hotel Bell Repòs Management
