Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox

L’Escala | $1.3 million (€1.2 million)

A bespoke modern home near the beaches of Empúries

Designed by the Barcelona-based firm Bellafillarquitectes, this three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is in the Els Emperadors neighborhood of L’Escala, a town on the southern end of the Gulf of Roses, and two miles west of the smaller Cala Montgó bay. The one-story house was built in 2019 in the midst of a pine tree plot, yet in an urban setting and close to the beach. Built on a quarter-acre plot, the house is distinguished by its textured reinforced concrete walls and a roof comprising semicircular vaults made from vitrified tiles.

L’Escala is a port city of about 10,000 residents, known for its annual anchovy festival, a nod to its history as a fishing center. Numerous historic castles and landmarks surround the city, as do beaches and nature preserves. The Illes Medes, a protected grouping of craggy islets popular for scuba diving, is 13 miles away.