Sella · Alicante · Opening 2027
A place in the hills.
We are turning a 1950s house on the village square into a small hotel of eight rooms. This is where we share the work as it happens.
The house
Eight rooms.
One village.
A 1950s corner building on Plaça Major, empty for years, with good bones. We are keeping the original tile and timber where we can, adding a new stair and lift, and a rooftop terrace with a plunge pool. Breakfast, a library and a small design studio on the ground floor.
Eight rooms across two floors, and we’ll live in the village ourselves. It will be the first hotel in Sella.
Where we are
From an empty house to eight rooms.
- APR — DEC 2026
Project development
Buying the building, choosing the architect, planning and preparing the permits.
- OCT 2026 — JAN 2027
Permits
The licencia de obras: applied for and in process.
- FEB — LATE 2027
Renovation
A full structural and interior renovation of the 1950s building, bringing the rooms and shared spaces to life.
- LATE 2027
Soft opening
Opening our doors to the first guests, finding the rhythm of the place and ironing out the details as we go.
- 2028
Fully operational
Casalvia as it should be: somewhere to stay, a base for the mountains, and an open door for a coffee, an interior project, or a talk about looking after your home.
Why here
Why Sella
The crags above the village draw climbers from across Europe through the winter, and the roads out of the valley are training ground for professional cycling teams. The season runs opposite to the coast: busiest October to May, quietest in August.
- Alicante airport45 minutes
- The coast20 minutes
- Serra d'Aitana1,558 m
- Puig Campana1,406 m
- Populationc. 600
- Hotels todayNone
From Sella
Notes
The house is ours
We signed at the notary. What it took to buy a village house in Spain, and who helped us get there.
Three days in Sella
We spent three days back in Sella, settling the last big decisions on the project and getting to know the village that will hold it. Wood-fired bread, an easy welcome, and a pace we keep wanting to return to.
Stars, Categories and Compromise: How Spain's Hotel Classification System Shapes a Boutique Vision
When you set out to build a boutique hotel in Spain, you quickly discover that the country has very specific ideas about what a hotel is, what it must contain, and how it must behave. Here is what we learned navigating the classification system — and where vision and regulation had to find each other.
Also from Casalvia
Interiors
Bespoke interior design with Studio Hermanides, for homes in the Marina Baixa and on the Costa Blanca.
Home management
We look after your second home on the Costa Blanca the way we look after our own.
The village and the mountain do the work. We just make somewhere to come home to.
Follow the project
We share the work on Instagram, as it happens.
Photos of the house, the village and the mountain as the work moves on. For anything else, write to us.