A fisherman’s house,
since 1931.
Salt House began as one family’s home above the salt pans. We restored it slowly, kept almost everything, and opened twelve rooms to people who like their days unhurried.
1931
Built for salt
A fisherman named Joan Sal built the house with his brothers, from stone carried up from the cove. The ground floor stored salt; the family lived above it, facing the sea.
1978
The long quiet
The pans closed, the family moved to the city, and the house waited. The shutters stayed closed for almost forty years, which, it turns out, is how you keep a house beautiful.
2019
A slow restoration
Joan’s granddaughter came back with an architect and a rule: change nothing that the sea had already perfected. It took four years, local masons and a great deal of lime.
Today
Twelve rooms, one coast
The pans work again, the kitchen follows the boats, and every room faces its own hour of the day. We hope it feels less like a hotel and more like being let in on something.
Three things we keep
A house by the sea needs very little. We try to give it exactly that, and to protect it from everything else.
01
Light
Every room faces its own hour. Shutters instead of curtains, lime instead of paint, so the light has something soft to land on.
02
Salt
We rake our own salt, cook with it, bathe in it and send a jar home with you. It is the reason the house exists.
03
Slowness
No itinerary, no screens, no rush. Breakfast until eleven, and dinner whenever the boats come home.
The shutters are open. Come and see the light for yourself.