Santa Luzia Farm
This farm built at the end of the 19th century is located on Avenida de Alicante, nº 38, west of the town of Sant Joan, about 500 meters from the Santa Faz monastery. This property was originally used for agricultural exploitation and was later converted into a home, although part of the land was conserved as an orchard. From 1972 to 2017, the El Jabalí restaurant was located on the farm, specializing in French cuisine. It was in 2017, when after 45 years of activity, the restaurant closed its doors due to the retirement of its owner.
Currently, the property has been restored, as well as its gardens, becoming Finca Santa Luzia, a Gastrobar & Events, belonging to the Juan XXIII Group. The restoration has given the property a modern, current, and at the same time warm and welcoming atmosphere. The use of noble materials, such as steel and wood, create an innovative space that is respectful of tradition. Likewise, with regard to the main building of the estate, the restoration carried out has been respectful, maintaining its original appearance and materials.
In its origins this farm was called “Finca El Jabalí” and consisted of two floors. The construction was configured by two bodies, one front and one rear with separate gabled roofs. The upper floor was set back in the rear body to form a continuous terrace. Due to the change in use of the building, modifications occurred that mainly affected the partition walls, although the basic functional structural elements were maintained, so that the initial layout was recognizable. The floor still preserved the original ceramics and in it we could see the traces of the old partition wall. The flat tile roofs rested on wooden brackets.
Oriented to the access road is the main façade, it has a very original geometric composition, characterized by the arrangement of the openings with a great variety of sizes. Particularly striking is the enormous size of the two windows on the main floor, separated by an intermediate light portal. The walls are white with green fencing in the openings. As ornamental elements, the tiles arranged on the windowsills of the openings in the main façade stand out, characteristic of the late 19th century.
In the front yard we could see a lemon tree and an enfilade of hedges that ran parallel to the road. Next to this space there is still a splendid hackberry tree that is almost a hundred years old. The hackberry still shelters one of the most impressive outdoor spaces in the municipality, an immersed pergola thick with covering vegetation. When the heat gets worse, this place has a very pleasant microclimate, and in special times such as Santa Faz it becomes an oasis for those privileged who can access its facilities. Palm trees, jacarandas, rows of cypresses and countless shrubs and carpets complement the gardens, giving the complex great uniqueness and beauty
