Hostalets dŽen Bas is located in the province of Girona, in the region of La Garrotxa, near the Volcanic Zone Natural Park. Calle Teixeida has been declared a National Historic-Artistic Monument because of is colorful arrangements.
The village was built around a few lodging houses that stood on the royal road connecting Olot and Vic. The town has an orderly urban layout, crossed by neat streets. By the entrance that leads into the town is a monument dedicated to the peasant family as a concept, built by the sculptor Modest Fluvià.