Pyrenees Guide

Beginning on the Coast, where the cliffs drop to the waters of the Old Mediterranean, we leisurely move toward the Catalan Pyrenees. Beautiful clusters of lakes and the headwater valleys of Catalonia's chief rivers nestle between towering peaks.

This area, made up of the regions of the Cerdanya, La Garrotxa and the Ripolles, is the southernmost part of the Pyrenees. The Catalan Pyrenees have all the attractions that are characteristic of the area, to which we should add its weather, milder than in the rest of the Pyrenees due to the influence of the Mediterranean, which gives it good temperature and more light. In addition to the natural resources that are characteristic of the area, such as the vegetation an the landscape, it is particularly noteworthy for the Garrotxa Natural Park, unique in the European continent.

Examples of this personality with regard to architecture are, amongst others, Besalu, Santa Pau or the city of Olot, near which the beech forest known as La Fageda d’en Jorda is found, a genuine explosion of nature, similar to that which is found in La Vall d’en Bas, also in the region of the Garrotxa.

Destinations in the Catalan Pyrenees - La Garrotxa La Garrotxa, one of Girona's most verdant regions, features an exceptional Volcanic Area, with 30 craters and a protected space of over 12,000 hectares. A land of myths and bandits, the Garrotxa region constitutes a stimulating proposal for those avid to discover singular ...