TOURISM
- Olot (10 mins.)
- Charming old market town
- Pedestrian shopping streets filled with cafes
- multiplex cinema
- Volcanoes (10-20 mins.)
- There are over twenty (dormant, we think) volcanoes in the area, including several with chapels in the craters, three in Olot, and all with access by footpaths
- Banyoles (20 mins.)
- Wonderful swimming in huge lake used for rowing at the 1992 Olympics
- Figueres (30 mins.)
- Salvador Dali’s museum
- Toy museum
- Girona (35 mins.)
- Almost everything that Barcelona has, but on a more manageable scale, and without the crowds
- The most chic and fashionable city in Spain
- Contains the world’s number one restaurant, ‘El Celler de Can Roca’
- Remarkable cathedral
- Medieval Jewish quarter
- Fashionable shops
- Film, art & Jewish museums
- Teeming with assorted cultural festivals and activities
- Besalu (5 mins.)
- Stunning Romanic village with famous bridge
- Garrotxa National Park (5 mins.)
- Excellent walking area
- Alta Garrotxa (15 mins.)
- For intrepid walkers who do not suffer from vertigo
- Mountaineering opportunities for experienced climbers
- El Pont de Llierca (7 mins.)
- Dramatic Romanic bridge over river
- Lovely location for swimming and picnics
- Castellfollit de la Roca (7 mins.)
- The village on the cliff
- Sausage museum (honest!)
- Vietnam museum (n o, we don’t know why either)
- Other local villages (5-10 mins.)
- Tortella, Montagut, St Jaume de Llierca, , Argelaguer
- All unspoilt and charming
- Perpignan, France (1 hour)
- Delightful old French city
- Torremirona Golf Club (20 mins.)
- World class facilities
- Hotel and luxury restaurants
- Fageda Woods (15 mins.)
- Large beech covered woods
- Horse-drawn carriage tours
- Cadaques (1 hour)
- Pretty resort where the smart Spanish people go
- Costa Brava and Cap de Creus(45 mins.)
- There are still some unspoilt beaches left, if you know where to go!
