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Garrotxa Experiences

Medieval La Garrotxa

Castles and monasteries were at the centre of life in the Middle Ages. Although some of their splendour has waned, today La Garrotxa still maintains vestiges of that past in towns and villages such as Sant Joan les Fonts, Santa Pau and Besalú.

On the trail of the Remences

Thanks to the Sentence of Guadalupe signed by Ferdinand the Catholic, Catalan peasants enjoyed by the 15th century a series of personal freedoms that people in the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe did not possess until many centuries later.

Art Noveau La Garrotxa

The Solà-Morales house in the centre of Olot, the school in Les Planes d’Hostoles and Mas la Riba (an old farmhouse) in La Vall de la Bianya are but three of the numerous examples of this artistic style that is so characteristic of Catalonia.

The Capsacosta Roman road

Transited since time immemorial, in recent years this road was used to drive cattle in summer to their high Pyrenean pastures.

The Romanesque churches of Maià de Montcal and Beuda

Maià de Montcal and Beuda are both good examples of La Garrotxa’s valuable cultural heritage and their wonderful Romanesque churches are the perfect excuse to visit this part of La Garrotxa.

The Romanesque churches of La Vall de Bianya

The traces of the history of La Vall de Bianya can be followed in this itinerary that visits the 15 Romanesque churches that decorate this peaceful corner of La Garrotxa.

The best viewpoints in La Garrotxa

Another way to discover La Garrotxa is to climb up high for a bird’s-eye view over the comarca.