Plan your holidays
Where to sleep
Where to eat
What to do
Where to shop
Ticket sale
Agenda
Search accommodation
Routes and excursions
A small municipality on the left bank of the Fluvià in an extensive plain.
Highlights are the Church of Santa Maria, Puig de Montpalau Castle, Santa Magdalena de Montpalau Chapel, the fortified castle-palace of Montpalau, the Church of La Mare de Déu del Guilar, Santa Anna Chapel and several centuries-old farmhouses.
Related routes and excursions
Monasteries, medieval villages, churches and, above all, castles are today some of the most important reminders of the medieval past of La Garrotxa.
Although some structures from the 11th century do still stand, most of the surviving medieval buildings in La Garrotxa date from the 12th and 13th centuries.
Discover some of the nest natural viewpoints in La Garrotxa and all provide incredible panoramas.
This GR crosses the whole Iberian Peninsula along the southern flanks of the Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains. It runs from Empuries in the east to Finisterre in the west, passing through the Catalan pre-Pyrenees from the Costa Brava to Aragon.
La Garrotxa is a county that is associated with a great variety of art forms.
In summer 1873 the Carlines besieged Argelaguer and killed the local councillor Sebastià Costa. This route will take you to the sites of some of the episodes of the final Carline War.
Route to the wildlife watching hide, with a little luckyou will see birds such as Mallard , Grey Heron and Little Egret . The lucky few might just catch a glimpse of an Otter , reintroduced into the basing of the river Fluvià at the end of the 1990s.
Related resources
More information
