La Plana bathing pool. Route 3 Les Planes d'Hostoles

Les Planes d’Hostoles is well known for its natural bathing pools that have been used in numerous films and adverts. This is one of four suggestions.

Healthy itinerary Sant Ferriol long hike

A perfect itinerary to get healthy around the Ossinyà neighborhood, in Sant Ferriol.

The Lava Flows

The volcanoes that erupted thousands of years ago in what today is La Garrotxa region gave rise to great lava flows that occupied the bottoms of the local river valleys.

The two castles route. Route 6 Santa Pau

anta Pau Castle stands in the middle of the village of Santa Pau, which was once enclosed by a series of walls and fortifications. In the fifteenth century, a ‘new’ quarter was built at the entrance to the gate that provides access to the arched squares.

From Sadernes to Santa Bàrbara. Ruta 1 Alta Garrotxa

On clear days on certain stretches of this walk you can look eastwards and enjoy the views that extend right across the Empordà plain as far as the Mediterranean Sea.

Broad flat bottomed valley of les Prese (ancient lake), Racó volcano and Pedra Tosca laves circuit.

The arrival of the Croscat volcano lava flow about 11,000 years ago, altered the landscape of this place and its effects extended not only to a wide area but quite reach our age.

Can Xel - castell de Colltort - Fontpobra - Can Xel. Natural Park route 5

Shopping in Olot

Right in the heart of the city, next to the basilica of Sant Esteve, the Saints Museum and Montsacopa volcano, is the Plaça Mercat (Market Square) and Olot shopping centre, where you will find more than 300 establishments of all kinds and for all tastes.