Girona Pyrenees



The Girona Pyrenees (Pirineu de Girona) is a mountainous region in Girona, Catalonia, in the northeast of Spain, which is full of nature and sports resorts.

Cities

 * — town with the main skiing resorts in Girona, La Molina and La Masella.
 * — a very old town to the west of Figueres that has a historic bridge
 * — further West than Besalú, but worth the trip as it's a striking town perched along a narrow sliver of rock jutting out in to a canyon
 * — Fagus sylvatica forest of La Fageda d'en Jordà and extinct volcanoes of the Garrotxa Natural Park
 * has a ski resort called Vall de Núria
 * — skiing at Vallter 2000
 * — an exclave town completely surrounded by France
 * — an exclave town completely surrounded by France

Understand
Girona Pyrenees is one of the two tourist areas in Girona province, Costa Brava being the other one. This is a mountainous region on the south slope of the Pyrenees with plenty of traditional mountain towns and renowned ski resorts.

See

 * Old town and bridge in Besalú
 * Old town in the edge of a Basalt cliff in Castellfollit de la Roca.
 * La Fageda d'en Jordà Fagus sylvatica forest natural park and Santa Margarida volcano near Olot
 * Nuria Valley in Queralbs

Skiing
Skiing is the main activity of the Girona pyrenees. Big skiing resorts of La Molina and La Masella are near Alp. Smaller resorts are Vall de Núria in Queralbs and Vallter 2000 in Setcases.

The high season goes from Christmas holidays to mid of March, including all weekends of March and Easter holidays.

Cycling
the long distance Cycling route Pirinexus travesses part of this county

Eat
The Girona Pyrenees region has some Michelin-starred restaurants such as les Cols (2 stars) and Ca l'Enric (1 star) in Olot and Fonda Xesc (1 star) in Combrèn. Most restaurants in this tourist region serve traditional Catalan cuisine.

Go next

 * Barcelona - Barcelona the capital and largest city of Catalonia.
 * Girona - Nice old town with an impressive Jewish quarter.
 * Costa Brava - Rocky cliffs and a mix of pebble beaches and sandy beaches.