Welcome to the Grand Tour of Catalunya (2,200 km) divided into 9 Itineraries that cover most of the 42 natural regions of Catalonia. Everything that we propose is stimulating and attractive but not everything that is nice and memorable in Catalonia can be included in this Tour. It would be endless. “Ars Longa, vita brevis”. Therefore, we have carefully selected places and activities that have been widely accepted as places of great appeal among most people whose time is limited and whose curiosity has no limits!
If you have a vehicle, good company, the travelling bug, curiosity, a few days off but find yourself with little desire or no time to plan an expedition through Catalonia, never fear, we have put together well-thought out itineraries that will allow you to discover and explore Catalunya all in one shot or in stages. We have precisely combined all the ingredients necessary that will undoubtedly stimulate the heart, mind and senses …!
Catalunya is a small but incredibly varied country, with a great deal of mountains and few plains, with such surprising contrasts from the Costa Brava to the Pyrenees, the Delta de l’Ebre to the mountain of Montserrat. As the wise say: do not believe us, just go and see it!
“The world is only a school for its research.
The question is not who will reach the goal but who will do it best”
Michel Montaigne
Happy travels!!
Itineraries
Regions: Alt Empodrà/Baix Empordà/La Selva.
1.Figueres
2.Perelada(Vilabertran)
3.Port de la Selva (St. Pere de Rodes)
4.Cadaqués (Portlligat, Cap de Creus)
5.Castelló d’Empuries (Park of the “Aiguamolls de l’Empordà”(mashlands))
6.L’Escala (Sant Martí d’Empúries, Greek-Roman Ruins of Empúries, Punta and Cala Montgó)
7.Pals (Torroella de Montgrí, L’Estartit, La Gola del Ter, Peratallada, Ullastret)
8.Begur (Cales)
9.Palafrugell (Calella de Palafrugell, Llafranc, Lighthouse of Sant Sebastià, Botanical Garden of Caproig)
10.Palamós (S’Agaró)
11.Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Hermitage of Sant Elm)
12 Tossa de Mar
13.Blanes (Gardens of Sta. Clotilde, Botanical Garden of Pinya de la Rosa, Botanical Garden of Marimurtra)
Regions: El Maresme/La Selva/Osona/El Vallès Oriental
1.Blanes
2.Sant Pol de Mar (Natural Park of Montnegre i el corredor)
3.Arenys de Mar
4.Canet de Mar (Landmarks of Modernism style, Castle of Sta.Florentina)
5.Horta del Maresme
6.El Massís del Montseny (Natural Park of Montseny)
7.Gualba
8.Castell de Montsoriu
9.Arbúcies (Boulevard of la Riera)
10.Espinelves (Arborètum of Masjoan)
11.Viladrau (Three round trips)
12.Sant Marçal (Two excursions GR)
13.Santa Fe del Montseny
14.El Brull i Collformic (Excursion to Matagalls, Excursion to Pla de la Calma(Tagamanent)
15. St Maria de Palautordera (Montseny, St Esteve de Palautordera)
Regions: El Gironès/Pla de l’Estany/La Garrotxa/Osona
1.Girona
2.Besalú (The lake of Banyoles, Santuary of Mare de Déu del Mont)
3.Castellfollit de la Roca
4.Olot (The Museum of the Volcanoes, The Wetlands of La Moixina i la Deu, La Fageda d’en Jordà
5.Rupit (The Viewpoint of El Far)
6.Tavertet
7.Vic
Regions: El Ripollès/La Cerdanya/Alt Urgell
1.Ripoll (St Joan de les Abadesses, The Torrent de la Cabana)
2.Ribes de Freser (The Valley of Núria)
3.La Molina
4.Puigcerdà
5.Bellver de Cerdanya
6. La Seu d’Urgell
Regions: Berguedà/Solsonès/Bages
1.Berga (Santuary of la Mare de Déu de Queralt, Museum of the mines de Cercs)
2.St Llorenç de Morunys (Santuary of el Lord)
3.Solsona (Olius(Crypt))
4.Cardona (The salt mine)
5.Manresa (Monastery of Sant Benet de Bages)
6.Montserat (Monastery and Basílica, Museum, Trekking)
Regions: Vallès Occ/Baix Llobregat/Garraf/Alt Penedès/Tarragonès/Baix Camp
1.Terrassa (Trip to La Mola)
2.Sta. Coloma de Cervelló (The Colonia Güell, The Gaudí Crypt)
3.Sitges
4.Vilafranca del Penedès (St. Sadurní d’Anoia, Castellet and Dam of Foix)
5.Altafulla (The Castle-Fortress, Roman Villa of el Munts)
6.Tarragona
7.Reus (Castle-Monastery of Escornalbou)
Regions: Conca de Barberà/Priorat/Ribera d’Ebre/Terra Alta
1.Montblanc
2.Monestir de Poblet
3.Prades
4.Siurana
5.Escaladell (Les ermites del Montsant, Morera del Montsant)
6.Porrera-Gratallops
7.Falset (Castell del Vi)
8.Gandesa ( Móra d’Ebre, Castell de Miravet, Pinell de Brai, Bot, Horta de Sant Joan, Arnes-Pinell de Brai(Via verda de la Terra Alta))
Regions: Baix Ebre/Montsià
1.Amentlla de Mar
2.L’Ampolla (Coastal Trail GR 92)
3.Tortosa (Assut de Xerta(Ebre), Caro Mountain (ports de Beseit)
4.Amposta i Deltebre (Ebre River Delta Natural Park)
5.Sant Carles de la Ràpita
6.Ulldecona (Foia Valley. Hermitege of La Pietat, Natural Museum of the Millenary olive trees)
Regions: Segrià/Noguera/Pallars Jussà/Alta Ribagorça/Vall d’Aran/Pallars Sobirà
1Lleida
2.Balager (Train of the Lakes: Balaguer-La Pobla de Segur), Les Avellanes Monastery, Àger, Montsec Mountain range(Terradets)
3.La Pobla de Segur
4.Senterada (The Valley of Fosca, Cabdella, Estany Gento Lake)
5.Pont de Suert (The Valley of Boí, National Park of Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici, Caldes de Boí(The Cavallers Dam))
6.Vielha (The valley of Vielha, Salardú(Tredòs)Lakes of Colomèrs, Mountain Port of la Bonaigua)
7.Espot (National Park of Aigüestortes and Sant Maurici, Llavorsí)
8.Sort/La Pobla de Segur/Tremp/Balaguer
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