Near the Pyrenees, La Garrotxa is a beautiful region in Catalonia where you can enjoy amazing landscapes, visit lovely medieval villages and walk through beautiful mountains and volcanoes.
Living between volcanoes forms a part of the ordinariness of the olotenses, and is that Olot it's located inside The Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa. They find four volcanoes of which stands out the Montsacopa, one in the middle of the city.
During the three days we spent there, we enjoyed the following villages and activities:
Living between volcanoes forms a part of the ordinariness of the olotenses, and is that Olot it's located inside The Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa. They find four volcanoes of which stands out the Montsacopa, one in the middle of the city.
During the three days we spent there, we enjoyed the following villages and activities:
- Castellfolit de la Roca
- Trekking in Sant Aniol d'Aguja
- Besalú at night
- Gorge of Molí de Murris
- Vall de'n Bas Viewpoint
- Santa Pau
Near this region you can also spend fantastic days in other beautiful places in the Pyrenees, like:
- La Vall de Núria
- La Vall de Camprodon
- Girona
- Banyoles
First day, 12th September 2008
Olot
View of Olot and surroundings from our ApartmentCastellfolit de la Roca
View of Castellfolit de la Roca, the first village we visited in La Garrotxa, from the bell tower
Aerial view of Castellfolit de la Roca and the Fluvià river from the bell towerSecond day, 13th September 2008
Trekking in Sant Aniol d'Aguja
A little river flews beside our path all our excursion long until we arrived at Sant Aniol d'Aguja
Walking between La Garrotxa mountains we crossed a nice suspension bridge over a brook 
View of the mountains between which we walked for almost five hours 
A little fall and a gorge at the end of our excursion in Sant Aniol d'Aguja in La Garrotxa
The end point of our excursion was the Sant Aniol d'Aguja chapelBesalú
Besalú medieval bridge at night
Sant Pere Church in Besalú
Main Square of Besalú, with the city hall on the leftThird day, 14th September 2008
Molí de Murris Gorge
This is the scenery shortly before we arrived at the gorge of Molí de Murris in La Garrotxa. This little river actually comes from this beautiful gorge
This is the gorge called Molí de Murris, one of the most beautiful places we visited in La Garrotxa
Here it can be admired better the beauty of this place
A panorama view of the gorge of Molí de MurrisVall de'n Bas
Aerial view of Olot and La Vall de'n Bas from a nearby viewpointSanta Pau
Typical narrow street in Santa Pau, a lovely village in La Garrotxa
Bell tower of Santa Pau church
A landscape near Santa Pau, a beautiful village near Olot where we had lunch before going back to Barcelona
Another picture of Santa Pau, where it can be seen the castle of Santa Pau and a small bell towerOn a previous visit to Olot, I enjoy a fantastic route (11km, 4h30min) through La Fageda de'n Jordà and the volcanoes of Santa Margarida and Croscat (Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa). Next you can see some pictures:
Fageda de'n Jordà inside the Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa in Olot
Volcano of Santa Margarida inside the Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa
Inside the Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa there are more interesting routes like:
- Olot - Fageda d'en Jordà - Can Xel
- Joan Maragall - La Fageda d'en Jordà
- Santa Pau - Santa Margarida Vulcano - Can Xel
- Croscat Vulcano
- Montsacopa Vulcano
- Sant Feliu de Pallerols, route inside the village
Finally, if you liked these landscapes, clicking on the next links you will find links to other fantastic places in the Pyrenees of Catalonia, Andorra and France, like:
- Catalonia:
- Aigüestortes National Park and La Vall de Boí
- Aigüestortes and Llac de Sant Maurici National Park
- Vall de Núria
- Castellar de N'Hug and Fonts del Llobregat
- Vall de Camprodon
- Camprodon, Ripoll and Setcases
- Medieval village of Beget
- Port del Comte
- Puigcerdà
- Andorra:
- Andorra and La Seu d'Urgell
- Andorra Vallnord Ski Resort
- Andorra Vallnord Arinsal and Arcalís
- Andorra Grandvalira Grau Roig Ski Resort
- France:
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