La Vall de Camprodon belongs to the province of Girona and it's really close to France. The most important town of this valley is Ripoll, where you can visit the fantastic Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery, one of the cradles of Catalan culture together with Montserrat Monastery and the nice monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet.
In this beautiful valley we spent two nice days in 2008 visiting the next lovely villages:
In this beautiful valley we spent two nice days in 2008 visiting the next lovely villages:
- Camprodon
- Setcases
- Molló
- Sant Joan de les Abadesses
- Ripoll
Camprodon
Camprodon medieval bridge called Pont Nou
Overview of Camprodon from the Pont Nou. As you can see, the day was really lovely
Setcases
Typical stone houses in Setcases, a really lovely small village of La Vall de Camprodon, located near the sky resort Walter 2000
Pyrenees snow-capped mountains from Setcases
This place in La Vall de Camprodon was really peaceful and beautiful
Col d'Ares
We had our hotel reservation in a small village of France near the border, so we had to drive through el Col d'Ares. This picture shows a landscape just before arriving at the border
We stopped at El Col D'Ares to have a break
and to enjoy the fantastic views :)
Molló
Coming back from France we stopped at Molló to visit its lovely Romanesque church
A closer view of the apse and the bell tower of the Romanesque church of Molló
A closer view of the apse and the bell tower of the Romanesque church of Molló
Sant Joan de les Abadesses
In Sant Joan de les Abadesses there is one of the most important monasteries of Catalonia
Ripoll Monastery
Church of Ripoll Monastery. I was surprised because this monastery is really well preserved
Tomb of Guifré el Pilós, one of the Catalonia first kings, inside the church of Ripoll Monastery
Bell tower of Ripoll Monastery from the cloister
Overview of the two-storey cloister of Ripoll Monastery
Typical romanesque arches, style in which the Ripoll Monastery was built
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:
- Vall de Camprodon
- 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
- Medieval village of Beget
- Olot and Vall de'n Bas
- Santa Pau
- 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:
Besides, if you like religious buildings like the Ripoll Monastery, the next link will show you more interesting monasteries in Catalonia.
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