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Torre Malagrida Youth Hostel: Affordable accommodation
irisiri Says: This hostel offers affordable accommodation at EU16 per night, with free clean sheets and blankets, hot shower as well as breakfast. Conveniently located and is an interesting colonial building converted to a student housing. Interesting building
trotador Says: Besalu is an extraordinary medieval village very well kept. Outstanding are the church of Sant Vincent of the X century, the Sant Pere monastery of the X century and the Romanesque bridge over the Fluvia river.
trotador Says: Take time out to explore the tiny town of Santa Pau, with its mediaeval core.
trotador Says: I made the longest itinerary, 10km. It goes throught the Fageda, St. Margarida Volcano and the Croscant Volcano. It takes about 3hrs, taking a break in St. Margarida for 30min. EASY. Check the map.
trotador Says: The Croscat is a Strombolian type volcano and its cone, which is 160m high, is the biggest in the Iberian Peninsula. It is also, so it would seem, the youngest of them all. For years it suffered the extraction of volcanic material from its flank, which left an impressive...
The Natural Reserve of the Fageda d'en Jordà
trotador Says: The "Fageda" is an exceptional beech tree forest because it grows on flat ground at a low altitude (550m). In fact, it grows over a large lava cast that erupted from the Croscat volcano which offers an uneven relief, with numerous very characteristic prominences that can...
trotador Says: On the volcano area I found some chimney on the floor...weird!!! I thought about termal water or something like that. When I finished my treking tour I asked at the tourist center. They explained me it used to be the Olot dump place, so gases from the interior are coming out...
trotador Says: **The information centers of the Natural Park have informative leaflets, maps, books and other pedagogical resources to make the visit to the Park easier. **In the Natural Park there is a network of signed walking routes. By following these routes, you will be able to visit...
trotador Says: The volcanic experts believe that the last eruption would have occured 11,000 years ago. On the picture can be seen a church in the midle of the crater.
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Take time out to explore the tiny town of Santa Pau, with its mediaeval core.
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Olot is the chief town of the Garrotxa, bordering on North the Pyrenees, that separates the region from France. It is one of the most important volcanic areas in Europe.
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