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Catalan Pyrenees
Catalan Pyrenees
Beginning on the Coast, where the cliffs drop to the waters of the Old Mediterranean, we leisurely move toward the Catalan Pyrenees. Beautiful clusters of lakes and the headwater valleys of Catalonia's chief rivers nestle between towering peaks.
This area, made up of the regions of the Cerdanya, La Garrotxa and the Ripolles, is the southernmost part of the Pyrenees. The Catalan Pyrenees has all the attractions that are characteristic of the area, to which we should add its weather, milder than in the rest of the Pyrenees due to the influence of the Mediterranean, which gives it good temperature and more light. In addition to the natural resources that are characteristic of the area, such as the vegetation an the landscape, it is particularly noteworthy for the Garrotxa Natural Park, unique in the European continent, as it has a rich and extensive natural and monumental heritage that gives a character of its own to its numerous municipalities.
Examples of this personality with regard to architecture are, amongst others, Besalu, Santa Pau or the city of Olot, near which the beech forest known as La Fageda d’en Jorda is found, a genuine explosion of nature that brings together a great diversity of native flora and fauna, similar to that which is found in La Vall d’en Bas, also in the region of the Garrotxa. In addition, the geographical relief of this area offers visitors a broad range of possibilities with regard to practising mountain sports, from skiing and hiking to the most modern ones that are classified as adventure sports.
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