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Catalonia, waiting to be discovered 3 Cities, towns and villages for everyone 4

escape to cities and towns with character 6 Solsona 10 Girona 16 Manresa 22 Terrassa 28 Vic 34 Vilafranca del Penedès 40 Montblanc 46 Reus 52 Tarragona 58 Tortosa 64 Lleida 70

FALL IN LOVE WITH CHARMING TOWNS 76 Beget 80 Castellar de n’Hug 84 Santa Pau 88 Taüll 92 Calella de Palafrugell 96 Pals 100 Peratallada 104 Mura 108 Rupit 112 Prades 116 Siurana 120 Montsonís 124

EN ROUTE THROUGH CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES 128 On the trail of Gaudí 132 Follow in the footsteps of creativity 134 Messages from the Middle Ages 136 A walk along millenary borders 138 Discover the path to your inner self 140 Pursue inspiration 142

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Getting to know Catalonia seems easy. It is a region that can be crossed from north to south by car in less than four hours, but the recommendations contained in these pages go beyond a whirlwind trip.

We invite you to discover the character and charm of our cities, towns and villages. You will get to know medium sized cities and even small towns that have their own personality. Most of them have been home to different cultures and have had various moments of splendour, embodied in their architecture and also in the character that makes them unique. We are talking about traditions, culinary delights or relatively modern hobbies, such as jazz music or circus shows, which flourish inexplicably, almost magically, in a particular city.

You will arrive at small villages where the road goes no further because it has already completed its quest to lead you to a charming place. Towns in which its few inhabitants are very aware of the value of their paradise and show it with pride and a desire to share. In some you will believe that you have travelled through time, traversing its mediaeval defensive walls. In others you will feel like the protagonist in an age‑old story, such as those experienced by Hemingway or Dalí. You will be able to eat products fresh from the sea, the land or a winery that taste like the landscape in which they have grown.

The best of all is that some routes draw a mental map in which art, gastronomy or traditions unite diverse populations, large and small. Places where an artist such as Joan Miró developed his work, where human towers take on special importance or where rice is the centrepiece of delicious dishes.

All the towns featured in this publication have obtained the corresponding seal of quality from the Catalan Tourist Board. These seals guarantee that the experiences lived in the accredited places will be of a certain standard.

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Solsona is a modern city Shall we go out? Where to eat? which has kept its Els tres tombs (January) Mare de la Font Carnival (February-March) www.maredelafont.cat traditions intact. Trumfo and truffle fair (March) Restaurant Fermín Caramelles (March-April) www.restaurantfermin.com Fair of Sant Isidre (May) El Solsonès Corpus Christi (June) www.campingsolsones.com/en/ AIMS Festival (August) restaurant/inicio/ Biofira L’Ecològica (July) La Cabana d’en Geli Festa Major (September) www.restaurantlacabanadengeli.es/en/ Solsonès mushroom fair El Castell (October) www.castell.cat Fira del Tió (December) La Tasketa de la Núria © AJUNTAMENT DE SOLSONA [email protected] Shall we go shopping? Other suggestions 4 The commercial area is http://solsonaturisme.com/en/eat/ focussed around the avenue that crosses the historic centre, Where to sleep? Don’t miss it! through the streets of Castell Hotel Sant Roc **** A visit to Solsona can’t be and Sant Miquel, and the Plaça www.hotelsantroc.com/EN/hotel.html considered complete without Major. It has several emblematic La Freixera **** travelling through the region. In establishments, such as www.lafreixera.com/en/ the winter, you can escape to bakeries, pastry shops and local Gran Sol *** Port del Comte in just 35 1 craft shops where you can buy www.hotelgransolsolsona.com/en/ minutes where, as well as © AJUNTAMENT DE SOLSONA wicker baskets, esparto-soled Solsona Centre ** skiing, you can follow routes shoes and the famous Pallarès www.hotelsolsona.com/en/ 2 3 wearing snowshoes along knives and penknives. Hostal Crisami ** signposted paths. Weekly markets: Fridays and www.hostalcrisami.com In summer, head out to one of its Tuesdays (reduced version), on Camping del Solsonès (1.ª cat.) rivers and, after a spot of the promenade, the Plaça Major www.campingsolsones.com/en/ kayaking, jump into the Cambrils and the adjacent squares Other suggestions saltwater swimming pool, “the and streets. http://solsonaturisme.com/en/sleep/ dead sea of the Pyrenees”. If you like adventure, you can Shall we go out jump, with an elastic cord, from as a family? the third highest platform in the The Museu de Solsona offers world into a reservoir, hire a dramatised visits on two guide to take on the via ferrata Saturdays of the month, an (protected climbing route), activity which will take the descend a gorge or go smallest members of the paragliding. family back in time. The Trobada de Gegantons takes place on the last Saturday 1. The bridge and cathedral of in July, where each child Solsona. designs their own giant. If you’re 2. Cap de biga, on a balcony. not lucky enough to be there on 3. Gothic fountain in the Plaça de Sant Joan. this date, don’t miss the 4. Fountain in the Plaça de © AJUNTAMENT DE SOLSONA Quarto de los Gigantes. © AJUNTAMENT DE SOLSONA la Catedral.

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In Terrassa, a city which was at the vanguard of the industrial revolution in the mid-19th century, on the trail modernism left its imprint in the factories and the houses of both the workers and owners. Particularly spectacular are Vapor Aymerich, Amat i Jover, which houses the Science and Technical Museum of of Gaudí Catalonia and the mansion house Masia Freixa. H Modernism is an artistic movement which filled the Catalan landscape with delightful Special mention

buildings between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. Inspired In Reus, the birth town of the wonderful Antoni IGUEL RAURIC 4 by architects such as Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, amongst others, Gaudí, you can visit up to 80 modernist buildings. Of © M architectural jewels started popping up, demonstrating the yearning in cities for particular note amongst these are Casa Navàs, The Pere Mata Institute, Casa Rull and Casa Gasull, work 5 transformation into modern, cosmopolitan places. This route involves visiting five cities of Lluís Domènech i Montaner, considered to be one with character to experience some of these exuberant and provocative creations. of Europe’s best modernist architects. You can also visit the Gaudí Centre, an innovative space which is dedicated to modernism and the life and works of Gaudí. The trail finishes in the town ofTortosa . A walk through the centre will award you with From North to South spectacular examples to contemplate; those by Pau Modernism is very evident in the streets and Monguió and Joan Abril are particularly good. squares of Girona. A stroll through the centre will provide you with houses and Solsona FROM GIRONA TO industrial buildings to admire, by architects Girona 164 km Solsona such as Rafael Masó, Joan Roca Pinet, 1. Casa Brunet in TORTOSA. Josep Martí Burch and Enric Catà i Catà. FROM SOLSONA TO Terrassa 2. HOTEL SANT ROC, IN Terrassa 81 km The second stop on the trip is Solsona, SOLSONA. for further where modernism arrived in all its splendour 3. LA FARINERA BY RAFAEL information on: FROM TERRASSA TO in the Hotel Sant Roc. Built in 1929, it is one Reus MASÓ, IN GIRONA. Girona page 16 Reus 116 km 4. CASA RULL, IN REUS. Solsona page 10 of the most relevant examples of this 5. INTERIOR OF ALEGRE DE Terrassa page 28 FROM REUS TO architectural style and is the work of Tortosa SAGRERA HOUSE MUSEUM, IN Tortosa page 64

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Tourism promotion organisations For more information on Catalonia

Tarragona Provincial Authority Tourist Board www.catalunya.com www.costadaurada.info, www.terresdelebre.travel The Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona @catalunyaexperience costabrava.org https://www.facebook.com/catalunyaexperience The Patronat de Turisme (Regional Tourist Board) @catexperience of the Diputació de Lleida https://twitter.com/catexperience www.aralleida.cat The Barcelona Provincial Council @catalunyaexperience #catalunyaexperience https://www.instagram.com/catalunyaexperience www.barcelonaesmoltmes.cat The Turisme de Barcelona Consortium https://www.youtube.com/CatalunyaExperience www.barcelonaturisme.com https://www.pinterest.com/catexperience

For further information about Heritage Palau Robert - Information Point for Tourism in Catalonia Passeig de Gràcia, 107. 08008 Barcelona Culture Department of the Regional + 34 93 238 80 91 / 92 / 93 Fax + 34 93 292 12 70 / +34 93 238 40 10 Government of Catalonia www.palaurobert.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html PARTNERS patrimoni.gencat.cat Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, 10:00 to 20:00; Sunday and public holidays, 10:00 to 14:30 Tourist information 012 from Catalonia 902 400 012 from outside Catalonia +34 902 400 012 from outside Spain

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