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Want to see all the main attractions of Catalonia at once in one place? Visit the “Catalonia in miniature” Park, which is located in the picturesque town of Torrelles de Llobregat, 19 kilometers from Barcelona. Here, on an area of 35,000 square meters, you can see about 130 miniatures, reproducing in detail the most significant and most popular sights of Catalonia. Only here you can take a full-length photo next to the famous Sagrada Familia!

Useful information for planning your visit to “Catalonia in miniature” Park and photographs of miniatures can be viewed at the link.

In the northern part of Catalonia, just 1 kilometer from the border with France, on a high hill there is a lovely picturesque town called Puigcerda. Translated from Catalan, “Puig” means a hill – beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and valleys open up from the city. The city enjoys particular popularity during the winter holidays; lovers of alpine skiing come here to ride in the nearby resort of La Molina.

Among the attractions of the city should be called the lake of the same name, the church of Santa María de Puigcerdá next to the remnants of the bell tower of the XII century on the main square of the old town; the church Església de Sant Domènec, as well as the pretty building of the railway station.

A detailed story of our visit to the city of Puigcerda, accompanied by photographs, can be viewed at the link.

In each respectable and prosperous family in Catalonia, it is customary to have several houses; one for permanent residence, the other – on the Costa Brava for summer holidays, and another one – in the mountains in the north of Catalonia – for winter holidays and summer walks in the fresh air.

We got into one of these houses at the invitation of our good-natured neighbor, in a small village called Riu de Cerdanya. The village is located in the mountain fold almost immediately away from the famous Túnel del Cadí – five-kilometer tunnel on the road from Barcelona to Andorra.
Near the village is the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park, but without a natural park, the landscapes that open during a short mountain walk are simply amazing. You can virtually eat air with a spoon, you can preserve it in tins and sell it to residents of megalopolises…

A short story about our trip and some photos of what a real Catalan village in the mountains looks like, you can read following the link – Riu de Cerdanya.

If you drive often along the AP-7 highway to Barcelona, you probably noticed a formidable fortress located on the top of a high basaltic hill near the town of Hostalric. The place here is truly unique from a strategic point of view – the road connecting Girona and Barcelona is perfectly visible and controlled from the top of the hill. Trade and military caravans passed here since a long time, which is why the location for the construction of the fortress can’t be better than here. As a result of numerous armed clashes, the fortress was destroyed, then was built again. The present appearance of the fortress acquired as a result of the latest reconstruction in the end of the XVIII century. Until 1929 there was a permanent garrison in the fortress. And finally in 1963 this place was ranked among the objects of national cultural heritage.

A short story of the Hostalric fortress and photographs taken during a walk through it can be viewed at the link.