Topic: Pyrenees

About Pyrenees

The Pyrenees mountains are a mere three hours away. For skiers, the Pyrenees are an excellent spot, and La Molina resort is accessible by train from Plaça Catalunya (Renfe stop: La Molina) and a bus ride to the resort itself. But the Pyrenees aren’t just for winter sports. Beautiful mountain villages and towns offer Romanesque monuments and incredible views of valleys below. Birdwatching tours are popular among wildlife enthusiasts and hiking day-trips are also available. In the region of Ripallés, the Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery has been a sacred pilgrimage site since its founding in the 9th century by Count Wilfred the Hairy of Barcelona. Lleida City is the capital of the Catalan Pyrenees, and while it is now a modern city in the river valley of the Segre, it still houses the ruins of La Zuda, the former palace of the Kings of Aragon.

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Skiing home

Skiing

You'll find a good day's skiing not too far from Barcelona

December 1, 2008 by in Visiting

Canyoning in the Pyrenees

Canyoning in the Pyrenees

Canyoning is an extreme sport that goes by many names around the world, and that the Pyrenees are an excellent place to practise it

August 1, 2008 by in Visiting

Winding its way through the country

David Murano

See the Pyrenees from a little yellow train

The French 'train jaune' (yellow train) provides a different way to the see the Pyrenees, and is not too far from Barcelona

January 1, 2008 by | in Visiting

Camprodon home

Photo by Francesc Tur. Courtesy Arxiu Fotogràfic del Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona

Regions of Catalunya: Ripollès

Outdoor adventure and history fill this northern Catalan area

April 1, 2007 by in Visiting

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Beautiful countryside

David Murano

Yellow train in the Pyrenees

See the mountains and countryside of the Pyrenees from a train that tootles along the French side of the range

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