Theme Week Catalonia – Lloret de Mar

26 June 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Xavi Garcia/cc-by-sa-3.0

Lloret de Mar is a Mediterranean coastal town in Catalonia. One of the most popular holiday resorts on the Costa Brava, it is 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Girona and 75 kilometres (47 miles) from Barcelona. With a population of 39,000, it is the second largest town in the Selva comarca of Catalonia.   read more…

Figueres in Catalonia

11 March 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Teatre-Museu Dalí © Luidger/cc-by-sa-3.0

Teatre-Museu Dalí © Luidger/cc-by-sa-3.0

Figueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona in Catalonia. The Sant Ferran Castle is situated on a hill at the end of Pujada del Castell. It is a large military fortress built in the eighteenth century under the orders of several military engineers, including Peter Martin i Cermeño Juan Martin Cermeño. It is the largest monument of Catalonia.   read more…

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