DAY 1 – BETWEEN HISTORY, FLAVORS AND THERMAL WATERS
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DAY 1 – BETWEEN HISTORY, FLAVORS AND THERMAL WATERS

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Embark on an unforgettable journey through the Catalan Pyrenees and the volcanic Garrotxa, where every kilometer unveils living heritage and a unique experience.

Along the itinerary you will explore the Romanesque cathedral of La Seu d’Urgell and raft down its Olympic canal, venture into the snowy forests of Tuixent–Gósol and discover hidden bunkers and Romanesque churches in the Cerdanya, before uncovering volcanic craters in Olot, sailing across the Banyoles Lake, and savoring the medieval charm of Besalú. You will taste artisanal cheeses, Pyrenean dishes, and local wines, connect with centuries-old traditions, and live adventures that awaken all your senses on this Grand Tour of the Catalan Pyrenees.

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DAY 1 – BETWEEN HISTORY, FLAVORS AND THERMAL WATERS
DAY 1 – BETWEEN HISTORY, FLAVORS AND THERMAL WATERS

08:00 • Breakfast and check-out

09:00 • Visit to the Medieval Seu

  • Explore the most important Romanesque cathedral of the Catalan Pyrenees, its cloister and the old town.

10:30 • Optional activity: Rafting on the Olympic canal

RAFTING PARC (1 km / 5 min)

  • Guided white-water descent through La Seu d’Urgell’s Olympic channel.

12:00 • The Cheese Route at Espai Ermengol

  • City Museum (1 km / 5 min)
  • Tasting and tour of Alt Urgell’s cheese-making tradition.

13:30 • Lunch at Cal Serni – Traditional farmhouse

Calbinyà (8 km / 15 min)

Specialties:

  • Escudella i carn d’olla
  • “Masqueraded” potatoes
  • Honey with mató
  • Pairing: Costers del Segre D.O. red wine

15:15 • Thermal circuit – 7 stages of thermal water

  • Els Banys de Sant Vicenç (35 km / 40 min)
  • Relax in a course of natural thermal springs surrounded by mountains.

20:00 • Dinner at the Sant Vicenç spa – Pyrenean cuisine

  • Specialties:
  • River trout with Cadí herbs
  • Potato cake with caramelized onion
  • Sheep’s-milk cream with red berries
  • Pairing: Cava Brut Nature D.O. Catalunya

21:30 • Accommodation at Els Banys de Sant Vicenç


DAY 2 – TRADITION, ART AND NATURE IN THE HEART OF THE PYRENEES
DAY 2 – TRADITION, ART AND NATURE IN THE HEART OF THE PYRENEES

09:00 • Breakfast and check-out

10:00 • Trementinaires Museum

Tuixent (30 km / 40 min)

  • Discover the history of the women who traveled the Pyrenees selling medicinal herbs.

11:00 • OPTIONAL

Tot Nòrdic (7 km / 10 min)

  • Cross-country skiing or snowshoeing in Tuixent–La Vansa
  • A gentle activity through forests with views of the Cadí

Tot Nòrdic (22 km / 25 min)

  • Skiing or snowshoeing in Aransa
  • Another charming Nordic resort in Cerdanya.

13:00 • Lunch in Gósol – Berguedà cuisine

Gósol (30 km / 40 min)

Specialty:

  • Veal fricandó with mushrooms
  • Country-style bread
  • Catalan cream
  • Pairing: Red wine D.O. Pla de Bages

14:30 • Picasso Centre in Gósol

  • Cultural visit about Picasso’s stay in the Pyrenees.

Optional activities:

  • Scenic route to Pedraforca: Interpretive hike with views of the iconic mountain.
  • Forat Negre gorge: Guided canyon descent.

Additional optional activity:

  • Via Ferrata Roques d’Empalomar: Secured climbing with views over Berguedà.

Bellver (30 km / 35 min)

  • Escape the Town – Bellver de Cerdanya: Outdoor escape-room game guiding you through Bellver’s historical curiosities.

Dinner in Bagà – Medieval gastronomy

Bagà (15 km / 20 min)

Specialty:

  • Marinated wild-boar stew
  • Sweet potato and chestnut purée
  • Almond cake with ratafía
  • Pairing: Wine D.O. Montsant or rosé cava

Overnight in Bagà

DAY 3 – CERDANYA AND VALL DE NÚRIA: MEMORY, ROOTS AND ENDLESS SKIES
DAY 3 – CERDANYA AND VALL DE NÚRIA: MEMORY, ROOTS AND ENDLESS SKIES

08:30 – Breakfast and check-out

09:15 – Departure for the Cerdanya (via Martinet and Montellà, 40 km / approx. 50 min)

10:15 – Guided visit to the Cabiscol bunkers

  • A tour of the network of trenches, shelters and bunkers in the Pyrenees, built as a defensive line after the Civil War.
  • Includes historical and landscape interpretation from the area’s natural viewpoints.

12:00 – “The Keys of the Cerdanya Churches”

  • An intimate, personalized route through the small Romanesque gems scattered across the region.
  • Includes exclusive entry to two distinctive rural chapels and a tasting of blessed bread and local honey.

14:00 – Lunch in a rustic dining room with permaculture cuisine

Restaurant type: Dining space set within an organic garden using permaculture methods, with views of the Cadí.

Why we chose it: For its total sustainability approach, zero-waste cooking, and 100 % local ingredients.

  • Main course: Seasonal vegetable stew with textured soy and fermented root broth
  • Dessert: Carrot-almond cake with fresh rosemary glaze
  • Pairing: Cold-pressed apple, beet and garden-herb juice

16:00 – Check-in at an eco-mountain lodging (ecoresort)


  • Optional afternoon activities:

Nature above and below

  • Hot-air balloon flight over the valley: 360° panorama of the Cerdanya, the Cadí peaks and Puigcerdà lake
  • Spelunking in volcanic caves and limestone formations of deep Cerdanya

Winter hiking and active

  • Snowshoeing or cross-country skiing at Guils Fontanera station: among pine forests and animal tracks
  • Self-guided visit to Puigcerdà and its cultural heritage: mountain architecture, alpine commerce, Jewish legacy and art

Unique routes

  • Ride on the Cement Train: scenic journey through tunnels and mountains on the old mining railway
  • Excursion to Vall de Núria by rack railway: the only access to the sacred valley of the Eastern Pyrenees, with waterfalls, snow and spirituality

20:00 – Dinner at the eco-lodge

Cuisine style: Plant-based integrative mountain recipes, served in a glass-walled dining room by candlelight.

  • Signature dish: Pumpkin-garden cream soup with kale chips and toasted sesame
  • Dessert: Quark mousse with wild-berry compote
  • Pairing: Hot herbal infusion of sunset-picked melissa, mint and lemon thyme

22:00 – Stargazing or illuminated garden walk

  • Observe the night sky from the garden with no light pollution, or stroll among scented terraces under soft lights accompanied by natural ambient music.


DAY 4 – THE HEART OF RIPOLLÈS: FORGE, FAITH AND LIVING ROCK
DAY 4 – THE HEART OF RIPOLLÈS: FORGE, FAITH AND LIVING ROCK

08:30 – Breakfast and check-out

09:00 – Departure to Ripoll (45 min)

10:00 – Monumental visit in Ripoll

  • Entrance to one of Catalonia’s most emblematic complexes:
  • Romanesque portal, declared World Heritage
  • Monastery cloister, with sculpted columns
  • Ethnographic museum, showcasing rural life and blacksmith crafts
  • Includes a specialist guide who links the art to Catalan identity.

11:30 – Iron and Coal Route

  • Cultural trail along an old “greenway,” telling the story of coal, iron and human endeavour in the Pyrenean industry.
  • Ideal for enjoying nature and living history on foot.

13:30 – Lunch in a farmhouse with pastoral cuisine

Restaurant type: Farmstead with integrated dining room, surrounded by pastureland and its own livestock.

Why we chose it: They cook what they rear, plant and harvest—flavour, traceability and true hospitality.

  • Main course: Brown veal stew with wild mushrooms and rustic smashed potato
  • Dessert: Homemade mató with mountain honey and toasted hazelnuts
  • Pairing: Naturally-aged red wine from small Pre-Pyrenean vineyards

Includes a short guided stroll through the pastures and a chat with the producer on organic livestock farming.

Afternoon of cultural discoveries and adventure (visits included and optional)

15:30 – Visit to the Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses and the Vila Vella

  • Sacred site where Catalonia’s first abbesses lived, amid Gothic art, Black Madonna legends and enchanting cobbled squares.

17:00 – Guided visit to Camprodon

  • Old town centre brimming with modernist architecture, medieval bridges and century-old shops.
  • Includes optional tasting of local charcuterie and pastries.

Optional activities by traveller profile

  • Extreme high-mountain adventure
  • Climb Gran de Fajol via the northeast ridge: an alpine experience with guide
  • Canyoning in a Pyrenean gorge: jumps, rappels and natural slides in a spectacular setting
  • Snow and altitude (winter)
  • Discover Vallter 2000: skiing, snowshoeing or simply taking in the view from 2,500 m
  • Self-guided hike along Setcases’s white paths with poles and photo stops
  • Rural gems and hidden art
  • Guided tour of Beget: one of Catalonia’s most beautiful villages, with a Romanesque church, stone alleyways and frontier legends


20:00 – Dinner and overnight in a rural lodging with character (Camprodon – Setcases area)

Accommodation type: Restored manor house with wooden interiors, in-house kitchen and mountain garden.

Why we chose it: It blends contemporary living with the ancient rhythm of the Pyrenees.

  • Signature dish: Celery-turnip cream with black truffle and walnut oil
  • Dessert: Almond cake with wild blueberry coulis
  • Pairing: Red wine from Empordà, aged in chestnut barrels with a backdrop of damp forest aromas

22:00 – Free time: walk among holm oaks or chat by the fire

  • Choose to stargaze from the garden without light pollution, or enjoy an indoor gathering with herbal infusion and local tales.


DAY 5 – VOLCANIC GARROTXA: LIVING EARTH, FIRE CUISINE AND RESILIENT ART
DAY 5 – VOLCANIC GARROTXA: LIVING EARTH, FIRE CUISINE AND RESILIENT ART

08:30 – Breakfast and check-out

09:15 – Departure for Olot (approx. 1 h)

  • Route through beech woods and volcanic plains, descending the slopes of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park.

10:30 – “Walking on Lava” Route

  • Interpreted trail across ancient petrified lava flows, with views of the Croscat crater and the Jordà beech forest.
  • Includes a local guide narrating the natural and human history of this fire-born territory.

12:00 – Visit to the Olot Crater Space

  • Immersive interpretation centre to explore the volcanic origins of the comarca.
  • With interactive exhibits and sensory models linking science, culture and landscape.

13:30 – Volcanic cooking workshop at the county market

Experience type: Participatory workshop followed by tasting dishes made with products born of volcanic soils: chickpeas, truffle, Vall d’en Bas potatoes and smoked sausages.

  • Tasting dish: Buckwheat trinxat with black sausage and charcoal oil
  • Dessert: Almond cream with edible beet ash
  • Pairing: Mineral white wine aged on volcanic-slate lees
  • The workshop takes place inside the market and ends with informal dining at a gastro counter.

16:00 – Visit to the Carles Fontserè studio-workshop (Porqueres)

  • An art-and-resistance space where the legacy of poster art, visual poetry and graphic struggle for freedom dialogues with the lakeside landscape.
  • Includes a tour of his library, work tools and original sketches.


Optional afternoon add-ons:

Nature and volcanoes

  • Free walk through the Jordà beech forest
  • Easy ascent of the Santa Margarida volcano and visit to the hermitage within its crater

Art and memory

  • Visit Olot’s contemporary art museums
  • Outdoor sculpture trail in Pedra Tosca park


20:00 – Dinner at a rural lodging or traditional volcanic house (Santa Pau area or nearby natural setting)

Accommodation type: Restored volcanic house with rock garden, baked-clay rooms and in-house restaurant.

Why we chose it: For its full integration with the landscape, peaceful atmosphere and commitment to slow-food cuisine.

  • Signature dish: Lamb cannelloni with onion-ash cream and confit leek
  • Dessert: Sheep’s-milk ice cream with buckwheat-cookie crumbs
  • Pairing: Red wine from lava-grown vines – medium body, spicy notes, aged in clay amphora

22:00 – Nocturnal walk among rocks and silence

  • Short rural stroll between cooled-lava walls, with stops to listen to the night sounds and stargaze from an ancient circular threshing floor.


DAY 6 – BETWEEN LAKES AND STONES: ORIGINS, TRADES, AND MEMORY IN BANYOLES AND BESALÚ
DAY 6 – BETWEEN LAKES AND STONES: ORIGINS, TRADES, AND MEMORY IN BANYOLES AND BESALÚ

08:30 – Breakfast and check-out

09:00 – Departure for Banyoles (15 km / 20 min)

09:30 – Circular walk or bike ride around the Banyoles Lake

  • Trail skirting Catalonia’s largest natural lake, through clear waters, aquatic vegetation, migratory birds and floating fisherman’s huts.
  • Includes explanation of the lake’s karst formation and ecological curiosities of this unique ecosystem.

11:30 – Visit to Banyoles museums

  • Combined entrance to spaces dedicated to nature, archaeology and local history.
  • Tour of fossils, millennia-old boats, Neolithic human remains and the evolution of the landscape.

13:00 – Artisan paper-making workshop in a traditional mill

  • Sensory experience in a restored old factory where the art of making paper from rags and pure water is revived.
  • Each traveller takes home their own handmade sheet as a souvenir.

14:00 – Lunch by the lake with Pla de l’Estany cuisine

Restaurant type: Dining room in a natural setting, seasonal menu of reclaimed recipes and local produce.

Why we chose it: They work with comarca producers and offer views over the lake that has shaped life here for centuries.

  • Main course: “Arròs caldós” (soupy rice) with lake carp, confit artichokes and rosemary
  • Dessert: Warm “melindros” sponge fingers with mató cheese cream and acacia honey
  • Pairing: Regenerative-farming white wine from Pla de l’Estany, with fennel and white-flower notes

16:00 – Visit to the prehistoric caves of Serinyà

  • Archaeological tour of one of Europe’s most important sites, once home to Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.
  • Includes park entry, introductory film and guided walk through the rocky surroundings.

17:30 – Guided visit to the medieval complex of Besalú and its Jewish heritage

  • Stroll across the fortified bridge, through ritual baths (mikvé), the synagogue and cobbled streets of one of Europe’s best-preserved medieval towns.
  • Includes tales of Sephardic legends, defensive structures and medieval daily-life curiosities.

20:00 – Dinner and accommodation in a historic house or masia (Besalú area)

Accommodation type: Restored medieval house with stone interiors, ancient wine cellar and market-style dining room.

Why we chose it: To end the journey in an atmosphere steeped in history, serenity and rooted gastronomy.

  • Signature dish: Wild-boar stew with chestnuts and fig bread
  • Dessert: Cinnamon artisan ice cream with Sephardic-style biscuit crumbs
  • Pairing: Barrel-aged oak red wine, D.O. Empordà, with dried-fruit notes

22:00 – Free evening stroll through Besalú

  • Wander silent lanes under soft lights by the Fluvià River—a symbolic finale to a trip that began among mountains and ends among memories.


Dia 1: La Seu D´Urgell, Bagà
Dia 2: Bagà, Gosol, Bagà
Dia 3: Bagà, Puigcerda, Vall de Nuria
Dia 4: Vall de Nuria, Campodron
Dia 5: Campodron, Olot
Dia 6: Olot, Besalú
Dia 7: Besalú
  • Guia profissional durante as visitas especificamente indicadas como guiadas.
  • Alojamento em hotéis de charme, incluindo café da manhã diário.
  • Visitas guiadas a locais de interesse histórico e cultural.
  • Almoços em restaurantes típicos que a nossa equipa de produto considerou uma verdadeira experiência gastronómica, oferecendo cozinha tradicional baseada em tradições e produtos locais km0. Apresentamos a especialidade ou o menu degustação, embora o cliente possa escolher o menu. Opções veganas e infantis disponíveis mediante reserva prévia.
  • Jantares no hotel. “A nossa equipa de produto selecionou cuidadosamente os melhores hotéis boutique de sonho, que realçam cada detalhe do seu charme, oferecendo experiências únicas em todos os serviços, desde a calorosa recepção até à gastronomia local requintada e às atividades mais inspiradoras, transformando cada estadia numa memória inesquecível.” O menu será definido antes da viagem. Opções veganas e infantis disponíveis mediante reserva prévia.
  • Seguro básico de viagem.


  • Almoços (pagamento direto).
  • Bebidas durante as refeições e jantares.
  • Despesas pessoais e compras.
  • Excursões opcionais não incluídas.
  • Entradas para eventos adicionais.
  • Gorjetas e despesas não especificadas no itinerário.


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