CATALONIA: Nature, fun and art.
A historical region with a great cultural and natural heritage.
It is an autonomous community that is also a historical nationality, and one of those that still has its own language, Catalan, in Spanish territory. With a past which it was during the centuries of the independent kingdom, this region is located in a privileged enclave in terms of communications, landscape and culture. The Catalan community is located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and bordering France on the north, the country from which the Pyrenees separate it. It has 580 square kilometers of extension divided into four provinces: Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona. Its lands are inhabited by around seven and a half million people, and you can find both natural treasures (in the form of exceptional reserves and natural parks) as well as artistic, urban, cultural and gastronomic treasures.
The capital of the Community is also one of the most active cities in the Spanish State. Barcelona is a city with an international vocation, in which commerce, industry and cultural life are located by any of the arteries that register the city. Leading in matters such as design or art. Barcelona has hosted important events in our country; It should be noted that it is the only Spanish city that has hosted the Olympic Games. And as far as sports are concerned, we can also point out that the passion of the Catalan holding the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix every year, and the Grand Prix of Catalonia of Motorcycling, both tests integral to the World Cups of each specialty.
But there is much more to see in Catalonia apart from beautiful Barcelona. Each province has its own treasures, both in terms of a culture and in terms of a landscape setting or nature reserves. If in Barcelona, in addition to the capital, we can visit such special and emblematic places as the Montserrat Mountain, Lérida is the region of romantic art par excellence. The Lleida Pyrenees is home to a magnificent route, with the highest concentration of samples of this art in the world. Tarragona has an exceptional coast, called Costa Daurada (or Dorada), full of long beaches and calm blue waters; It’s also a land of Roman heritage, with many archaeological remains that testify to it. As for Girona, in addition to having a beautiful city classified over the years as the best in Spain to live in, it is the province of the Costa Brava, a beautiful coastline of coves, rocks and beautiful mansions, protected from the inside by extensions of the Ampurdán.
We are not going to be wrong if we say that Catalonia has everything. In addition to wonderful places to visit, we will find a famous gastronomic tradition around the world, with dishes that have travelled through the best restaurants on the planet and that will not leave any traveler indifferent. Its intense cultural life is also reflected in its traditions and festive calendar, which make any time of year suitable for a route through Catalonia. No lover of nature, fun and art should stop touring their territory; sure to repeat.
