 The farmhouse is ideally located at the point where three counties – the Empordá, the Garrotxa and the Pla de L’Estany - meet. Our corner of the world is sometimes referred to as the “Garrotxa d' Empordà”, being ten miles equidistant from Figueres, Banyoles and Besalú. |
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| Port de la Selva, Cadaqués and l'Escala are only a short distance away, as are a variety of fishing villages with their harbours and beaches and their renowned local cuisine. |
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Cadaqués |
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| While the so-called Romanic Route takes in the monasteries of Sant Pere de Rodes, Castelló d´Empúries and Vilabertran, as well as other churches and chapels. |
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| Castelló d'Empúries |
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Vilabertran |
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Sant Pere de Rodes |
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| Nature lovers will find four Natural Parks within easy reach: Cap de Creus, the landscape that inspired so many of Dali’s paintings; Aiguamolls de l´Empordà, a bird watcher’s paradise; the Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa, with its atmospheric beech forests at Can Jordá and the Paratge Natural de l' Albera, last refuge of the autochthonous Mediterranean tortoise. |
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Santa Margarida |
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| Lovers of Twentieth Century Art should not miss the three museums that Salvador Dalí established in the area: the Teatre-Museu de Figueres; the Casa-Museu de Portlligat at Cadaqués and the Castell Gala-Dalí at Púbol. |
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| Teatre-Museu Dalí |
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Casa-Museu Dalí |
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Castell de Púbol |
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| The legacy of Iberians, Greeks and Romans can also be seen and appreciated by visiting the ruins at Empúries and the Iberian village of Ullastret. |
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| Ruïnes d'Empúries |
