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Balneari Prats - ...
Balneari Prats, Catalonia Pyrenees - Balneari Prats is located in a large modernist building, set in its own grounds 15 minutes' drive from Girona city. Spa is based in Caldes de Malavella, a small village situated between the Pyrenees mountains and the Mediterranean sea. Using the same thermal springs sourced by the Ancient ...
Balneario Termas Orion - ...
Balneario Termas Orion, Catalonia Pyrenees - Balneario Termas Orion is located in the beautifol town of Santa Coloma de Farners, about 20 km South of Girona. Its hot springs were known and used by the Romans, Greeks and Arabs. The custom of bathing was a recreational, preventive, hygienic and medicinal as well as a natural and customary scene ...
Caldes de Boi - ...
Caldes de Boi, Catalonia Pyrenees - The Balneari Caldes de Boi Spa is situated in the middle of the Pyrenees of the Lleida Area, in the Valley of Boi (Alta Ribagorza), very close to the Aiguestortes National Park and the group of Romanesque churches officially declared Unesco World Heritage List site. It covers an area of 24 ...
Costa Brava Golf - Pyrenees Golf Courses: Club de Golf Camprodon Camprodon- Tel. And fax 972130125 Golf Fontanals de Cerdanya Fontanals de Cerdanya Tel. 972144374 – fax 972890856 E-mail :golfontanals@ctv.es Reial Club de Golf de Cerdanya Puigcerda- Tel. 972141408- 972141040 Fax 972141040 E-mail ...
Modern Catalonia - General Franco's dictatorship (1939–1975) was characterised by repression of pro-democracy and left-wing organisations. In the early decades, the regime's policy of self-sufficiency and the consequences of the war led the country to economic collapse, rationing and poverty. The opening up of ...
Peralada Spa - ...
Peralada Spa, Catalonia Pyrenees - The philosophy of the Peralada Wine Spa is based on a therapy using extracts from the wine to help achieve improvements in health through relaxation and personalised treatments. The different treatments using grape-derivatives combat free radicals stimulate the production of collagen fibres and ...
Sant Jordi - Strange that a third century Armenian saint would have such popular appeal in western Europe. Saint George (Sant Jordi in Catalan, San Jorge in Spanish) is revered as the patron saint of Catalonia and Aragon, as well as England, Greece, Portugal and Russia. While little is known of the life of the ...
The Birth of Catalonia - In 711, the Muslim army began its conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom and a new country - al-Andalus - came into being. For four centuries, the lands of Balaguer, Lleida, Tarragona and Tortosa were part of the Islamic world, an economic and religious community that stretched all the way to ...
Torremirona Spa - ...
Torremirona Spa, Catalonia Pyrenees - Spa resort offers its guests a Sport and Leisure Centre considered to be one of the most innovative in Europe where you can relax and enjoy your free time. Fitness and health centre 3.600 m2 with Spa, sauna, hydro-massage, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, 4 tennis courts green-set and 4 ...
Toy Museum of Catalonia - The Toy Museum of Catalonia was inaugurated in 1982 in the premises of the former Hotel París (the old stately home of the Baron of Terrades, dating from 1767) on Rambla de Figueres. Recent refurbishment and redecoration work have tripled the Museum's original space, and it was reopened on ...
Vall d'Aran Spa - ...
Vall d'Aran Spa, Catalonia Pyrenees - Located in the center of Vielha, the Spa and Hotel Acevi Vall d'Aran is readily accessible by road and easy to find, at only 14 kilometres from Baqueira Beret ski station. Fully integrated into the surrounding of the Pyrenees with marvellous views over the Garona river. Location: Av. Calbeto ...
Vichy Catalan Spa - ...
Vichy Catalan Spa, Catalonia Pyrenees - The Vichy Catalan Spa is situated in Caldes de Malavella, a small village situated between the Pyrenees mountains and the Mediterranean sea, famous for its thermal springs and mineral water. You can still admire the Roman thermal baths, the ruins of the Castel of Malavella and the Romanic chapel ...
Vielha Parador Spa - ...
Vielha Parador Spa, Catalonia Pyrenees - Bathed in the radiant light of the Pyrenees, this Spa rises up like a balcony from which to contemplate unsurpassable panoramic views of the Aran Valley; the views are most spectacular from the building's circular glazed restaurant. An ideal zone for skiers, hikers and lovers of nature, its ...
Vilagaros Spa & Hotel - ...
Vilagaros Spa & Hotel, Catalonia Pyrenees - Vilagaros Spa and Hotel is located in the heart of the Aran Valley, in the village of Garos, consider as one of the most beautiful of the Pyrenees in the Lerida province. It is about 10 Km away from the ski-resort of Baqueira Beret and about 4 Km from Vielha. Vilagaros Spa and Hotel is a typical ...