Olot, learning about volcanoes

The capital of the region named La Garrotxa is Olot, a city with almost 35.000 inhabitants located at 50km from Girona.

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It is recommended to visit first the Museum of Volcanoes, in the middle of Parc Nou, where you can spend a good time in the botanical gardens.

The tour takes less than two hours and it allows visitors to locate every point of interest in the surroundings, besides remembering or deepen in the geological concepts involved in the formation of volcanoes.

The volcanic region of La Garrotxa was declared Natural Park in 1982, as a political response to public and scientific demands to safeguard the quarantine of volcanic cones and more than twenty basaltic lava flows. 

In the surroundings there are many paths, cycling and walking trails, for example the volcanoes' circuit, a round trip walk that takes 3 hours and begins just on the Museum location or La Ruta del Carrilet, a cyclist path on an old railway.

For more info, volcanoes have their own facebook page (in catalan), or contact us.

Another unforgettable visit in the area is La Fageda d'en Jordà, a beech forest born above a lava flow of Croscat Volcano, always spectacular, especially in autumn,where you can have a fun time walking through the cracks opened on the floor.

Naturlandia (Andorra)

In the middle of the Pyrenees, between France and Spain, three hours from Barcelona by car, there is Andorra, a small country where you can go hiking, skiing or shopping.  

Near the Spanish border you will find Naturlandia, a fun park with adventures for children and parents.

The youngest ones have ponies rides, driving electric cars, skating and jumping in trampolines or inflatables.

Kids up 120 cm high can also drive buggies, practice archery, sky trail 13 meters high in the Airtrek or go down to the tobotronc, a mountain coaster 5 km long. 

And everything in a fantastic natural surrounding, at 2.050 meters high, where you can find so big mushrooms in a short walk.

The Bus #1 takes you to the park from Andorra la Vella. By car, there are two parking areas, the one at the low park (the arrival of Tobotronk) is often full and it is usual to find cars parked on the road. The higher park (quads, nature expo, trekking and beginning of Tobotronc) is more quiet, but you have to get there with your ticket.

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A rainy day in Donostia

When we arrived at San Sebastián (Donostia in basque language), the first place we visited was La Playa de la Concha, the most known beach of the city, 

But Cantabrian Coast weather in april is often rainy and we had to find indoor alternatives for our tour, so we walked to the eastern edge of the bay to the Aquarium, beside to the fishing port.

The visit to the Aquarium took us about two hours, we could learn about whales hunting and see how little sharks move in their eggs.

After having lunch in a tapa's bar in the Juan de Bilbao street, we spent the afternoon in the science museum, named  Eureka!.

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