Salvador and Gala Dali castle home in Pubol
13km EASY circular walking route from Flaca to Dala Gali's castle home in Pubol. The route passes via farmland, La Pera village and Pedrinya hamlet.
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Updated: Oct 21, 2021
A guide to the attractions in and near Girona and Figueres
5 things to do and see
Northern Catalan roman medieval inland towns like Girona and Figueres have many museums, castles and historic houses to visit.
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Updated: Apr 30, 2022
Description of Girona and Figueras
Catalunya is divided into four provinces, Barcelona, Lleida, Tarragona and Girona. Girona city is the capital of this province and is located on inland from the Costa Durada. Figueres is also a prominent large town in the Girona Province.
This page is about things to do and see in the Girona province inland from the coast in and around the towns and cities. Being that the Girona province borders with France there are some interesting fortresses and walled towns that have their origins in roman and Medieval times.
Both Girona and Figures have some interesting and world famous museums. Figueres is home to the Dali museum as well as the largest 18th century fortress in Europe, Castilo Sant Feran. Girona annually hosts a flower festival, Temps de flors, where the streets of the medieval part of town are decorated with floral displays.
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Attractions in Girona and Figueras
Figueres Sant Ferran Fortress
Vast 1753 fortress that housed up to 6000 troops. Upon ceasing to be a prison in 1997 it opened as a museum. Special visits to the large underground cistern.
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Updated: Oct 21, 2021
Figueres Theatre Museum Dali
Salvador Dali could be considered the most famous citizen from Figures and it is in this town where we find the main Dali museum in a converted theatre.
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Updated: Oct 20, 2021
Figueres Sant Pere Church
Figueres Sant Pere romanesque gothic Church was the church that Salvador Dali was baptised, attended first comunion and used for his funeral in 1989.
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Updated: Oct 19, 2021
Figueres Toy Museum
3 floors of exhibition space dedicated to historic toys that date from turn of the 20th century to the early computer games consoles of the 80s and 90s.
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Updated: Oct 18, 2021
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