Activities

Winter walk- Calella to Llafranc

While the whole of Europe is experiencing winter storms here on the Costa Brava there... 

Masia Freixa, Terrassa

Masia Freixa was also designed by the architect Lluis Muncunill in 1907/10 and shows... 

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Top 10 things to do in Girona Province: Top 10 things to do in Girona Province:

1- Visit the Dalí triangle-Museum in Figueras, house in Portlligat (nr. Cadaques)... 

Top 10 things to do in Girona town: Top 10 things to do in Girona town:

1-Take the tourist train around town. Its a comfortable way to get an overall feel... 

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History and culture

Masia Freixa, Terrassa

Masia Freixa was also designed by the architect Lluis Muncunill in 1907/10 and shows clear influnces of Antoni Gaudi in it's organic shapes. Commissioned by the industrialist Josep Freixa to convert an industrial space into a private residence it is now set in a public park and the building itself is used by the municipal music school. It is extraordinarily... [Read more of this review]

The Science Museum of Terrassa

The Science and Technology Museum has been established in the restored textile mill of Aymerich, Amat i Jover, which was the largest in Terrassa when it was built in 1907/08, closed in 1976 and bought by the Catalan government subsequently to house the museum. The building was designed by Lluis Muncunill who was responsible for many buildings both... [Read more of this review]

Terrassa a Modernist gem

Terrassa is only 28 kms from Barcelona and close to Sabadell which also developed in a similar way at the start of the Catalan Industrial revolution in the mid 19th Century. Both these cities were at the vanguard of textile manufacture and as such the legacy they have left us is visible as textile mills, houses built for industrialists of the time and... [Read more of this review]

Girona m’enamora!

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