Making the most of La Garrotxa

Gar­rotxa’s tourism of­fice, with com­pa­nies that form part of its In­no­va­tion and Prod­uct Ser­vice, this June pre­sented a col­lec­tion of 44 pro­pos­als for ex­pe­ri­ences to enjoy all year round in the pop­u­lar land of vol­ca­noes. The col­lec­tion is split into four sec­tions (na­ture and cul­ture, gas­tron­omy, health and well-being, and out­ings among vol­ca­noes), which in­clude dif­fer­ent unique ex­pe­ri­ences of very dif­fer­ent types.

One is tak­ing a bal­loon flight over the vol­ca­noes, pro­vid­ing a unique per­spec­tive from a bird’s eye view. Cava is served to the pas­sen­gers dur­ing the flight while they con­tem­plate the land­scape for miles around.

Mean­while, walk­ing en­thu­si­asts can opt for Cam­i­nant pel romànic de la Gar­rotxa, which, as its name sug­gests, pro­poses dis­cov­er­ing the Ro­manesque her­itage of the re­gion on foot. There are two hik­ing trails along an­cient paths that allow walk­ers to dis­cover an ex­cep­tional land­scape, in­clud­ing the spec­tac­u­lar vol­ca­noes and their lava flows, the Fageda d’en Jordà beech for­est, and paths that date back to me­dieval times.

Other op­tions in­clude dis­cov­er­ing local ravines, a trip to the Museu dels Sants in Olot, which now has an es­cape room, or a night­time walk to learn about the area’s noc­tur­nal crea­tures. Be­sides that, there are also tast­ing ses­sions of lo­cally pro­duced del­i­ca­cies and a range of other gas­tron­omy op­tions.

The offer is com­pleted with guided tours to the least known cor­ners of La Gar­rotxa, tak­ing in sun­sets, local flora, ori­en­ta­tion cir­cuits, and vis­its to farms and work­shops. In short, this very com­plete pro­gramme caters for all types of peo­ple, tastes and ages.

The pub­li­ca­tion of the pro­pos­als is a re­sponse to the in­ter­est gen­er­ated by many of the ac­tiv­i­ties that were part of the 10 sus­tain­able pack­ages known as Ex­periències Gar­rotxa in­com­ing, which were mar­keted through travel agen­cies ac­cred­ited with the Eu­ro­pean Char­ter for Sus­tain­able Tourism. As the Ex­periències Gar­rotxa in­com­ing pro­gramme is still run­ning, these 44 new pro­pos­als ex­pand the op­tions avail­able to vis­i­tors to La Gar­rotxa.

In ad­di­tion, the tourism of­fice is also pro­mot­ing the Ara us cui­dem nos­altres and Agenda d’estiu cam­paigns, which are made up of 40 guided tours from dif­fer­ent ac­tiv­i­ties com­pa­nies over the com­ing months. The of­fice is also work­ing on new ideas to help re­ac­ti­vate the local tourism sec­tor after the coro­n­avirus pan­demic (http://​ca.​tur​isme​garr​otxa.​com/​propostes).

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