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Useful Links for Can Torras
Getting to Can Torras
http://www.poferries.com/ If you are travelling by car from UK, then there are several ferry links.
http://www.seat61.com/Spain.htm Guidance on travelling to Spain by train.
http://www.barcelonagirona.com/rentacar.htm Shows the full car hire range available at Girona airport.
http://www.ryanair.com/en We are less than 20 minutes from Ryanair's southern Europe base airport, Girona.
http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/book/index.asp Easyjet and many other airlines fly to the international airport at Barcelona.
http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/ Here's one of the many travel sites that can help find connections from the UK to Spain
Around Can Torras
http://www.girona.cat/turisme/eng/activitats.php General tourist site from Girona's town council.
http://www.firesifestes.com/calendari.htm Every month a
different festival (Catalan only, but click on the month and a festival and it
will give you an idea of what's on with photographs).
http://www.temporada-alta.cat/eng/index.php Temporada Alta, our favourite music, theatre & dance season, right on our doorstep.
http://festival.caproig.cat/ Excellent music & dance festival at Calella in the summer months.
http://www.guixols.cat/portaferrada-2010 Summer music, theatre & dance in St Feliu de Guixols.
Around Catalonia
http://www.costabrava.org/en Wider tourist site for the Costa Brava.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/barcelona Good basic on line guide to the city of Barcelona.
Special Interest Holidays
Food in Catalonia
http://www.lifeincatalonia.com/food/ Quick little overview of food in Catalonia.
http://www.girona.cat/turisme/eng/restaurants.php Overview of restaurants in Girona.
http://www.cellercanroca.com/PORTADA/intro_2.htm Celler de Can Roca, our favourite restaurant when funds allow!
http://www.elbulli.com/menu.php?lang=en El Bulli, voted the best in
the world for three years running, now more of an institution than
a restaurant.
Good luck finding a table!
Gardens in Catalonia
http://www.gironatempsdeflors.net/ Not very informative guide to Girona Flower Festival but dates given and photos posted
http://www.fundaciocaixadegirona.org/?id=2&mod=building Official
site for Cap Roig Gardens sponsored by La Caixa de Girona
Foundation (Only in
Catalan & Spanish).
http://www.marimurtra.cat/ Marimurtra or Blanes Botanical Gardens (Sorry no English on this site either!)
http://www.visitblanes.net/en/visitar/140.html Pinya de Rosa Tropical Gardens at Blanes. (No site of their own)
http://www.roses.cat/en/Turisme/Natura/CapCreus.aspx Regional guide to Cap de Creus Natural Park
Arts in Catalonia
http://www.museupicasso.bcn.cat/en/ Wonderful museum of his work
in a beautifully renovated gothic palace in Barcelona, interesting
temporary
exhibits.
http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/english/caixaforumbarcelona/caixaforumbarcelona_en.html Excellent free exhibitions.
http://www.mnac.cat/index.jsp?lan=003 National Museum of Art on Montjuic, Barcelona with special exhibitions.
http://fundaciomiro-bcn.org/ Another great museum on the hill of Montjuic in Barcelona. Wonderful panoramic views of the city too.
http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/spip.php?rubrique64 Tapies museum, famous living Catalan artist (Currently under renovation)
http://www.musee-ceret.com/mam/index.php Guide to the permanent and temporary exhibitions at Ceret Art Museum (Only in French).
Cycling in Catalonia
Good general guide to the cycling opportunities.
http://www.cicloturisme.com/new/descarregar/La_Vanguadia_Emuls_Lance.pdf
Article in the local paper about following in Lance
Armstrong's bike trail (Catalan).
http://www.magma-cat.com/eng/index.html Hot spa nearby at Santa Caloma for the day after!