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LANDSCAHP MONTG´R 7 P6210091
The Montgrí ('Grey Mountain') is the highest point (310 meters) of a small Sierra that ends in the Mediterranean Sea near a village called L'Estartit.
From the Montgrí you have a fantastic view over the fascinating landscape called 'The Ampurdan' up to the Pyrenees. The Low Ampurdan is green and very fertile, mainly because of the Rio ter, the longest river in the North of Catalonia.
The High Ampurdan is a dry landscape with a lot of vineyards and olive-trees.
Until about 1930, the High Ampurdan was a rough and difficult-to-reach part of Catalonia. But thanks to Salvador Dalí's works and the writings of Josep Pla, it was opened and discovered by the public.
As from 1960, the tourist-boom gave a strong impulse to the development of this area. Roads were made and little villages like Cadaqués - who until then were only reachable from the sea - became popular and developed. Federico García Lorca and Luis Bunuel worked together for the famous Spanish experimental movie 'Un chien andalou'.
Now the area is open for tourism but still a lot of fishermen make their living.
El Port de la Selva is one of the almost
impossibly beautiful situation.
A wind that enters over the Pyrenees and bears the name 'Tamontana' can reach a speed of 200 kms. per hour.
The bareness of the landscape is broken by the beautiful sights an panoramic views from many points.
The most Eastern point of the Peninsula Iberica is 'El Cap de Creus' ('The Cape of the Crosses'). One can visit the moon or this Cape where a lot of minerals are found.
The 'Monastery of Sant Pere de Roda' is an example of the exceptional beauty of this area. It is now partly restored.
In earlier times one of the biggest libraries of Medieval Catalunya was in this execeptional place.
A visit is more than just worth while.
LANDSCAHP MONTG´R 7 P6210091
The Montgrí ('Grey Mountain') is the highest point (310 meters) of a small Sierra that ends in the Mediterranean Sea near a village called L'Estartit.
From the Montgrí you have a fantastic view over the fascinating landscape called 'The Ampurdan' up to the Pyrenees. The Low Ampurdan is green and very fertile, mainly because of the Rio ter, the longest river in the North of Catalonia.
The High Ampurdan is a dry landscape with a lot of vineyards and olive-trees.
Until about 1930, the High Ampurdan was a rough and difficult-to-reach part of Catalonia. But thanks to Salvador Dalí's works and the writings of Josep Pla, it was opened and discovered by the public.
As from 1960, the tourist-boom gave a strong impulse to the development of this area. Roads were made and little villages like Cadaqués - who until then were only reachable from the sea - became popular and developed. Federico García Lorca and Luis Bunuel worked together for the famous Spanish experimental movie 'Un chien andalou'.
Now the area is open for tourism but still a lot of fishermen make their living.
El Port de la Selva is one of the almost
impossibly beautiful situation.
A wind that enters over the Pyrenees and bears the name 'Tamontana' can reach a speed of 200 kms. per hour.
The bareness of the landscape is broken by the beautiful sights an panoramic views from many points.
The most Eastern point of the Peninsula Iberica is 'El Cap de Creus' ('The Cape of the Crosses'). One can visit the moon or this Cape where a lot of minerals are found.
The 'Monastery of Sant Pere de Roda' is an example of the exceptional beauty of this area. It is now partly restored.
In earlier times one of the biggest libraries of Medieval Catalunya was in this execeptional place.
A visit is more than just worth while.