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• Winter and early spring They are the best times of the year to go if you do not want crowds or want to pay parking
• Fall the best time if you want to see the Fageda d'en Jordà with its maximum expression of color.
• Summer if what you want is a good bath in the refreshing pools of the Vall d'Hostoles

1 Visit Sant Feliu de Pallarols. You will be surprised by its old town. It is a beautiful town! Stroll along the river bank enjoying its scenery.

 Next, on an affordable excursion you have the Sant Marc volcano to visit and within 15-20 minutes the entire volcanic area of ​​Santa Pau with which you have just completed a great weekend (see the post on Santa Pau, medieval, magical and lunar getaway).

2 As essential to this getaway to La Garrotxa by motorhome, we suggest you do the ruta of Sant Feliu de Pallarols a les Planes d'Hostoles by bike or walking on the greenway of Carrilet. 

It is a route with little unevenness and a round trip of just under 12 km. You will find a beautiful landscape of rivers, mountains, tunnels, wooden bridges and stone walls. It is a suitable route for all kinds of physical conditions. 

Upon arrival at Les Planes d'Hostoles there are several restaurants with menus at a good price (€ 12-16 weekend). In the middle of the town there is a small supermarket.  Especially carry chains to tie the bikes, water, food and stopping to hike and enjoy the area.

3 Take away swimsuit and booties to this getaway to La Garrotxa by motorhome. If it is good, you will have many possibilities of bathing in the multiple pools of water of the Plans d'Hostoles. 

In the river that goes along the Carrilet road or in the gorga del Poetí (where you can see otters with luck), you will not have to get out of the way of the Carrilet. La Gorga del Poetí is just at the entrance to les Planes d'Hostoles, before reaching the old train station. You just have to go down a few stairs and you can take a good bath.
The Gorí d'en Murris gorga is a 25-minute walk from the greenway. That of Planas to 15 minutes (you can also access this from the cemetery car park, at the entrance of Les Planes d'Hostoles). They are spectacular and all very well signposted. Enjoy them and a good refreshing bath!

4 On foot from the greenway and 15 min walk, there is also a cool excursion: the Castle d'Hostoles. You will find it well signposted.

5 Remember that you are Forbidden to take volcanic stones Let's try to respect this wonderful place so that we can all enjoy it for generations.

6 Santa Pau is not just a municipality of volcanoes and beech forests. Santa Pau is a beautiful medieval village, worthy of a full visit. Its castle, buildings and landscape will transport you to another era. Take a photo from your viewpoint and look at the landscape in front of you at the back of the castle. It will surprise you!

7 From the volcanoes parking, on the road, before reaching Santa Pau, you have them signposted. One is Santa Margarida with a Romanesque hermitage in its crater. The other, the Croscat, unique for its pit, since it had been a clay exploitation (with which tennis courts were made).

 The Croscat will transport you to a lunar landscape full of different colors due to the oxidation of the lava. It was the last erupting volcano on the peninsula (11.000 years ago)! Both one and the other will be a great discovery.

8 You cannot leave Santa Pau, during this getaway to the Garrotxa by motorhome, without buying their "Fèssols de Santa Pau" with designation of origin. 

A variety of beans with a great delicate flavor born from volcanic lands that make them unique. Let them soak for 12 hours and then simmer them for an hour and a quarter, scaring the water from time to time (pouring cold water). They will be delicious!

1 Stroll along the banks of the Brugent river in Sant Feliu de Pallarols enjoying its scenery and make your geocoaching circuit with the kids, they will love it! You have the information panel for the geocoaching circuit in the parking lot of the old Sant Feliu train station.

2 We propose you, during this getaway to the Garrotxa by motorhome, do the ruta of Sant Feliu de Pallarols a les Planes d'Hostoles by bike or walking on the green Way of the Carrilet. 

It is a very suitable route for children. The round trip is 12 km, which with different stops along the way to bathe in the river or gorgas become bearable for a child from about 5 years old. 

We do not recommend the route for children under 5 years old, unless they do not go in a seat or in a cart or connected stick pulled by an adult. What we do with Anna, who is 3 years old, is to take her bike for a while and when she gets tired, tie her with a padlock somewhere and then take her in the cart. 

For us, the best is undoubtedly the cart dragged by a bike, where apart from carrying the little ones safely, it can be used to carry backpacks, etc.

3 La best gorga for the little ones is that of the Poetí. Gorga in which you must not deviate or walk from the greenway of Carrilet, if you do the previous route. It is also a not very deep gorga (although caution with the little ones that will not arrive!) And that with patience you can see otters.

4 From Santa Pau, you can visit the Fageda d'en Jordà. A very magical beech forest, born from a cooled lava flow from the Croscat.

 A beautiful place to walk, where you can go in Horse carriage (€ 9 the adult or 7 children), where you can visit the La Fageda cooperative, where people with disabilities make dairy products with great care or where you can go to the farmhouse that gives it its name and which is now a botanical conservation center. Any of these activities will delight children.

1 Add cream moisturizer in the legs of your furry if he is going to do the bicycle route with you, he will avoid burning them on the pieces of asphalt that there are.

2 Remember to put in the collar of your dog with permanent his name and you phone, you never know if you can escape in an oversight and even if it has a chip the system between ANICOM and AIAC of data exchange does not work (I know from experience).

3 No no prohibited dogs in the gorgas or river, so you will enjoy it beautifully.

4 Although your dog is sociable and good, remember that another dog may not be so or that there may be people and children who are scared of him. Take it tied at all times.

1 The starting point of this Garrotxa getaway by motorhome that we propose, is the old train station of Sant Feliu de Pallarols. There you can park and stay on foot on the greenway Carrilet with your camper or motorhome. 

There are 24-hour bathrooms, a very nice bar where there is also the tourist information point and behind you will find the river, with the odd area to soak in.

2 In the pmotorhome parking at the entrance of Santa Pau, where we suggest you spend the night, there are picnic tables and garbage, but there is no other service. From there to the old town there are only 5 minutes. And in 2 minutes you have a bakery among other little shops.

3 Sleep in the Fageda d'en Jordà car park or in the one of the volcanoes it has a main drawback: the noise of the road. Go to the one at the entrance of the town, your rest will be guaranteed.

4 In high season both the Fageda and the volcanoes parking are paid out.