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Santa Pau by motorhome, volcanoes, La Fageda d'en Jordà and more
Spring is coming and with it the desire to go out increases. Is anyone else up for a mountain, medieval, magical and lunar getaway?
With 5 things to know for a great weekend:
1 Santa Pau beautiful medieval village
Santa Pau is more than just a town of volcanoes and beech forests. It's a beautiful medieval village , well worth a visit. Its castle, buildings, and landscape will transport you to another era. Take a photo from the viewpoint and admire the scenery behind the castle. You'll be amazed!
2 Visit two volcanoes
From Santa Pau you can visit two large volcanoes by motorhome or campervan . They are signposted from the volcano parking area on the road before you reach Santa Pau.
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)!
3 Don't miss the Fageda d'en Jordà.
From Santa Pau and by motorhome, 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 a horse carriage (€ 9 per 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 it is named and it is now a botanical conservation center.
4 Fèssols of Santa Pau
You can't leave Santa Pau 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!
5 Overnight in Santa Pau with your motorhome
For overnight stays in your motorhome or campervan, the best option is the motorhome parking area at the entrance to Santa Pau.
Quiet, free and on a good esplanade next to the town center.
To park on the volcanoes in their parking lot and in La Fageda in their parking lot (in Can Serra). In these last two, you can stay overnight but there is road noise and part of the high season is paid by the hour.
Enjoy this getaway!
Other interesting links for this Santa Pau motorhome getaway:
More information at the Santa Pau tourist office: http://ca.turismegarrotxa.com/empreses/oficines-de-turisme/santa-pau/oficina-de-turisme-de-santa-pau/
And to complete your perfect weekend, check out the post about Vall d'Hostoles, just 15 minutes away. There you'll find the Carrilet (a small, narrow-gauge railway) and some magnificent natural pools: The great discovery: Vall d'Hostoles. 5 things to know
Finally, in this post you will find the diary of the whole weekend by the Garrotxa in motorhome, with all the details so that you can plan this getaway perfectly:
