- Feed the fish in Girona
- Enjoy station painting in Perpignan
- Useful little things
- Where to go from Calella with children?
The Mediterranean resort of Calella in Spain is a popular summer destination for Europeans. Russian travelers also respect the beaches of Calella, which regularly receive Blue Flag Certificates for their special cleanliness and compliance with environmental standards of use. You can diversify your lazy beach vacation with numerous excursions around the city and its surroundings. When asked where you can go from Calella, local guides have many answers and Barcelona is not the only destination on this list.
Feed the fish in Girona
Not more than 50 km separate Calella from medieval Girona, a city called immortal. Such a nickname was brought to Girona by its fortress, which withstood at least 25 sieges and attacks of the enemy. Tours are made along the fortress walls and from their height a magnificent panorama of Girona and its environs opens up.
The medieval old town is located on the banks of the Onyar River. The embankment is a visiting card of the tourist Girona, and city guidebooks are sure to decorate the photos of colorful houses on it. The river is full of fish and tourists love to feed it by buying bread at a local bakery.
The architectural dominant of Girona and its main medieval masterpiece is the 15th century Cathedral, built in honor of the Virgin Mary. It is famous for being the second largest single-nave church in the Old World after St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. A museum is open in the temple, where the woven carpet "Creation of the World" of the 11th century and the statue of King Pedro IV, made by an unknown master in the 14th century, are worthy of attention.
Enjoy station painting in Perpignan
When choosing where to travel from Calella, travelers with Schengen visas in their passports often look to France. The border with it is just a stone's throw from the Spanish resort, and the southern part of the neighboring country is rich in colorful cities. In them, every stone breathes medieval history, and museums are full of incredible treasures and paintings of great painters.
In Perpignan, miracles begin right at the train station, decorated by Salvador Dali himself. His canvases are also exhibited at the Rigo Museum.
Among the architectural masterpieces of Perpignan is the 14th century Fort Le Castillet, open to tourists as a museum of local lore. St. John's Cathedral is also a significant landmark in the old city. Its construction lasted two hundred years, starting from the first third of the XIV century.
A worthy apotheosis of an excursion to Perpignan can be a lunch in a restaurant with French cuisine and a tasting of local wines that local craftsmen have been preparing in small wineries for many centuries.
Useful little things
- There is no direct train from Calella to Girona, but the journey can be made with a change at the Maçanet Massanes station. The price of the issue is about 6 euros for a round-trip ticket.
- Start of the excursion train in Gerona - on the Port de Pedra bridge near Plaza Catalunya. The ticket price is 4 euros, trains run from 10.00 to 15.00 every 45 minutes.
- Electric trains run from Calella to Cerbere in France via Maçanet Massanes. At Cerbere, you will have to change trains again to Perpignan.
Where to go from Calella with children?
It is no coincidence that PortAventura amusement park is called the Spanish Disneyland. It is located on the Costa Dorada in the town of Salou and is separated from Calella by a fairly solid distance - about 170 km. But this does not stop lovers of attractions and water activities, especially since in Spain it is easy to rent a car and overcome these kilometers on their own and with comfort.
In several themed areas of PortAventura, every visitor will find entertainment to their liking. Here you can ride from slides of various heights and difficulty, enjoy free fall on the Hurakan Condor attraction and accelerate to 100 km / h on Dragon Khan loops.
The smallest visitors will be delighted to meet the fairytale characters of Sesame Street, and their parents will appreciate the great shopping opportunities and buy souvenirs for friends and colleagues.
