Barcelona, Montserrat & the Catalan Pyrenees
Reihe: Travel adventures
Jahr: 2012
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 210 S.
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- Geographically, Cataluña, the region surrounding Barcelona, is not unlike Spain as a whole. The soaring Pyrenees Mountains in the north separating Spain from France yield to the Mediterranean's Costa Brava in the east. Were it not for the ungainly resorts that have diminished its natural beauty since the 1960s, this 'wild coast' would be the loveliest, if not the most extreme Mediterranean coast of the peninsula. Still, its features - the dark, jagged rock outcroppings, the foreboding cliffs and the general angriness of it all - have not been completely buried in concrete, just harnessed for the ease of our enjoyment. There are the remarkable ruins of Empíries to explore, vestiges of the Greeks and the Romans who were truly the first to develop this coast, and a few of its coastal towns - Cadaques comes to mind - were never wrecked. We have the Pyrenees to thank for saving Cadaques, since to reach it one must ascend and wind around the lower reaches of these mountains for 45 minutes (on good roads) before making the descent toward this, Salvador Dalí's favored retreat. Developers tend to favor easier roads. Higher up in the Catalan Pyrenees, where the peaks top out at over 3,000 m (9,840 feet) and waterfalls cascade down their faces, there is more to be thankful for.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Barcelona, Montserrat & the Catalan Pyrenees
Reihe: Travel adventures
Verlag: Hunter Publishers
ISBN: 9781556500381
Kategorie: Sachmedien & Ratgeber, Reise & Abenteuer, Reiseführer nach Ländern & Regionen, Europa
Dateigröße: 15 MB
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage