| Page Views: 1,618 Last Visit to Besalú: January, 2004 | Medieval Charm near the Costa Brava by surferob - last update: Jan 23, 2004 |
| Town square, Besalu, Catalan region of Spain |
An hour or so from Barcelona by car and not far from the French border lies the remarkably quaint village of Besalu. I was lucky enough to have a semi-local (my French friend who lives in Barcelona) take me there on a day trip from the city, otherwise I'd probably never have found it.
The town is tiny and quiet, or at least it was in wintertime. I would imagine it gets a fair bit of tourist traffic in the high season. This timing worked to our advantage, as we had the town seemingly all to ourselves on our weekday visit. Just a beautiful little place. And old, very old. |
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| Pros: | "Glimpse of village life in Spain" | | Cons: | "None that I know of" | | In A Nutshell: | "Perfect for a day-trip visit" |
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angiebabe Tue Jul 8, 2008 20:12 UTC Hi nice to see yr page - id never heard of this place until I was visiting my friends in Blanes and was checking what was about for a day trip!so last month I blessed myself with a visit to this place....! | Anjutka Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:34 UTC No, I have been there too:) Yeah, it is a small, but very lovely and quite town...I liked it! | lotharlerch Wed May 10, 2006 22:34 UTC I liked it too! | leffe3 Sat Jul 16, 2005 08:53 UTC Not familiar with this place at all. Beauty of VT! Looks delightful - shall have to include it in the itinerary for the hols later in the year! |
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