SPORTS & GASTRONOMY

If what you want is to practice sports, the city of Girona and its surrounding area offers everything you need. Its strategic situation turns into an ideal destination for sports and recreation  trips. From sailing to skiing and passing to the parachuting you will be able to discover endless sport activities supported by excellent facilities like: golf courses, or its intimate rural routes  to be done by foot or by bicycle where you will admire its geographical beauty (mountains filled with forests, protected nature reserves, the most important volcanic zone of Europe)..... Girona makes it possible.
The cuisine of Gerona is rich in flavors and varied in fresh season products like: tomatoes, eggplants, onions, zucchini, peppers...  Also the abundance of fish, shellfish, good meats, mushrooms and fruits complemented with multitude of cooking methods derive into as original dishes as the so called "sea and mountain dish" in which fish is mixed with land products.... Varied rice dishes, "L'Olla dels pescadors", "El suquet",  " L'escudella i carn d'olla" , "Catalan style beans" , the typical bread with tomato ... all these gastronomic dishes await for you to taste them.
Our typical sweet desserts in which often almonds are present like in the "Panallets".  "Catalan cream", "the cocas" and other desserts to be drunk with a glass of "ratafia" (local liquor).

The region of the Empordà is famous for its gastronomy and wines with its Empordà-Costa Brava D.O. which nowadays the roseé wines stand out. Many people believe its present future will be in the upcoming excellent red wines.