If you love visiting Barcelona and the Costa Brava, but have started to develop a been-there-done-that attitude toward the big city and coastal pleasures of Catalunya, you might want to consider delving deeper into the region. The interior of Catalunya offers a distinctively exotic edge that’s anything but a watered down version of Spanish and French cultures.
Plus, the food is exceptionally tasty, and the activities are super fun, and there’s a range of comfy accommodation too.
I fell hard for the dynamic scenery, the vast forests and the wide-open spaces. My route by car yielded so many unexpected vistas, with some of the most striking sights reminding me of a mix of tours in the American southwest, the Swiss Alps, and the Scottish Highlands. Winding up and down mountains, in and out of clouds, zipping through valleys and gorges with rushing rivers and snow-capped peaks in view were memorable pleasures in their own right.
Read my complete article at Metro.
Pierre Neney & Charlotte Gainsbourg in clip from “Promise at Dawn” (La Promesse de L’Aube), courtesy UKJFF
