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MOUNTAIN CAT.
'The Catalonian mountain experience'
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MOUNTAIN CAT. STUDIO
Benifallet
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MOUNTAIN CAT. STUDIO Is based in a friendly riverside village with exceptional restaurants and amidst places of great interest. There is open plan studio accommodation with spectacular views across the Ebro Valley in which you can enjoy full board or bed and breakfast
The village of Benifallet sits on the banks of the River Ebro. Buildings are tall and flank the narrow streets and stand as testimony to the time when taxes were proportionate to the ground area on which they were sited. It's predominantly rural community of 898 people mainly farm the fertile flood plain and terraced valley sides, growing citrus fruits, olives, almonds and carob beans.
The village of Benifallet sits on the banks of the River Ebro. Buildings are tall and flank the narrow streets and stand as testimony to the time when taxes were proportionate to the ground area on which they were sited. It's predominantly rural community of 898 people mainly farm the fertile flood plain and terraced valley sides, growing citrus fruits, olives, almonds and carob beans.
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Catalonia is in the north-east corner of Spain and its capital Barcelona is Spain's second largest city.
The River Ebro winds through the serras (mountain ranges) and it is the longest river in Spain. Baix Ebro or Lower Ebro is where the great river finally meets the Mediterranean Sea. Here it fans out to form one of the most important wetlands in Europe and constitutes an ornithologist’s dream. A massive 60 percent of the bird species in Europe can be sighted here.
The mountain ranges of Catalonia have long been appreciated for their majesty and they remain mostly untouched by modern life. Mont Caro stands as the highest peak in the area at 1447 metres.
Vast areas of pine forest adorn the mountainside affording a superbly varied habitat. Dry stone wall terraces are left as evidence of the olive and almond cultivation in days gone by. Worn tracks interlaced with rosemary and thyme roots show where heavily laden donkeys once stepped.
The River Ebro winds through the serras (mountain ranges) and it is the longest river in Spain. Baix Ebro or Lower Ebro is where the great river finally meets the Mediterranean Sea. Here it fans out to form one of the most important wetlands in Europe and constitutes an ornithologist’s dream. A massive 60 percent of the bird species in Europe can be sighted here.
The mountain ranges of Catalonia have long been appreciated for their majesty and they remain mostly untouched by modern life. Mont Caro stands as the highest peak in the area at 1447 metres.
Vast areas of pine forest adorn the mountainside affording a superbly varied habitat. Dry stone wall terraces are left as evidence of the olive and almond cultivation in days gone by. Worn tracks interlaced with rosemary and thyme roots show where heavily laden donkeys once stepped.
'Les Coves de Benifallet' (The Caves of Benifallet)
Guides wil show you this spectacular cave system filled with incredible formations shaped over millennia. See for yourself the bolthole for families fleeing the atrocities of the civil war and where neolithic skeletons and pottery were found.
Benifallet Pleasure Boat
Benifallet has a unique river boat which operates seasonally for excursions up and down stream.
Catalonia is comprised of 4 states (provincies) and 41 counties (comarques) Catalonia borders both France and Andorra and has a Mediterranean coastline of 850km. Catalonia is an autonomous community and to some extent exercises self government independent of Spain. A small part of northern Catalonia comes under French administration ( The Pyrenees-Orientales).
Catalonia started as a nation in its own right about 1000 years ago. The area was settled first by the Greeks followed by. Romans, Visigoths, Moors and Christians. Saint George is the patron Saint of Catalonia, his dragon slaying has been celebrated since 1436 and a rose was said to have grown from the earth where the dragon's blood was spilt. The middle ages saw Catalonia establish itself and expand using its maritime strength.
The majority of Catalans are Roman Catholic and the beautiful mountain hermitages bear testament to their beliefs. A proposal of one king, one language and one set of rules for all kingdoms led to a fascinating and complex struggle for independence from Spain. As a result of Barcelona being overthrown on September 11th, 1714 by Spanish armies, Catalonia was swallowed up by its aggressor. This day is so important in Catalan history that it is the national day and when its fiercely proud history is celebrated.
Subsequent conflicts have included the Napoleonic Wars and within living memory, the Spanish Civil War.
Catalonia started as a nation in its own right about 1000 years ago. The area was settled first by the Greeks followed by. Romans, Visigoths, Moors and Christians. Saint George is the patron Saint of Catalonia, his dragon slaying has been celebrated since 1436 and a rose was said to have grown from the earth where the dragon's blood was spilt. The middle ages saw Catalonia establish itself and expand using its maritime strength.
The majority of Catalans are Roman Catholic and the beautiful mountain hermitages bear testament to their beliefs. A proposal of one king, one language and one set of rules for all kingdoms led to a fascinating and complex struggle for independence from Spain. As a result of Barcelona being overthrown on September 11th, 1714 by Spanish armies, Catalonia was swallowed up by its aggressor. This day is so important in Catalan history that it is the national day and when its fiercely proud history is celebrated.
Subsequent conflicts have included the Napoleonic Wars and within living memory, the Spanish Civil War.
A POTTED HISTORY OF CATALONIA
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