Rupit

A well-preserved medieval village in Girona's volcanic landscape, its porticoed square and castle at the heart of a town declared a Historic Artistic Monument.

The ancient capital of the Osona region, Vic carries two thousand years of continuous history — from an Iberian tribal centre and Roman temple to a medieval cathedral city whose seminary shaped the literary revival of Catalonia.

Perched on a basalt cliff above two rivers in Girona province, Castellfollit de la Roca is a medieval village whose volcanic rock streets and Renaissance church tower over one of Cataluña's most dramatic natural platforms.

A city of Roman foundations, medieval walls you can walk, a Gothic cathedral with the world's second-widest nave, and one of Europe's best-preserved Jewish quarters, all gathered above the coloured houses of the Onyar river in Cataluña.

Home to a monastery founded in the ninth century above the River Ter, Sant Joan de les Abadesses stands on the Catalan stretch of the Camino de Santiago in the province of Girona.

A Costa Brava resort town on the Girona coast whose Roman roots, medieval walled quarter, and brief Hollywood moment in 1950 give it more substance than most beach destinations along this stretch of coast.