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Ampurdan – inland and context

This guide focuses on the region called L’Empordà in Catalan (through barely parted lips), El Ampurdán in Spanish (open your mouth wide), and the Ampurdan in English. It is part of the province of Girona, but the locals are much more interested in their immediate comarca, roughly translatable as county in English. I lived and worked in Figueres, the capital of l’Alt Empordà (Upper Ampurdan), from September 1988 to June 1991, and in Torroella de Montgrí and Bellcaire d’Empordà, both in El Baix Empordà (Lower Ampurdan), from June 1991 to September 1992. I developed an immense admiration for the region, and return there as often as I can.

This article was written by Francis Barrett. See also Francis' excellent guide to Ireland irelandbyways.com

Information about the Ampurdan

  • Albons
  • Around Figueres
  • Artists and writers in the Ampurdan
  • Bellcaire d’Empordà
  • Cruïlles, Monells, Madremanya and Bordils
  • Figueres
  • Geography of the Ampurdan
  • History of the Ampurdan
  • La Bisbal d’Empordà
  • La Pera and Pubol
  • Peraleda
  • Peratallada, Palau Sator and Juliá de Boada
  • Placenames in the Ampurdan
  • The Alberes Mountains
  • Ullastret
  • Verges and around
  • Ampurdan main page

  • Ampurdan – inland and context
  • Information about the Costa Brava

  • Blanes to Lloret de Mar
  • Cadaqués
  • Castelló d´Empúries and the Aiguamolls de l´Empordà (2)
  • La Platja d´Aro to Calonge
  • Lloret de Mar
  • L´Estartit to L’Escala
  • Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes
  • Montgrí massif
  • Palamós to Tamariu
  • Pals
  • San Feliu de Guíxols to San Pol
  • Sant Martí d’Empúries to the Aiguamolls de l´Empordà (1)
  • The Corniche
  • The Gaverres Mountains
  • Torroella de Montgrí
  • Tossa de Mar
  • Accommodation in the Ampurdan and the Costa Brava

  • Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos
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