Understand
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Map of Banyoles
The lake, a geological marvel fed by underground springs, is a hub for water sports, nature walks, and wildlife observation. Surrounding it are oak and elm forests and historical sites like the Neolithic settlement of La Draga, which offers insights into prehistoric life.
Visitors can explore the Archaeological Museum housed in the Pia Almoina and the Darder Museum, which highlights natural history and the lake’s ecology. Banyoles also features a vibrant cultural scene with festivals, markets, and a car-free historic center filled with canals, cobbled streets, and local shops.
Tourist office
[edit]- 1 Tourist office, Passeig Darder - Pesquera núm. 10, ☏ +34 972 583 470, [email protected]. Jun 22-Sep 11 10:00-19:00, rest of year 10:00-15:00.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]There is no train service to Banyoles. The closest towns where there is a train station are Girona and Figueres. These in turn are connected with Banyoles by a regular bus line. In Girona, the buses to Banyoles leave from just outside the train station.
By bus
[edit]- 1 TEISA-BUS Banyoles, Plaça Doctor Rovira, 5, ☏ +34 972 57 00 53, [email protected].
By car
[edit]Banyoles is 20 km from Girona (C-66), 50 km from the French border, 120 km from Barcelona, and less than 1 hour from the mountains of the Pyrenees and the beaches of the Costa Brava.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Estany de Banyoles.
- Medieval walls
- 2 Plaça Major.
- Plaça de la Font
- 3 Washhouse of the Plaça del Teatre.
- 4 Carrer de la Paraireria.
- Plaça dels Turers
- Water lilies
- 5 Monestir de Sant Esteve de Banyoles.
- Balneari de la Font Pudosa
- Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles, que incorpora el Parc Neolític de la Draga i el Museu Darder, amb l'espai d'Interpretació de l'Estany.
- Teatre Municipal
- Museu Darder
- Jaciment arqueològic La Draga
- Pia Almoina
- Roman Villa of Vilauba
Do
[edit]Hiking
[edit]- Tour around the Estany
- The marshes of La Puda and Les Estunes
- Can Morgat and Puig Clarà
- Sweet route
- The Old Quarter
- The irrigation Channels
- The Rec Major
- The pesqueres of l'Estany
Cycling
[edit]- Route: Banyoles - Rocacorba - Banyoles, Distance: 13.8 km (climb), Cumulative elevation gain: 800 m
- Route: Banyoles - Santuari del Mont - Banyoles - Rocacorba - Banyoles, Distance: 105 km, Cumulative elevation gain: 2,050 m
- Route: Banyoles - Girona - Els Àngels (1st summit) - Madremanya - Sant Martí Vell-Collet de Juià (2nd summit) - Celrà - Banyoles - Besalú - Beuda - Alt de Sagaró - Mare de Déu del Mont (3rd summit) - Can Vilà - Esponellà - Majokal (4th summit) - Centenys - Melianta - Banyoles - Rocacorba (5th summit) - Banyoles, Distance: 165 km approximately, Elevation gain: about 3,100 metres.
- Route: Banyoles - Sarrià de Ter - Girona - Salt - Anglès - Amer - Sant Martí Sacalm - Amer - La Cellera de Ter - Bonmatí - Les Serres - Sant Gregori - Girona - Banyoles, Distance: 116 km, Cumulative elevation gain: 1,300 m
- Route: Banyoles - Borrassà - Fortià - Roses - Alt de Perafita – El Port de la Selva - Alt de Sant Pere de Rodes - Vilajuïga - Figueres - Vilafant - Esponellà - Banyoles, Distance: 128 km, Cumulative elevation gain: 1,400 m
- Route: Banyoles - La Canya - Capsacosta - Camprodon - Vallter 2000 - Capsacosta - La Canya - Banyoles, Distance: 165 km, Cumulative elevation gain: 2,500 m
Mountain biking
[edit]- Route 1: From Puig Clarà to Camós
- Route 2: Torrentmal path
- Route 3: Can Ramió and la Mota
- Route 4: Climb to Sant Patllari
- Route 5: From Briolf to Guixeres
- Route 6: Ollers and the Fluvià river
- Route 7: Espasens-Vilademuls-Ravós del Terri
- Route 8: Circuit of the Lake of Banyoles
- Route 9: Circuit of Martís Plain
- Route 10: Route to Serinyà and the Lake
- Route 11: Rocacorba
Buy
[edit]- Wednesday market. You will find a great variety of products sold in stalls in the town’s open spaces, such as the Plaça Major, the Plaça de les Rodes or the Plaça dels Turers and adjacent streets.
- Olive Oil from Mas Auró (Esponellà). Finca amb oliveres where premium quality oils are made in their own mill.
- Nuts from Can Llavanera (Crespià). Sustainable agricultural cultivation. The cultivation of walnut trees was reintroduced to the region at the end of the twentieth century.
- Honey from Dolça Abella (Crespià): Organic beekeeping. Its own pollination with different types of honey according to the different flowerings along the length of any tree.
- Vine from Baronia celler of Vilademuls (Vilademuls). The elaboration of the product preserves the shape of its entire life and is bottled after having it at any time in cans of route to the cellar.
- Cheese of Mas Alba (Vilademuls). They have a branch of cables designed for the elaboration of formats.
- Yogurts from Mas Colomer (Esponellà). Family farm of dairy cows with its own factory where the yogurts are made.
- Banyoles cake (Banyoles).Very fine dessert made with almonds, egg and sugar. It is possible to find the Can Figueres fringe in Banyoles and the Can Carbó fringe in Banyoles.
- Xuixos de Banyoles (Banyoles). Cylindrical-shaped sweet pastry filled with cream. It is possible to find the fringe Can Padrés in Banyoles.
- Garlic from Banyoles (Mata - Porqueres). It is a variety typical of Pla de l'Estany.
- chocolates Torras (Cornellà del Terri). Different types of chocolates without sugar, without gluten and organic. It is possible to visit the factory and buy chocolates at the factory shop.
Eat
[edit]Typical dishes
[edit]- Tortada banyolina (Banyolina cake). This cake, made with a sponge cake based on Marcona almonds, eggs and sugar, is prepared using the original crown-shaped molds.
- The xuixo is a puff pastry delicacy filled with cream, fried and sugared.is a puff pastry delicacy filled with cream, fried and sugared.
- Cansalada de la Puda Their shape, reminiscent of pork fat, combines the lightness of gingerbread with a delicate meringue icing and a subtle touch of lemon and vanilla.