The house is located in Torroella de Fluvià, a typical agricultural village just 5 km from the Costa Brava, a friendly and convenient location in which to enjoy village life and pleasant walks in the surrounding fields and countryside. The informal local restaurant has a well-earned reputation for typical Ampurdan dishes at local prices. We also have a shop selling village-raised chicken and rabbit as well as delicious sausages and charcuterie made on premises.

Sea kayaking : Cap de Creus (Girona)

Cap de Creus was constituted in 1998 by the Catalan government as a maritime/land Natural Park, thereby protecting this whole unique area, both land and sea. A great way to get to know this wild and rugged coast is by kayak. There are several companies that offer 1 and 2-day tours for experienced kayakers interested in exploring this coast. We have no information about which companies are the best so paddlers will have to make up their own minds on that score. http://www.kayakingcb.com/angles/text/exc/portlligat.htm http://www.skkayak.com/principal1.htm

Birding in the Empordà

After a guest asked me for information about birdwatching areas in Catalunya I found a wealth of web pages on the subject. The following is just a short summary.Aiguamolls Nature Park and Bird SanctuaryAs many as 350 different species of birds live in this park on the delta of the Fluvià river (100 of them nest there every year). Many of these are birds migrating south at the end of the Summer. These are just some of birds that have been seen in and around the park: white stork, greater flamingo, greylag goose, cattle egret, little egret, grey and purple heros, little greve, black-necked greve, short-toed eagle, marsh harrier, hen harrier, montagu's harrier, buzzard, booted eagle, hoopoe, golder oriole, ...For more information : http://www.castellodempuries.net/ang/aigua/home.htmCap de Creus Natural ParkThe rocky terrain of the Cap de Creus park is a different enviroment and also a great place for bird watchers. A few of the species that can be seen in the park are Ortolan Bunting, Bonelli's Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Orphean Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, Short-toed Lark, Tawny Pipit, Western Eagle Owl, Lesser Kestrel, Rock Bunting, Spotless Starling, Short-toed Eagle, Black Kite, Pallid Swift, Alpine Swift, Thekla Lark, Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush, Crag Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Sardinian Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Woodchat Shrike, Black-eared Wheatear, Southern Grey Shrike, Rock Sparrow...Cadi Moixero Natural Park The Cadi Moixero Park was created to protect a wilderness area of high mountain peaks. The scenery and ecosystems in this area are Alpine with woods and meadows on the lower slopes and limestone rocks higher up. These mountain are extremely sheer and punctuated with deep gorges, such as Pedraforca.This dramatic landscape is the home of a wide variety of birds including magnificent raptors like the Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture, the Griffon Vulture,and the Golden Eagle. A complete list would be too long for this blog but it includes the following. Wallcreeper, Firecrest, Black Woodpecker, Red-billed Chough, Water Pipit, Ring Ouzel, Alpine Chough, Capercaillie, Crag Martin, Water Pipit, Rock Thrush, Bonelli's Warbler, Goldcrest, Pied Flycatcher, Alpine Accentor...This link will take you to a description of the park:http://pyreneesguide.com/articles.asp?cID=51&sID=250&aID=202Bagà (the Cadi Moixero Natural Park visitor's center ) is about 2 hours' drive from Casa Fluvia.Link to the webpage for renting Casa Fluviàhttp://www.spain-holiday.com/rentals/accommodations/properties/1354/Sant+Pere+Pescador/60/Girona/7/Catalunya/Sant+Pere+Pescador.html