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  Girona (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Girona (Catalan:Girona;Spanish: Gerona) is a province of eastern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia.
It is bordered by the provinces of Barcelona and Lleida, and by France and the Mediterranean Sea.
Part of the territory of Girona, the municipality of Llívia, is an exclave separate from the rest of Spain and surrounded by France.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Girona_(province)   (140 words)

  
 Property Net Spain - Girona - Zones and Maps - property in Spain
In the northeast corner of Spain, next to the border with France, the Catalonian province of Girona encompasses a rugged and beautiful stretch of the Costa Brava, the inland plains of the Emporadà and the western section of the Pyrenean mountain range.
Girona’s climate is relatively mild in the winter, when the average temperature only drops as low as 10ºC. In the summer, Girona basks in an average of 25ºC by the coast.
In the middle of Girona province on the fertile plain surrounding Banyoles lake, El Pla de l’Estany is a small area of natural beauty.
www.property-net-spain.com /provinces/girona   (857 words)

  
 Girona
The city of Girona is the largest northern city in the province of Catalunya.
Girona is divided by the river Onyar, on the eastern bank of the river on the steep hill of the Capuchins is the Old Town.
The 17th century main facade, with its landmark single tower it is easily recognised because of its broken spire, damaged by lightning in 1581, and it is located on Plaza de San Feliu and the entrance is around the side.
www.aqxy97.dsl.pipex.com /Girona/Girona.htm   (794 words)

  
 Girona in Catalonia
The province of Girona lies in the north-east of Spain, bordering on the frontier with France.
The city of Girona was founded by the Romans and later inhabited by the Moors.
Girona sits in the Ter valley and the city is split by the Onyar River which is best viewed from the ancient footbridge.
www.idealspain.com /pages/Places/Girona.htm   (320 words)

  
 Apartments in Girona city and apartments in Girona rural, close to Costa Brava - Monells holiday apartment - Baix ...
The province of Girona is very well-known by its coast: the Costa Brava, but many people also know the enchantments of the inner Girona province, with their medieval towns and villages like Monells (to go for a walk there means to step back in history), and with its landscapes and magical places worthy to visit.
To know the province of Girona, it is worth to visit, later or before, the city of Girona.
"Girona has the enchantment of the great cities but without agglomerations; it is a city made for human beings, a city to lose itself in all the senses: streets, celebrations (fiestas), cultural life, tourist services, restaurants, acts, festivales...
www.nicestay.net /girona/apartments.htm   (394 words)

  
 Girona & Province Hotels : Spain - BootsnAll Cheap Hotels
The Hotel Ronda is situated in Figueres, the most important town in the ""Alt Emporda Region"" and in the Catalan province of Girona.The town is a large commercial, cultural centre and is the home of the Salvador Dali Museum.
Located next to the old district of Girona, AC Palacio de Bellavista Hotel is in the residential area of Les Pedreres, only 450 metres from Plaza de Catalunya.
Situated in the city of Girona and Province, the Fontanals Golf Hotel is placed close to the golf course.
www.bootsnall.com /hotels/cy/8197/Girona-&-Province-Hotels   (1105 words)

  
 Migration News
Situated in the north east of the Iberian Peninsula, the Catalan province of Girona saw its foreign residents pass from 0.8% of the population in 1981 to 3.3% in 1995 (almost twice the Spanish average).
As Gozálvez Pérez (1995) has pointed out, Girona has a notable potential for the employment of foreign labour, as it has a large tourism-oriented coastal zone, which is associated with a large transient population, while the economic base of the province is diversified.
For instance, in Girona the fruit picking season runs from July to September, after which the farm workforce is reduced, with continuing employees mainly charged with the maintenance of fields and farm buildings.
migration.ucdavis.edu /cf/more.php?id=40_0_2_0   (4344 words)

  
 Barcelona-home.com • Costa Brava - Activities / Adventuresports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The province of Girona combines all the values that current tourism deems as most important: an extremely varied nature, centuries filled with history and culture, high-quality tourist services and a wide offer of sports and entertainment activities.
The Costa Brava and the city of Girona is spread along 200 Km of beaches, creeks and rocky cliffs, from the town of Blanes to Port-Bou.
On the other hand, the city of Girona provides visitors with the advantages of a modern city that also possesses a wide architectural and cultural offering based on the city's millenary history.
www.barcelona-home.com /ENG/CB_txt.html   (703 words)

  
 SOL ALMERÍA - SOL Spain On Line
These villages are the cradle of neolithic cave drawings,including the symbol of the Province, the Indalo(a man carrying a rainbow which probably signifies a messenger of the gods.) This is just one example of the rich heritage and monument record which villages like Velez Blanco and Velez Rubio hold for the visitor.
The ambiance of the district is created mainly by the impressive country park of Sierra Maria-Los Velez, located in the north of the province, next to Granada and Murcia provinces.
Its luxuriant leafy forests are in sharp contrast to the arid character of the rest of Almeria.
almeria.sol.com   (1062 words)

  
 Casas lujo - The luxury homes - Casas vacaciones de venta - Vacation homes for sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
S'Agaro Vell is one of the most exclusive urbanisations in Spain, located on the coast of Costa Brava,in the Girona province of Spain.
S'Agaro Vell is one of the most exclusive urbanisations in Spain, located on the Costa Brava coast in the Girona province of Spain.
This villa is located in the luxuary urbanization Punta Brava of Sant Feliu de Guixols on the coastal road in direction of Tossa de Mar......more.
www.villaslujo.com /forsale.html   (4990 words)

  
 Costa Brava, a brief guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Girona- once you penetrate the industrial belt which surrounds it, Girona is an overwhelmingly beautiful Medieval city.
Girona, "city of a thousand seiges," stands fortress-like on a hill at the confluence of two rivers, the old-town's Medieval wall protecting the monumental legacy of its erstwhile inhabitants.
Puigcerdá- is the last major town in the Province of Girona, and is reached from Ribes de Freser by way of a scenic high mountain road.
www.geocities.com /ckwilliams.geo/cbrava.html   (2669 words)

  
 Free Press : Municipal wireless broadband networks taking off in Spain
Last year I wrote about Cassà de la Selva in the province of Girona (Catalunya) as one of the first municipalities to provide community-wide wireless broadband access to its residents.
I think almost 100,000 inhabitants of the Girona province have already municipal Wi-Fi coverage, and that’s almost 20% of province’s inhabitants.
The province of Girona is located north east of Spain, and it is one of Spain’s wealthiest provicnes.
www.freepress.net /news/7811   (589 words)

  
 SOL GIRONA - Places, GIRONA - SOL Spain On Line
Beaches and coves with transparent water are combined with an interesting historical center and an abundant supply of lodging and leisure.
The church of Santa Maria is, after the cathedral of Girona, the most important church of the province.
Contains a broad spectrum of works covering the artistic career of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), from his early artistic experiences and his creations within the sphere of surrealism through to works dating from the last years of his life.
www.sol.com /modulo.asp?IdProvincia=17&IdTipoContenido=1   (399 words)

  
 About Barcelona: Girona.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The province of Girona in the northeast of Spain, border, France and the provinces of Barcelona and Lleida.
The capital is Girona, and the entire province is divided up into six judicial districts, eight regions (El Gironés, La Garrotxa, El Baix Empordá, El Alt Empordá, Pla de I’Estany, Selva, Ripollés and Cerdanya), and 235 municipal districts.
From a tourist point of view it can offer a magnificent coastal area -the internationally recognised Costa Brava- as well as a fine mountain region, which is ideal for both tourism and the practice of a wide variety of sports.
avenida.no /barcelona/city4.asp   (362 words)

  
 Let us find you the perfect home in the sun
"La Vall de Camprodon" is located in the northwest of the Girona's province, This is in the middle of the Eastern Pyrenees, It is just 120 km far of Barcelona, 73 km of Girona, 69 km of Figueres (Costa Brava), 26 km of Olot, and 96 km of Perpignan (North Catalonia.
"La Vall de Camprodon" is a valley situated in the eastern Pyrenees, at the Northwest of the Girona's province.
The most important is a road C-38 direction Barcelona at a distance of 120 Km, after the road C-26 direction Girona at 77 Km, the road c38 direction Perpignan in France at 92 Km.
www.euro-properties.net /area6_sub7.html   (1159 words)

  
 Hotel accommodation in Girona region, Spain. Paradors and hotels.
Novotel Girona *** Highway A7 Novotel Girona is situated on the Highway A7, 10 minutes away from Costa Brava.
The Port Hotel is established in the prime zone of Costa Brava facing the sea and in the centre of Empuriabrava.
The Hotel Ronda is situated in Figueres, the most important town in the "Alt Emporda Region" and in the Catalan province of Girona.
www.123casa.com /girona/girona.htm   (1014 words)

  
 SOL Natural Park Cabo de Gata-Níjar, ALMERÍA - SOL Spain On Line
The Natural Park of Cabo de Gata-Nijar, with one of the most beautiful and ecologically rich coastal strips in the western Mediterranean, is the first Natural land and sea park in Andalusia.
With an area of 34,000 hectares, to which a sea strip a mile wide (12,000 hectares) is added, it is located in the southeastern point of the province of Almeria, to the south of the area of Campo de Nijar.
The fundamental nucleus of the Natural Park are the Cabo de Gata mountains, a volcanic mountainous massif whose southwestern flank falls directly over the Mediterranean sea forming abrupt cliffs interrupted by small coves at the mouths of the principal gullies which erode the sides of the mountain range.
almeria.sol.com /modulo.asp?IdContenido=247&IdProvincia=4   (627 words)

  
 SOL MÁLAGA - Places, Nerja, MÁLAGA - SOL Spain On Line
The 40,600 hectares of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Sierras Natural Park (Parque Natural Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama), is an impressive mountainous mass which forms a geographical barrier between the provinces of Malaga and Granada.
The caves of Nerja are located in the South of Spain, in the slpes of Sierra Almijara mountains, a few kilometres from the town of Nerja, in the province of Malaga.
The Balcony of Europe is a splendid viewpoint to the Mediterranean located in the same center of the town.
jaen.sol.com /modulo.asp?IdPoblacion=137&IdTipoContenido=1   (365 words)

  
 Castillo Catalunia - - Rentvillas.com
This castle is located in the rural village of Sant Mori, in the Ampurdan district of the Girona province, on the Iberian Peninsula of Spain.
The nearest train station is in Flassà, which connects to Girona and thence to the rest of Europe.
Girona has interesting museums, such the Archeological Museum of Catalonia, the Cathedral Museum, the Art Museum, the City History Museum, the Museum of Jewish History, and the Cinema Museum.
www.rentvillas.com /PropertyDetail.aspx?Catalog=6548   (950 words)

  
 Girona hotels. Cheap hotels in Girona. Luxury hotels in Girona. Online bookings for hotels in Girona Spain. Find cheap ...
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Novotel Girona is situated on the Highway A7, 10 minutes away from Costa Brava.
The Melia Girona Hotel is located in the commercial district of Girona.
www.global-rooms.com /europe/spain/hotels/girona.html   (630 words)

  
 SOL SEVILLA - SOL Spain On Line
One of the main attractions of the province of Seville, is the capital itself, in the first place, obviously,for it's monuments and architecture(the Alcázar, the Giralda tower and the Catedral), that reflect centuries of culture and the great number of different people (romans, arabs, jews, gypsies) that left their mark.
This is specialy notorious in the historic and best known districts of Seville: Santa Cruz, Triana andla Macarena.
Seville has many places that are worth visiting, such as the roman ruins of Itálica in la comarca del Aljarafe and Santiponce (birthplace of the emperors Trajano and Adriano), the dolomites of Valencia and the treasure of Carambolo that was discovered in Camas in the 8 and 3 centuries BC.
sevilla.sol.com /modulo.asp?IdProvincia=41   (555 words)

  
 Rural accommodation in Girona (Spain). House to rent.
Capital of the province and the Gironés area.
Capital of the Baix Empordá; area, it is also known as the ceramic capital.
The two main and biggest ski resorts in the Girona Pyrenees.They are also worth a visit during the summer.
rurals.com /Ing/Ing_Rutas.html   (2179 words)

  
 ClarkeFest: Villa for Rent in L'Escala, Girona, Spain (Costa Brava)
We are pleased to announce the availability of our spacious five-bedroom villa in Punta Montgó, just outside of L'Escala, in Girona province, Spain.
L'Escala is a holiday resort and fishing port at the southern end of the Golf of Roses in Girona province in northeastern Spain.
Girona province lies within the autonomous region of Catalonia, which abounds with hundreds of medieval villages with enclosed walls for protection against the warring feudal lords.
www.clarkefest.com /Montgo.htm   (417 words)

  
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 SOL HUELVA - SOL Spain On Line
The area known as the Condado del Huelva is in the southeast of the province.
Niebla epitomises the history of the whole province.
The Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche are in the north of the province where the countryside offers a real contrast, with steep hills, to the rest of the province.
huelva.sol.com   (1340 words)

  
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Romanesque monastery, partially reconstructed, with the best panoramic landscape in the province of Girona.
The most important set of Romanesque monuments and Gothic civil constructions in the province of Girona.
You visit one of the oldest churches within the Girona province, and the surroundings of one of noblest Country Houses in the Garrotxa country.
www.girona-net.com /scripts/absis/ruta.asp?lang=ang&ruta=41   (536 words)

  
 Girona Travel Guide, Catalonia, Spain
The capital is Girona, and the entire province is divided up into six judicial districts, eight regions (El Gironés, La Garrotxa, El Baix Empordá;, El Alt Empordá;, Pla de I’Estany, Selva, Ripollés and Cerdanya), and 235 municipal districts.
During the summer the temperature ranges from 23º to 25ºC, but the constant sea breezes help maintain a cool atmosphere.
Other characteristics of the climate of Girona are fairly low rainfall throughout the year, and an extraordinarily large number of bright, sunny days during any season of the year.
www.aboutbarcelona.com /barcelona/towns-girona.asp   (503 words)

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