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Pirineus

Solsona is a modern city which has kept its traditions intact.

Where to eat? Mare de la Font www.maredelafont.cat Restaurant Fermín www.restaurantfermin.com El Solsonès www.campingsolsones.com/en/ restaurant/inicio/ La Cabana d’en Geli www.restaurantlacabanadengeli.es/en/ El Castell www.castell.cat La Tasketa de la Núria latasketadelanuria@gmail.com Other suggestions http://solsonaturisme.com/en/eat/ Where to sleep? Hotel Sant Roc **** www. hotelsantroc.com/EN/hotel.html La Freixera **** www. lafreixera.com/en/ Gran Sol *** www. hotelgransolsolsona.com/en/ Solsona Centre ** www. hotelsolsona.com/en/ Hostal Crisami ** www. hostalcrisami.com Camping del Solsonès (1.ª cat.) www. campingsolsones.com/en/ Other suggestions http://solsonaturisme.com/en/sleep/

Shall we go out? Els tres tombs (January) Carnival (February-March) Trumfo and truffle fair (March) Corpus Christi (June) AIMS Festival (August) Biofira L’Ecològica (July) Festa Major (September) Solsonès mushroom fair (October) Fira del Tió (December) Shall we go shopping? The commercial area is focussed around the avenue that crosses the historic centre, through the streets of Castell and Sant Miquel, and the Plaça Major. It has several emblematic establishments, such as bakeries, pastry shops and local craft shops where you can buy wicker baskets, esparto-soled shoes and the famous Pallarès knives and penknives. Weekly markets : Fridays and Tuesdays (reduced version), on the promenade, the Plaça Major and the adjacent squares and streets. Shall we go out as a family? The Museu de Solsona offers dramatised visits on two Saturdays of the month, an activity which will take the smallest members of the family back in time. The Trobada de Gegantons takes place on the last Saturday in July, where each child designs their own giant. If you’re not lucky enough to be there on Caramelles (March-April) Fair of Sant Isidre (May)

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Don’t miss it! A visit to Solsona can’t be

considered complete without travelling through the region. In the winter, you can escape to Port del Comte in just 35 minutes where, as well as skiing, you can follow routes wearing snowshoes along signposted paths. In summer, head out to one of its rivers and, after a spot of kayaking, jump into the Cambrils saltwater swimming pool, “the dead sea of the Pyrenees”. If you like adventure, you can jump, with an elastic cord, from the third highest platform in the world into a reservoir, hire a guide to take on the via ferrata (protected climbing route), descend a gorge or go paragliding. 1. The bridge and cathedral of Solsona. 2. Cap de biga , on a balcony. 3. Gothic fountain in the Plaça de Sant Joan. 4. Fountain in the Plaça de la Catedral.

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this date, don’t miss the Quarto de los Gigantes .

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