Cities, Towns and Villages in Catalonia

Terres de Lleida

In Lleida Jews, Arabs and Christians lived together in harmony.

Shall we go out? Animac: Catalonia International Cartoon Film Festival (February) Easter Week in Lleida (March) Festa Major de Sant Anastasi (May) International Fair of Puppet Theatre (May) Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians) (May) Aplec del Caragol (May) Sant Jaume Procession (July) Festes de Tardor (September) Festa del Vi (Wine Festival) (October) Shall we go shopping? The quintessential areas are the pedestrian shopping area and the Zona Alta. The star products are the snails; the fruit and vegetables; the PDO Les Garrigues Oi; the D.O. Costers del Segre wine; the coques de recapte (a kind of local pizza)... On Thursdays, the market is next to the Camp d’Esports. The one on Saturdays, in Barris Nord, includes fruit and vegetables and focusses on stalls dedicated to personal and household products. On Sundays, the Rambla Market is an antiques market. Equally, on the first Saturday of the month, “De la Huerta a la Mesa” (from the vegetable patch to the table) offers agro-food products straight from the ground in the Plaça de Sant Joan. Shall we go out as a family? Lleida has a wide variety of things to enjoy with the youngest members of the family. Book your activity and visit the Arborètum botanical garden,

find out about the legend of Lo Marraco at the Casa dels Gegants (the House of the Giants), and discover the city’s mediaeval history on the Ruta de los Juglares (Minstrels’ Route) or take part in activities such as “Templario por un día” (Templar knight for a day) at the Gardeny Castle. Where to eat? Ferreruela www.ferreruela.com La Huerta www.lahuerta-restaurant.com Xalet Suís www.xaletsuis.com/ L’Estel de la Mercè www.lesteldelamerce.com/en/ restaurant/lesteldelamerce Caragols La Dolceta www.ladolceta.com Celler del Roser www.cellerdelroser.cat Other suggestions www.turismedelleida.cat/?set_ language=en Where to sleep? Parador de Lleida **** www.parador.es/en/paradores/ parador-de-lleida Hotel Rambla*** www.hotel-ramblalleida.com/en Hotel Zenit **** www.lleida.zenithoteles.com/en Ciudad de Lleida **** www.aa-hoteles.com/es/hotel- lleida/hotel-ciudad-de-lleida/ entorno Hotel Real *** www.hotelreallleida. com/?lang=en Hotel Ibis Lleida ** www.accorhotels.com/en/hotel- 7589-ibis-lleida

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Don’t miss it! Discover la Cuirassa, the old Jewish quarter which has recently been museumised. Five hundred years ago, the last Jews from Lleida were forced out of the city. Behind them, they left the district where they had dwelled for centuries and with which they granted Lleida a rich intellectual heritage. The visit “las voces de la Cuirassa” (the voices of la Cuirassa) gives you the opportunity to relive, half a millennium later, the capital’s Hebrew past and even hear the story directly from the mouths of those who lived in the houses and the streets.

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1. Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians Festival) 2. Wine tourism on the Lleida Wine Route. 3. Gardeny Castle. 4. La Cuirassa, The Jewish quarter.

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