Girona
On the way home from Figueres, we made an express trip to Girona, one of Catalonia's four provincial capitals. It is a beautiful city, known for its colorful river houses, old medieval neighborhood and Jewish quarter. We spent a few hours walking around and ate lunch here. Our stopover convinced us that we want to come back for longer.
The siting of the cathedral is remarkable. It sits atop a massive staircase, presiding over a plaza below. It exploits the steep topography with a secondary entrance and an upper square, which offers a birds eye view of the square below and seems to be almost eye-level with the trees and hills beyond the town.
The river houses, casas del Onyar, are very photogenic with their bright colors and reflections.
