When we arrived I had only that when we arrived Girona Airport to face, today the Picturesque downtown on the daily schedule. This opened up to us on the way there Beautiful panorama a colorful row of houses that historic city center seemed to frame. along the Onyars A wall of warmly designed facades stretches out, a wide-flowing river at your feet.
We chose one of the countless small bridges and only a few steps and a few streets later, we were already in the middle of one of the busy Girona shopping streets.
Strengthened with a Bocadillo, awakened by a Café Sólo for breakfast, we explored the old town. It was the mysterious little streets, the vangled streets with their small boutiques and restaurants as well as the generous placeswho now attracted our full attention. Like a maze, the city prepared us countless different ways to our first destination this morning: the Cathedral of Santa Maria of Girona As the most famous church in the city.
Just a look at the sky and we knew exactly which of the numerous alleys should open the way to us.
A wide, brightly radiant face, provided with countless statues and film-ready decorations, an artistic mixture of different architectural styles.
At this sight, we were able to understand well why the construction of this magnificent monument took over 400 years and united a number of epochs.
A 90-step staircase brought us step by step closer to the beautifully designed facade.
We made our way further through the Picturesque old town Gironas, because this first impression should not remain the only one for today: along the majestic garden the cathedral, past the “Basilica Parroquial de Sant Feliu” As another church in the city worth seeing, right up to the alleys of the quarter call, one of the widest and best preserved former Jewish quarters in Europe.
steep stairs, which stretched in all directions, surrounded Richly planted house facades, Heavy Gatesthat suggest a beautiful backyard.
Banished by the beauty and aesthetics of this area, which seemed like a small village to us, we walked up and down and found our way back to the Rambla de la Libertad, which lives up to its name as the main shopping street in the old town. From here, the most well-known crossing of the city, one of Mr Eiffel, even before his masterpiece in Paris, Bridge completed the way to the other side.
Another place that we have now explored, another memory card full of impressive images, another memorable experience during our precious time at the Costa Brava Spain.
We can now understand only too well why this city of the film adaptation of the famous novel by Patrick Süskind served as one of the mysterious locations and main character Grenouille Inspired in the production of the sensory fragrance…
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