{"id":81608,"date":"2011-01-23T10:08:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T08:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centcols.org\/sejour-de-printemps-en-catalogne-espagnole-a-ripoll-gi-du-9-au-16-avril-2011\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:01:28","slug":"stay-2011-ripoll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centcols.org\/en\/sejour-2011-ripoll\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring break in Spanish Catalonia at Ripoll (GI) from 9 to 16 April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the first time, a Club des Cent Cols holiday will be taking place outside France. Our spring 2011 trip will take place in Ripoll (65 km south of Bourg-Madame and 80 km west of the Costa Brava), in the Catalan province of Girona.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ripoll\u00e8s is a comarca (one of Catalonia's 41 administrative subdivisions) surrounded by mountains (the Pyrenees to the north and numerous Serra mountains all around), criss-crossed by valleys (Vall de Ribes, Camprodon and Baix Ripoll\u00e8s), where el Freser and el Ter flow from north to south: mountains, rivers, valleys and villages, many of them medieval in origin, will help you appreciate its beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's a region with an extensive network of roads, tracks, paths and trails, dotted with mountain passes, making it ideal for our sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's also one of the regions with the most Romanesque buildings in Europe: 98 monuments spread across the 19 villages of the comarca: monasteries, hermitages, churches and medieval bridges that you're sure to want to visit on your cycling or mountain-biking outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll, founded by Guifred the Velu in 880, became one of the most important monastic centres in Catalonia until the 15th century. This monument of great historical and cultural interest is one of the finest examples of Catalan Romanesque art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alain GILLODES ( CC n\u00b0 722) and Chantal SALA (CC n\u00b0 3674)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Important practical information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Practical organisation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The two hotels where we will be staying are 3km apart.
On arrival at Ripoll, each of you (including campers) will receive a card containing all the information about the accommodation you have chosen and the services you have paid for. Please keep this card with you, especially when you go to the restaurant. This card will be given to you at the hotel where you will be staying, either between 4pm and 5.45pm on Saturday 9 April at the reception desk we will be holding, or, outside this time, at the reception desk of your hotel. All participants will then meet at 6pm at the La SOLANA del TER hotel for a welcome drink.
Each hotel will provide us with a bicycle room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mealtimes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n