This agricultural
area, with its fields of wheat, corn and sunflowers, is interspersed
with beautiful old almond and olive groves. Local vineyards provide
delicious wines.
The area is renowned for its Romanesque architecture, its incredibly
diverse geology, and is a site of dinosaur footprints and fossilized
egg remains (Isona).
Our house sits
at 1,000 mts. alt, just north of the wonderful Montsec escarpment
(where Mediterranean flora and fauna meet alpine). This is cut
through by the dramatic gorges of Terradets and Vilanova de
Meià.
The latter is just a 30-minute walk (10-min. drive) from the house.
We are a 2.5
hr. drive from both Barcelona and Andorra. Barcelona is supplied
by low-cost flights and car hire.
Girona
and Reus airports are 3hr + 2 1/2 hrs respectively.