Girona
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Girona, a beautiful town in Catalonia, Spain. It has an attractive Jewish section and is often overlooked by budget fliers arriving at Girona-Barcelona airport. Girona makes an excellent stop-off as part of a tour of Catalonia or escape from the noise and speed of Barcelona or as a long weekend getaway with one of those budget airlines.
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Get in
Girona is located north of Barcelona and can be reached form there by bus or an expensive taxi ride. There is an airport located on the AP-7 for flights to London Stansted. It is also 98 kilometres (61 miles) away from Barcelona.
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The town's architecture is varied and atmospheric resulting from the myriad of occupations and invasions with many narrow streets, a castle, and impressive walled section. There is a river, but it tends to dry up in the summer, so the town looks at it's best in the spring.
Do
Highlights include: Walk along the ancient walls, enjoy the numerous cafes which are especially atmospheric at night, the ancient narrow streets of the old Jewish section. There is also a good selection of modern shops selling the latest clothes. Don't forget to check out Girona's lively "discoteca" club sceen.
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Girona Airport
Girona Airport is 1hr bus ride from Barcelona centre. Most low cost airlines like Ryan Air, Wizz Air, mention "Barcelona" in their descriptions of Girona airport. You can make connection between the airport and Barcelona.
If you want to travel to Barcelona city you must take the Bus. That Bus stops in the center of Barcelona, in Estacio d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord (Barcelona's main bus terminal)
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