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Spain

Kingdom of Spain

CapitalMadrid
RegionSouthern Europe
CurrencyEUR
Official languagesSpanish
Access to the seaYes
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Algorri
Spain · Place of interest

Algorri

Algorri offers a way to observe the folded flysch strata and their geological features from the trail starting at the San Telmo chapel. Enjoy the area from paths and viewpoints rather than entering the intertidal platform.

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Croscat Volcano
Spain · Place of interest

Croscat Volcano

Croscat’s broad cut of reddish earth exposes the materials of its volcanic cone and recalls the site’s history of extraction and subsequent protection.

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Deba
Spain · City or town

Deba

Deba is at one end of the coastline between Deba and Zumaia where folded sedimentary layers are exposed. The flysch can be read along the shore, whose intertidal landscape changes with the sea.

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Fageda d’en Jordà
Spain · Place of interest

Fageda d’en Jordà

Fageda d’en Jordà is a beech forest growing over a lava flow. The Joan Maragall trail crosses its volcanic terrain, including tossols, small rises formed as the lava solidified.

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Itzurun
Spain · Place of interest

Itzurun

Itzurun is part of the Zumaia coastline where folded flysch strata are exposed. Viewpoints reveal this geological record, while the intertidal platform changes with the tide and calls for particular care.

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Olot
Spain · City or town

Olot

Olot is the starting point of a marked traverse towards Santa Pau, linking the city with the Fageda d’en Jordà and the surrounding volcanic landscape.

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Santa Margarida Volcano
Spain · Place of interest

Santa Margarida Volcano

Santa Margarida offers a walk into an explosion crater, where the volcano’s shape is clearly visible. The route crosses natural terrain, and the return involves climbing back out of the crater.

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Fageda d’en Jordà
Spain · City or town

Santa Pau

Santa Pau is a medieval village in the volcanic landscape of La Garrotxa. Its historic centre makes a fitting end to the walk from Olot and adds the perspective of a lived-in settlement to the surrounding landscape.

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