Activities at Hotel El Castell de Ciutat or nearby

• Accommodations:

  • 12 Garret rooms - These rooms, with their garret ceilings, are on the first floor and overlook the valley of the Urgellet. They epitomise the warm atmosphere typical of the mountains. This is a place where charm meets comfort.

  • 18 Superior rooms - The superior rooms, which soak up the light from the terrace through their enormous picture windows, offer superb views over the mountains. They boast charming fine wood furniture and the delights of your own private terrace. They are ideal for a longer stay.

  • 2 Junior Suites - These comfortable, classically-decorated suites offer a large bedroom, a lounge and a dressing room. All the atmosphere of an elegant apartment with a terrace and stunning views.

  • 1 Garden Suite - This suite, whose terrace overlooks river Valira, boasts a delightful private garden where you can sit and unwind. This suite, with its immense dressing room, its modern fireplace and its chocolate hues, successfully marries comfort and modernity.

  • 1 Presidential Suite - Classical paintings on the walls, hues of yellow ochre and gold, a spacious bedroom… the presidential suite certainly lives up to its name. As well as having a large bathroom, it boasts two terraces which means that you can not only admire views of the valley but also enjoy the sweet fragrances rising from the lavender gardens below.

  • 1 Duplex Suite in the Fortress - This suite is located in the fortress, 300 m from the main building of the hotel, and is truly distinctive. It boasts a double four-poster bed, an open stone fireplace and period furniture and is a haven of peace and sensuous delight. Not to mention its vast bathroom with a hydromassage bathtub and spectacular views over the Sierra del Cadí

  • Wifi Internet access

• Dining options:

  • Restaurant Tàpies - Mediterranean cuisine along with of the most highly-reputed wine cellars in the region.

  • Restaurant Katia - More sober and authentic in character than Tàpies, it offers traditional cuisine in relaxed surroundings.

  • Wine cellar - With more than 650 different labels and 15,000 bottles.

  • Bar

• Meeting facilities:

  • 6 meeting rooms which can accommodate between 10 and 400 persons.

• Sports/Relaxation facilities and services:

  • Spa

  • Outdoor swimming pool

  • Indoor swimming pool

  • Jacuzzi

  • Fitness room

  • Lounge with fireplace

WHAT TO DO AND SEE WHILE STAYING AT HOTEL EL CASTELL DE CIUTAT

• Nordic Walking: from the front door of the hotel, a sport for everyone, which combines exploring on foot and fitness training

• Mountain and touring bikes

• Hiking: mountain walks at medium and high altitude (5 km)

• Panoramic views from a helicopter or hot-air balloon

• Canoeing and kayaking: trips and expeditions in still waters in individual or group craft. (2 km)

• White water rafting / Hydrospeed: descending rapids on a hydrospeed float with or without flippers. (2 km)

• Four-wheel drive excursion: go and listen to the rutting calls of the deer in Boumort National Park. Visit the magical landscapes of the Cadí Moixeró nature reserve in the spring or the lakes of the Aigüestortes nature reserve in the summer.

• Quad bike excursions

• Downhill skiing/ Snowblading/ Snowsurfing (25 km)

• Cross-country skiing (25 km)

• Riding: riding lessons or hacks in the countryside (1 km)

• Fishing (2 km)

• Hunting (10 km)

• Golf (4 km)

• Shopping in Andorra (15 km)

ABOUT l'ALT d`URGELL

The Alt Urgell area covers 1,446.9 sq km -4.5% of Catalonia- and has more than 19,000 inhabitants, of whom 15% work in the agricultural sector, 23% in the industrial sector, 11% in the building construction sector, and the remaining 51% in the service sector.

L'Alt Urgell is situated to the northwestern side of Catalonia. In the North, presided over by the Pyrenean mountains, it is bordered by Andorra; in the East, by the lands of La Cerdanya, El Berguedà and El Solsonès; in the West, by El Pallars Sobirà, El Pallars Jussà, and in the South by La Noguera. The River Segre, coming from La Cerdanya, crosses the county lands in a long 46-km trajectory.

Taking advantage of the valley features, from Coll de Nargó to Oliana water is dammed in the Oliana reservoir. There is also the Rialb reservoir, situated in the southern edge of the county, between L'Alt Urgell and La Noguera. The southern part of L'Alt Urgell, between the two reservoirs, is the area on which CAN BOIX Hotel stands.

L'Alt Urgell's location, surrounded by other counties, allows an easy access through a wide range of touristically interesting routes, today in perfect condition.

Arts
This country has been inhabited from prehistoric times and crossed by numerous civilizations that have made of it an important migration route, an active place full of history. It has a rich archaeological and artistic heritage. Megalithic monuments are abundant, but a sparse presence of Roman and Visigothic art. Nevertheless, L'Alt Urgell and surrounding Pyrenean counties are one of the most significant Romanesque art areas in the world.

Gastronomy
L'Alt Urgell offers a typical high mountain cuisine. It is a cooking style based on local products, where game, river trout, mushrooms, pork products and many other ingredients are used to cook escudella (Catalan thick soup), game stews, mushroom omelettes, pork products, agredolç (ham with honey and vinegar) or quince alioli sauce, amongst many other specialties. Modern recipes coexist with the most traditional ones. At present, the most typical products of the area are dairy products -cheese, butter and cream. Local craftsmen produce goat cheese and quality pork products including a wide range of traditional sausages, such as fuet, bulls, etc.

Sports
The county's geographical situation and recently created facilities, due to a high demand of activities of this kind, make it a very popular area for the practice of adventure sports. Excursions by 4x4 vehicles or mountain bike, hiking, climbing, paragliding, bungee jumping or flights by hot-air balloon, for instance, are just a few of the different attractions of L'Alt Urgell, not to mention activities such as skiing or horse riding. Fishing and hunting are also very popular.

Cadí-Moixeró Nature Park
The Cadí-Moixeró Nature Park was founded in 1983. It comprises the Cadí and Moixeró mountain ranges, the Pedraforca massif and part of the Tosa d'Alp and Puigllançada ranges. It extends into three different areas: Berguedà, Alt Urgell and Cerdanya. The park's total area is 41,342 ha, of which 12,592 are in the Alt Urgell area. The Cadí-Moixeró Nature Park's vegetation is considered to be of great interest -and so is its fauna-, as its climatic conditions (low-temperature, high altitude and high-level of humidity) provide a habitat for species that are not typical in the Mediterranean.