The little industrial town of Ripoll lies well inland on the southern slopes of the Collado de Ares, over which runs the Spanish-French frontier, at the junction of the Río Freser with the Río Ter. There are a number of coal-mines in the surrounding area.
Around Olot is the dramatic volcanic landscape of the Garrotxa area. The largest crater is the Crater de Santa Margarida, northwest of the town, which has a diameter of 350m/380yd.
25km/15mi northeast of Ripoll on C 151 lies Camprodón, an attractive little town of narrow streets and tightly packed houses with a shady Plaza Mayor. In the square is the parish church, and behind it, on higher ground, a former monastic church, built in the 11th century on the site of an earlier 10th Century church.
To the left of the church of Santa María, housed in the deconsecrated church of San Pedro (Catalan Sant Pere), is a museum with exhibits illustrating the history and folk art of the region, including weapons, pottery, objets d'art and textiles.
Address: Museu Etnográfic de Ripoll, Plaza de l'Abat Oliba, E-17500 Ripoll, Spain
The industrial town of Olot, 36km/22mi east of Ripoll on C 150, has little to offer the visitor apart from a number of museums - the Regional Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, a museum of religious art and a house furnished in the style of the 17th-19th Centuries.
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Camprodon, Spain
