Best known apart from the capital,
Barcelona, is of course the
Mediterranean coast, Costa Brava,
with ample beaches and mild climate,
doubtlessly a first rate tourist
attraction. One shouldn't forget anyhow
that Catalonia offers as well high
mountain ranges, the Pyrenees in the
north, the curious formations of
Montserrat, the inactive volcans of
Garrotxa, and a wide plain area in the
region's center.
Catalonia has a very marked
culture of its own, most evidently of
Mediterranean tradition, and is
distinguished of most other Spanish
regions in several aspects, not at least
by its language, Catalonian
(although everybody speaks and
understands Castilian Spanish
perfectly). Certainly it is one of the
most cosmopolitan places in Spain,
thanks to its long tradition of
international commerce.
The coast offers ideal facilities for
all sorts of water sports, but
everywhere you will realize about that
special talent to combine the beauty of
nature or monuments with modern
attractions, a main reason why Catalonia
developed into one of the preferred
tourist destinations.
Catalonia's excellent gastronomy
is characterized by seafood, rice
dishes, wines of great international
reputation and traditional desserts like
the famous "Catalonian Cream".
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