Catalonia & the Pyrenees Best - Discover Spain: Experience the Best of Spain - page 173

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Need to Know
ADVANCE PLANNING
• » Two months before Book your accommodation if you're planning to stay along
the Costa Brava.
• » One month before Book your accommodation if you're staying elsewhere in
the region.
RESOURCES
• » Catalonia ( www.gencat.net/probert ) Regional tourist office site for Catalonia.
• » Aragón ( www.turismodearagon.com ) Aragón's tourism portal.
• » Romanico Catalan ( www.romanicocatalan.com ) Terrific resource on Catalonia's
Romanesque sites.
• » Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí ( www.salvador-dali.org ) Everything you need to
plan your visit to Catalonia's Dalí sights.
GETTING AROUND
• » Air International airports in Barcelona, Girona (Ryanair's Spanish hub) and Zar-
agoza.
• » Bus Intermittent services in the Pyrenees.
• » Road Coastal motorways and towards Madrid; small mountain roads in the
Pyrenees.
• » Train Excellent network along the coast with good connections to the rest of
Spain (often via Barcelona).
• » Train & Boat In summer, a combination of rodalies (local trains) and boats con-
nects the southern Costa Brava with Barcelona.