Olot is a municipality located within a natural environment that makes in an exceptional place. The city is built upon a plain surrounded by mountains, traversed by the River Fluvià and beside the banks of the Riudaura gully stream. The area stands out for its rolling landscape and volcanic matter, which are the result - among other things - of its four volcanoes: Montolivet, Montsacopa, Garrinada and Bisaroques.
Olot is the capital of the Volcanic Zone of La Garrotxa, and the very best exponent of volcanic landscape on the whole of the Spanish peninsula. It boasts some 40 volcanic cones and over 20 lava flows. The Natural Park of the Volcanic Zone of La Garrotxa is made up of eleven municipalities - Olot being the main one of these - and covers an area of some 15,000 hectares. Its orography, soil and climate have given rise to a varied, often exuberant flora, and exceptional landscapes which includes holm-oak, common oak and beech forests.
La Fageda d’en Jordà forest is one of the most popular places to visit in Olot - a flat terrain covered by exceptional beech trees that rise above a lava flow from El Croscat volcano. Its mounds, which can reach over 20 metres in height, are one of the most singular features of this unique forest.
Olot also boasts other places of natural interest, such as Parc Nou, whose splendid grounds boast the Torre Castanys - a Modernista (Catalan Modernism) building, a botanical garden with a spectacular common oak wooded area that is listed as a monumental grove, and a garden containing medicinal plants from la Garrotxa area. The Pedra Tosca park, the via verda (greenway) of the former railway track that connected Olot to Girona, and Olot city’s El Firalet are just a few examples of the locality’s close relationship with nature.
Olot is Nature
Long or short walks through nature; walks to discover the culture, art, Modernista (Catalan Modernism) architecture and industrial heritage of the city. Go where your feet take you!
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The Moixina wetlands lie close to Olot, at the foot of the Pujou mount.
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Olot’s Montsacopa volcano is a place you just can’t miss out on! With its spectacular clay quarries, it seems just like an open-air museum of volcanic rock.
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The Bisaroques volcano, although the smallest of the four volcanoes that surround the city of Olot, is just as fascinating as the rest.
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Volcanoes, lush forests, the River Fluvià, a rich gastronomic culture, enduring ancient traditions, proximity to services and amenities, a wealth of cultural activity and an extremely rich museological and architectural heritage.
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An interactive exhibition, with both traditional and technological elements (virtual reality glasses, backlit models, creating volcanoes and immersive spaces, among others), is sure to be enjoyed by all.
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La Moixina is an area of exceptional scenic beauty lying just a few kilometres from the centre of Olot.
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An icon of Olot, Montsacopa is shaped like a standard volcano with a cinder cone and a round crater at the summit, from which you can enjoy unbeatable 360º panoramic views of Olot and the Alt Empordà.
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