A Quick Stop in Guimerà – A Timeless Medieval Hill Town in Catalonia

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On our drive back to Valencia after a couple of days in Lleida, we made a spur-of-the-moment detour to Guimera, a small medieval town about an hour off our route. The village climbs up a narrow hillside in a maze of stone houses, arches, and stepped alleyways that has barely changed in centuries. We arrived around noon under bright winter sun and started, appropriately enough, with a beer by the Corb river before wandering up into the old town.

Read about what you are seeing A Pitstop in Guimerà, Catalonia Guimerà is a medieval town through-and-through, magnificently preserved through the centuries, and it really does feel like you've been transported into the...

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