Coll de les Lleixeres

Coll de les Lleixeres is a mountain saddle in Santa Pau, Girona, Catalonia and has an elevation of 808 metres. Coll de les Lleixeres is situated nearby to the locality Pas del Tirador, as well as near Costa de Sant Joan..

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park and Santa Margarida Volcano.

Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park is in Girona, the best example of volcanic landscape on the Iberian Peninsula. It has about forty volcanic cones and more than 20 basaltic lava flows. None of its many volcanoes are still active.

Santa Margarida Volcano

Volcano

Photo: Carquinyol, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Santa Margarida Volcano is an extinct volcano in the comarca of Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain. The volcano has a perimeter of 2 kilometers and a height of 682 meters and is part of the Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park.

Croscat

Volcano

Photo: Carquinyol, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Croscat is a volcano in the comarca of Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain. It is both the youngest and highest volcano in the Iberian Peninsula, with the last eruption dated back to about 14,000 years Before Present.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Esteve d’en Bas and Olot.

Sant Esteve d’en Bas

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sant Esteve d'en Bas is in Catalonia, and is a stage in the Catalan Way of St. James. Sant Esteve d'en Bas is the capital town of the Vall d'en Bas, in La Garrotxa, near Olot. Its twelfth-century church stands out.

Olot

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Olot is the capital city of the comarca of Garrotxa, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The city is known for its natural landscape, including four volcanoes scattered around the city center.