Hostalric is a walled medieval town perched on the mountain overlooking the Tordera Valley. Lying on the pass between the Pyrenees and southern Catalonia, Hostalric is directly connected by road, motorway and rail to Girona, thirty minutes away, and Barcelona, three quarters of an hour distant.

In terms of physical appearance, the town presents two clearly differentiated areas: the old town, long and narrow, crowned by the magnificent castle; and the new area, known as La Conna, and which began to grow up in the 1970s.

The old town features several outstanding sites dating back to medieval times, when Hostalric was one of the richest urban centres in Catalonia. The most important include the area