Castellfollit de la Roca

Spain

Castellfollit de la Roca is a town in Catalonia, Spain.

Castellfollit is a small town West of Besalú and Figueres. Its most striking aspect is that the entire town is constructed on a narrow sliver of a cliff that sticks out in to a valley with the town church at the front of it.

Castellfollit de la Roca over the basalt cliff

  • Basalt cliff. Over 50 m high and almost a kilometre long, formed by the overlaying of two lava flows. Free.
  • Basalt quary. The only active basalt quary in Spain, from the year 1887. Free.
  • Old town. Medieval old town with narrow streets and houses built out of volcanic stone. Free.

Basalt cliff. Over 50 m high and almost a kilometre long, formed by the overlaying of two lava flows. Free.

Basalt quary. The only active basalt quary in Spain, from the year 1887. Free.

Old town. Medieval old town with narrow streets and houses built out of volcanic stone. Free.