ACTIVITIES AND LEISURE. WHAT TO DO IN MAS CA LA COIXA.Tortellà is a small village of 700 inhabitants, located in the Alta Garrotxa, the abrupt, wild, sometimes impenetrable holm oaks and box woods which make up the almost unhabited Alta Garrotxa, so different to the more comfortable, softer Lower Garrotxa, with its wide valleys full of small villages such as la Vall d'en Bas and la Vall d'en Bac. Tortellà is 350 metres above sea level. This relatively low altitude and the shelter of the mountains creates a microclimate with soft winters and a wide variety of flora and fauna.A part of the communal territories of Tortellà is included in the EIN ('Espais d'Interes Natural, or Areas of Natural Interest) for its preservation , as are some other territories of different municipalities in the Alta (Higher) Garrotxa. These craggy hills that take you to France, the rock-faces and the impenetrable woods remind you of the old times when these mountain paths were used by merchants, soldiers, smugglers and "trabucaires"(bandits with guns), passing their goods from one place to another without any customs control (as you can imagine, these woods were not very safe for the police in those days...).

ROUTES: WHAT TO VISIT. In this section, we try to offer you a great number of interesting places to visit because of their natural, cultural, artistic or human value.But we also know that it is impossible to mention them all.So then it´s your turn to discover them here, on your own, with your car and with the advise that people and tourist information offices will kindly offer you, so as to have an unforgettable memory of your stay in the Girona province. To give you a general idea , we offer you a list of places in alphabetical order , with the main reasons to visit them. You can check with the map and the table of distances ('How to get there' section ), to realize that most of these places are within an hour maximum driving time from our house in Tortellà.
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Mas Ca la Coixa, also known as Mas Serrademont, is located in the municipality of 
Tortellà, in la Alta Garrotxa area, in Gerona province (Catalonia, Spain). If you don't 
know Spain at all, Catalonia lies North-East of the country, having the Pyrenees mountains as a natural border with France. Girona's position in Catalunya is also the North-Eastern, having the Mediterranean Sea on the right. The Girona coastal area is known as the Costa Brava, and has a special beauty: crystaline blue waters, sandy little beaches (known as calas), pinetrees growing among rocks and giving shade to the bathers.... The north part of Girona province is very mountainous (but has the lowest altitudes of all the Pyrenees) and full of  charm. In the central part there are valleys and plains, and everywhere, the traces of History: 
medieval villages, Romanesque art, castles,...