In the region of the Pla de l'Estany the town of Banyoles is worth visiting, where a Pre-Neandertal jawbone was found thus giving witness to man's presence in the area over 80,000 years ago. The city centre is in the Main Square which, with its 40 arches, lend it a sense of harmony (XIIIth c.). The gothic church of Santa Maria dels Turers ( XIII-XIV c.). The ancient monastery of Sant Esteve of Banyoles, with the gothic altarpiece of the Mare de Déu de l'Escala, the work of master Joan Antigó . The Pia Almoina, the regional Museum of Archeology and the Darder Museum of natural history. The town of Banyoles hosted the rowing events for the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, which took place in the lake of tetonic and carsic origin. The lake is 2,100 metres long and has a perimeter of 8 Km.

Porqueres, opposite Banyoles, on the other side of the lake, is the church of Saint Mary ( XIIth c.), the Castell Farmhouse with Iberian and Roman traces. In the village of Pujarnol there is the church of Sant Cebrià, the Pujarnol tower and the dolmen with the same name.

Besalú - Banyoles................. 13 Km.

Besalú - Porqueres............... 13 Km.