{"id":28710,"date":"2022-07-15T08:02:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T06:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/hospitalet-infant-vall-llors\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:27:27","slug":"visit-hospitalet-infant-vall-llors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/visit-hospitalet-infant-vall-llors\/","title":{"rendered":"The most hospitable town in the Costa Daurada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"intro\">L&#8217;Hospitalet de l&#8217;Infant and Vall de Llors have been welcoming travellers for centuries, and still today with cultural, sports and gastronomic experiences for everyone<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28710 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hospitalet-vall-llors-guia-mapilife.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hospitalet-vall-llors-guia-mapilife.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hospitalet-vall-llors-guia-mapilife-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hospitalet-vall-llors-guia-mapilife-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hospitalet-vall-llors-guia-mapilife-450x287.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hospitalet-vall-llors-guia-mapilife-600x383.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>L&#8217;Hospitalet del Infant del Vall de Llors<\/strong> has a privileged position in the heart of southern Catalonia. On the one hand, it is the gateway to the Camp de Tarragona plain and the <strong>Costa Daurada<\/strong>; on the other, the entrance road to <strong>Terres de l&#8217;Ebre<\/strong> and finally, the Vall de Llors above, is the entrance to a set of mountains that link from the Serra de Llaberia Natural Area, the Priorat and the Prades mountains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"intro\"><a class=\"btn fullwidth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalet-valldellors.cat\/experiencia\/visita-guiada-lhospital-del-coll-de-balaguer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Gothic Castle of L&#8217;Hospitalet de L&#8217;Infant<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gothic Hospital of Coll de Balaguer<\/strong>, funded in 1344, is the most emblematic monument in L&#8217;Hospitalet de l&#8217;Infant and, in fact, it is the building that gave the town its name. Its function was to welcome the pilgrims and pedestrians who passed through the Coll de Balaguer and it also defended the place. Since 2016, it has had a visitor center where the relationship between the building and the population can be discovered in an educational way. The complex also includes a museum space and the north and southwest towers are also accessible. Today, perfectly restored, they contain the <strong>Coll de Balaguer Visitor Center<\/strong>, where can\u00a0learn\u00a0about the important role that Hospitals played in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-28710 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/platges-hospitalet-mapilife-1024x375.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"L&#039;Hospitalet de l&#039;Infant. Platges naturals.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-28687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/platges-hospitalet-mapilife-1024x375.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/platges-hospitalet-mapilife-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/platges-hospitalet-mapilife-768x281.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/platges-hospitalet-mapilife-1536x562.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/platges-hospitalet-mapilife-450x165.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/platges-hospitalet-mapilife-600x219.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/platges-hospitalet-mapilife.jpg 1807w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-28687'>\n\t\t\t\tL&#8217;Hospitalet de l&#8217;Infant. Platges naturals.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A meeting point where the mountain becomes the sea, offering unique landscapes and beaches. There are the most virgin beaches of the entire Costa Daurada. Longer and more crystalline beaches such as Almadrava, Arenal or the nudist Torn beach, or smaller and rockier ones such as Cala Bea or Cova del Llop Mar\u00ed are\u00a0ideal for snorkelling.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there are some itineraries marked by buoys and underwater panels that explain the diversity of animals and aquatic plants that can be seen. In order to\u00a0dive specifically in the\u00a0<b>Cova del Llop Mar\u00ed,<\/b>\u00a0reservations must be made.\u00a0This is free of charge and it gives you 30 minutes of exploring. In high season the times are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-28710 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife-1024x513.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife-1536x770.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife-450x226.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife-1596x800.jpg 1596w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife-600x301.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/cova-llop-mari-hospitalet-mapilife.jpg 1662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"intro\"><a class=\"btn fullwidth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalet-valldellors.cat\/reservescova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book snorkelling at the Llop Mar\u00ed Cave<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other fascinating routes to contemplate the sea from another perspective in height, are the hiking ones. The spectacular viewpoints by the sea stand out, from where you can perfectly appreciate the shape of the Ebro Delta, as well as the <b>Route of the Viewpoints<\/b>. Many others run through the Llors Valley and join different charming towns, such as Masriudoms, Masboquera and Vandell\u00f2s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28696 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MAPILIFE-MOLI-OLI-VANDELLOS-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Vandell\u00f2s, among olive and almond trees, we find the\u00a0<b>Olive Oil Mill Centre<\/b>. They offer guided tours in the old Vandell\u00f2s oil mill where the original machinery and various tools are preserved, showing the process of making the oil, from the collection of the olives to their consumption.\u00a0The visit ends with tasting one of the best olive oils in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"intro\"><a class=\"btn fullwidth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalet-valldellors.cat\/experiencia\/visita-guiada-al-moli-de-vandellos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Olive Oil Mill in Vandell\u00f2s<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":1u2\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":1u3\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>L\u2019Hospitalet is the perfect location to discover all the tourist attractions nearby. A land that is so hospitable that from the first day you feel at home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>More information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalet-valldellors.cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L&#8217;Hospitalet de l&#8217;Infant experiences<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/listings\/hospitalet-i-la-vall-de-llors\/\">Restaurants &amp; acommodation in L&#8217;Hospitalet<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/new-guide-southern-catalonia\/\">Mapilife Costa Daurada global guide<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"tags-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/tag\/costa-daurada-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Costa Daurada<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/tag\/costa-daurada-es-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Costa Daurada<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/tag\/costa-dorada-es-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">costa dorada<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/tag\/lhospitalet-de-linfant-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">L'Hospitalet de l'Infant<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover natural sea and mountain areas and a monumental castle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,177],"tags":[391,584,398,698],"class_list":["post-28710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experiencies","category-travel-en","tag-costa-daurada-en","tag-costa-daurada-es-en","tag-costa-dorada-es-en","tag-lhospitalet-de-linfant-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28710"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28724,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28710\/revisions\/28724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapilife.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}