Setcases

Understand

Setcases is a town in the Girona Province. The place name is in Catalan and means "seven houses". It is said that a shepherd, surprised by the winter, built seven huts here with his sons. It consists of over two dozen typical mountain stone houses with protruding wooden roof gables. The small village is at an altitude of 1275 m. The name Setcases has been documented back to 965, from records of some donations made by Count Sunifred of Besalú, one of the Catalan counties, in the nearby monastery of Sant Pere de Camprodon.

Getting there

By plane The nearest airports are Gerona (89 km), Perpignan (104 km) and Barcelona (136 km).

By car From Barcelona on the national road 152, then on the C 33 to Setcases. Parking is almost only found in the public parking lot on the street that bypasses the town.

See

Sant Miquel de Setcases. The church from the 17th century houses a baroque altarpiece dedicated to the Archangel Michael. It survived the destruction of the church during the Spanish Civil War.

Do

Mountain hiking and mountaineering in the Ulldeter area. Fiesta Major. The local festival takes place annually at the end of September.

Ski 1 Vallter. Setcases is the last place before the Vallter 2000 ski station, which has 15 downhill slopes. The ski area offers a ski school, ski rental, lifts, a kindergarten, a children's ski school and a fast-food restaurant. Adult 1 day: €25.

Eat

El Moli restaurant, in the town centre. ☏ +34 972 136 049. Inexpensive.

Sleep

Hotel La Coma, ☏ +34 972 136 074. Double from €97 with breakfast. (updated Aug 2021)