Hostalric

Av. Fortalesa, s/n
Tel. 972 87 41 65
turisme@hostalric.cat
www.turismehostalric.cat

Opening hours
01/11 – 21/03: Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays from 11 am -2 pm
22/03 – 31/05 and 01/10 – 31/10: Saturday from 10am to 6pm and Sunday and Bank Holidays from 10am to 2pm
01/06 – 29/09: Tuesday – Sunday from 10am to 2pm and from 4pm to 7pm

Check schedule changes due to Covid19

Guided tours
01/10 – 30/06: Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays at 12pm
01/07 – 31/09: Saturday at 11am and 6pm and Sunday and Bank Holidays at 11am

* Guided tours are usually in Catalan. If you wish to do it in another language, contact us at turisme@hostalric.cat or at 972874165 and we will inform you about other possibilities.

 Check schedule changes due to Covid19

Hostalric castle offers you two visiting options. If you wish to go on a guided tour, our local guides will show you the most emblematic parts of the castle and you will have access in parts only visit with a guiade. Such as the cavalier, the area of the old Cabrera Castle. In addition, you will take advantage of their knowledge and you will know the most surprising stories.

If you would prefer to visit the castle on your own, you can enjoy the magnificent views in your own time while visiting the most important parts of the fortress (the guardhouse, the gunpowder magazine, the bomb-proof gallery,…) with a leaflet.

In all cases, audiovisual guides and a interactive demo will help you to understand this castle which, standing proudly on top of the hill, dominates the village of Hostalric.

Further information

The castle isn’t adapted for disabled people. Public car park 2 minutes far away from the castle.

Number of people/group

In this pandemic period the capacity for tours will be reduced up to 50%, so groups will be up to 17 people. Appart from the essential mesures, like distance, hygiene and protection with masks, it is recommended to move in your “convivence buble” or even “widen buble”.

Check the services  and prepare the visit. For any doubts do contact us by phone at 972 87 41 65 or send us a mail to visitespatrimoni@hostalric.cat.

Fees:

Free visit in the castle
General admission: 4€
Reduced rate: 3€ (children from 7 to 12 years old, youth card holders and pensioners)

Guided tour through the Castle
General admission: 6€
Reduced rate: 4€ (children from 7 to 12 years old, youth card holders and pensioners)
Free admission for children up to 6 years old (except school groups).

Buy your ticket at www.turismehostalric.cat

C/ Raval, 45 edifici Domus – Can Llensa
Tel. 972 87 41 65
turisme@hostalric.cat
www.turismehostalric.cat

Opening Hours
15/6 – 15/9: Monday – Saturday from 10:00 – 14:00 and from 16:00 – 19:00 Sunday from 10:00 – 14:00.
16/9 – 16/6: Monday – Sunday 10:00 from 14:00 and Saturday afternoons from 15:00 – 18:00

Check schedule changes due to Covid19

Fees
General admission: 3,5€
Reduced rate: 2,5 € (children from 7 to 12 years old, youth card holders and pensioners)
Free admission for children up to 6 years old (except school groups)

Buy your ticket at www.turismehostalric.cat

We offer you a visit with the key to Hostalric’s medieval quarters so that you can be the main protagonists of a route at your own pace. You can complete this route in your own time, opening and closing the spaces that you visit while walking through the walled town.

The visit starts at the Tourist Information Office, where you will be given a key and a route pamphlet that will allow you to discover the most unique and significant corners of the medieval village: you will walk along the path going round the city wall, go up to the Frares Tower and the Ararà Tower, enter the Relliguer cave, admire the entrance gate to the medieval quarters and have your breath taken away by the six hundred metres of medieval wall that goes round the outside of the old royal road. All of this while enjoying splendid panoramic views of the surroundings.

Further information

Number of people/group
The key visit is an activity for reduced groups up to 10 people. In case of more people, check the fees and conditions in the tourist office (visitespatrimoni@hostalric.cat).

Other information:
The key must be picked up and returned in the tourist office (check opening times).
“The friars tower” is the only part of the route which is adapted for disabled people.
General admission: 2€
Reduced rate: 1,5 € (children from 7 to 12 years old, youth card holders and pensioners)
Free admission for children up to 6 years old (except school groups).

Buy your ticket at www.turismehostalric.cat

Av. Fortalesa, s/n
Tel. 972 87 41 65
turisme@hostalric.cat
www.turismehostalric.cat

Opening hours
01/11 – 21/03: Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays from 11 am -2 pm
22/03 – 31/05 and 01/10 – 31/10: Saturday from 10am to 6pm and Sunday and Bank Holidays from 10am to 2pm
01/06 – 29/09: Tuesday – Sunday from 10am to 2pm and from 4pm to 7pm

Check schedule changes due to Covid19

Guided tours
01/10 – 30/06: Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays at 12pm
01/07 – 31/09: Saturday at 11am and 6pm and Sunday and Bank Holidays at 11am

* Guided tours are usually in Catalan. If you wish to do it in another language, contact us at turisme@hostalric.cat or at 972874165 and we will inform you about other possibilities.

 Check schedule changes due to Covid19

El Castillo de Hostalric está construida sobre una colina de piedra basáltica. Se tiene constancia de que en 1145 ya existía una fortificación en este emplazamiento, aunque la fortaleza que ha llegado hasta nuestros días se construyó en el siglo XVIII, principalmente para mantener el control sobre la gran vía de comunicación que era el camino real.

El diseño original de la fortificación moderna de Hostalric fue obra de Francisco de Santa Cruz, ingeniero militar al servicio del archiduque Carlos, y las primeras obras de fortificación permanentes tuvieron lugar durante 1712 y 1713, a consecuencia de la Guerra de Sucesión, aunque las principales obras para dejar en condiciones de uso la fortificación se llevaron a cabo entre 1794 y 1795, en el transcurso de la Guerra del Rosellón.

El castillo de Hostalric es una fortificación militar construida sobre un terreno irregular. El recinto sigue el sistema de baluartes, encontrando así los típicos elementos defensivos de la época, tales como recinto interior, foso, obras exteriores y camino cubierto. El Caballero, la parte más alta, ocupa el espacio del antiguo castillo de los Cabrera.

Check the services  and prepare the visit. For any doubts do contact us by phone at 972 87 41 65 or send us a mail to visitespatrimoni@hostalric.cat.

C/ Raval, 45 edifici Domus – Can Llensa
Tel. 972 87 41 65
turisme@hostalric.cat
www.turismehostalric.cat

Opening Hours
15/6 – 15/9: Monday – Saturday from 10:00 – 14:00 and from 16:00 – 19:00 Sunday from 10:00 – 14:00.
16/9 – 16/6: Monday – Sunday 10:00 from 14:00 and Saturday afternoons from 15:00 – 18:00

Check schedule changes due to Covid19

Fees
General admission: 3,5€
Reduced rate: 2,5 € (children from 7 to 12 years old, youth card holders and pensioners)
Free admission for children up to 6 years old (except school groups)

Buy your ticket at www.turismehostalric.cat

The urbanism that follows the trace of the Royal Road (Bous Square, Carrer Major and De la Vila Square), 10 medieval towers and 600 metres of wall, extending from Bous Square to the Barcelona gateway, remain from the former walled precinct of Hostalric.

The wall was built with basaltic stone extracted from the hill that the castle is built on. The wall is tall, and is topped with squared merlons. Behind this was a parapet walk connecting the towers. These towers are cylindrical and semi-cylindrical, and 10 of them still stand, including the Convent Tower and Frares Tower, which were part of an exterior precinct.