Over the past 2,500 years, invaders have laid siege to the city 25 times, including three famous attacks by Napoleon in the early 19th century. Like Barcelona, Medieval Girona had a thriving ...
To find out, I landed in Barcelona in early December, dodged the Gaudí fans and pickpockets, and boarded a train to Girona-a medieval Catalan city so picturesque it might as well have been ...