Vilobí d'Onyar

Province: Girona | Shire: La Selva | Inhabitants: 3.032 | Extension: 32,6 Km2 | Altitude: 122 m

Vilobí d'Onyar is a municipality in the jungle belonging to the urban area of ??the city of Girona. The municipality is composed of three entities: Vilobí d'Onyar, Salitja and Sant Dalmai.

Vilobí d'Onyar is located in a flat area next to the river Onyar. Its population has grown up around the church of Sant Esteve and the castle and towards the road of Santa Coloma. The present church dates from the eighteenth century and sports a Baroque bell tower, Vilobí castle was remodeled in the nineteenth century, although it has its origins in the XII-XIII.

Already in Roman times was an important stopping place because crucaba the Via Augusta and this has made ??have found a large amount of debris.

Within the entity Threaded Vilobí Can we visit, old house, inn and shop. Today it is used as a library. We also find the church of Santa Margarida which has a small bell.

In the company of Sant Dalmai find the hermitage of Sant Llop, where over the years it has now become a tower, and find the chapel Salitja for Our Lady of les Fonts reasons invoked by drought or floods. Get the name of the source that leaves right next to and stored in a small reservoir nearby. This chapel around the legend of its construction, as it is said that an ox of the neighboring house was always going to drink water there and found a virgin submerged in the reservoir, the village people withdrew, but returned the next day to appear. This happened three times, until they decided to build a temple, as the locals thought that was a sign indicating that they should.

What to do

Turisme La Selva

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1881 Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan

Caldes de Malavella (a 7.6 Km)

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Turisme Gironès

(a 12.8 Km)

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Museu Trias de la Galeta

Santa Coloma de Farners (a 6.7 Km)

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Where to eat

Pura Brasa

Pineda de Mar (a 29 Km)

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L'Espai Gastronomia

Tossa de Mar (a 24.6 Km)

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Where to sleep

Monestir de Sant Salvi

Santa Coloma de Farners (a 14 Km)

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1881 Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan

Caldes de Malavella (a 7.6 Km)

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Can Baldiri

Santa Coloma de Farners (a 8.2 Km)

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Càmping Riembau

Castell - Platja d'Aro (a 26.6 Km)

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Events

Summer is alive in Bescanó

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Mas Llunès Festival in Bescanó

11/07/2025 - 12/07/2025

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Experiences

Visit with key to the medieval complex of Hostalric

Hostalric (a 18 Km)

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5 €

Entrance to Hostalric Castle

Hostalric (a 18 Km)

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5 €

Weather forecast

12-07-2025
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Max 29º
Min 19º
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Max 30º
Min 18º
Source: Dades Obertes de la Generalitat de Catalunya

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