Holiday cottages Alfarràs

The channeling of water, as it passes through the municipality, has fueled irrigated agriculture and fruit cultivation, of which the peach is the king. Economically speaking, the flour mill and, subsequently, the spinning mills were the activities linked to the life of the municipality.

Today, the industrial sector has textiles, wood and construction as its main drivers. The municipality also has a river trout nursery.

The two buildings of interest in the old town are the old parish church of Sant Pere Apòstol , of Romanesque origin and remodeled in the Baroque style during the s. XVIII, and the Alfarràs flour mill from the s. XV The flour mill has been documented since 1153 and was in operation until 1894. It was always manorial or jurisdictional property, with the obligation of all the neighbors to grind the grain there. To the. In the 20th century, a small hydroelectric power plant was built there, owned by the Marquis d'Alfarràs, which was expanded over time until it became a spinning mill. Taking advantage of different waterfalls, the Casals Spinning Factory and the Viladés co-existed.

The Fàbrica de la Colonia de Filatures Casals is a work with modernist elements from Alfarràs, included in the inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalunya.

Of course, if you go to Alfarràs during some of its festivities, entertainment is more than guaranteed. The town dresses up for Sant Pere, on June 29, and, like many other towns in the west, celebrates the winter festival for Sant Sebastià, in January, the patron saint of plagues . You also can't miss the Pinyana Peach Festival, which takes place in October.

And for the more adventurous, if you spend a day in one of the holiday cottages in Alfarràs, you can approach the neighboring Santa Anna swamp and follow one of its itineraries on foot or by bike or practice climbing in an unsurpassed environment.

Another way to enjoy the landscape of Alfarràs is to take the route along the Canal de Pinyana, from Andaní to the flour mill and, if you want to go a little longer, reach Mata de Pinyana , the textile colony of Alguaire.