Holiday cottages in Segrià

Segrià has been a very important region, historically speaking. It has always represented a point of conquest in successive wars and has become a border between Muslims and Christians and, later, with the Crown of Catalunya and Aragon. The Segrià is made up of 33 municipalities , which share historical facts and economies based mainly on the primary sector. The Industry of Segrià is based, above all, on the sale of fruit and livestock , but in this region, there was also one of the most important textile industrial networks .

A region that is easily accessible and where there are not only fruit trees and garden paths, but a whole cultural heritage to discover.

We call the set of municipalities Segrià Sec that share more historical features with the other region called Les Garrigues than with Segrià. We are talking about Almatret, Llardecans, Maials, Sarroca de Lleida and Torrebesses, towns that have replaced apple, pear and peach trees with olive and almond trees.

An unforgettable route is the one that goes through Maials - Llardecans - Torrebesses , through relatively flat paths that discover dry stone cabins and original pistachio plantations, without forgetting the cultural offering of each of the localities.

And if you're a hiker, you can't miss the Montmaneu peak , a mountain 495 meters high in the municipality of Seròs, which the people of Lleida refer to as the Everest of Segrià.

The Baix Segre natural region includes the municipalities of Alcarràs, Torres de Segre, Soses, Aitona, La Granja d'Escarp and Massalcoreig. With the success of the film Alcarràs by Carla Simón, at the Berlin Film Festival, and the tourism campaign that Aitona started, with its fields of flowering trees and futurism, they have moved to this region of Segrià everything the country and even in Japan.

All the towns of Segrià are connected to each other by alternative roads to the main ones. This fact gives Segrià the privilege of having numerous routes for cycling . Some of them are: the Lleida - Alcoletge route, through the Mitjana park; Rufea - Montoliu - Puigverd de Lleida - Artesa, along the Canal D'Urgell; the Utxesa reservoir from Aitona and Resclosa del Sot - Pasarel.la del Tòfol, among others.

Segrià's Industrial past is notorious and, on the contrary, few people know about it. From Alfarràs to Rosselló, the Canal de Pinyana gave life to the villages of Lleida at the beginning of the s. 20th.

In Alfarràs, the vestiges of the Cassals spinning mill and the Viladés spinning mill remain. La Mata de Pinyana , in the municipality of Alguaire, was one of the four important industries installed along the course of the canal of the same name and of which the old factory and some of the houses of the colony are preserved, while Alguaire guards its ice well , from the 16th and 17th centuries.

El Segrià is full of treasures, from the old wine or oil vats of Benavent del Segrià, the remains of the ancient town of Grallera de Torrefarrera, they are mysterious holes dug into the rock of Torre-Serona where the town was Iberian town of Gibillí and the Roman village of Tossal del Moro in Corbins.

On the roads that connect Vilanova de la Barca with Alcoletge, there are several bunkers and trenches that lead to the Civil War Heritage Interpretation Centre, passing through Tossal de la Nora, where, apart from trenches, you can find medieval tombs dug into the rock.

Other strategic points are the Tossal de la Moradilla dels Alamús, the Sudanell bunkers (where there is also a medieval necropolis) and the Alfés airfield , where trenches, machine gun nests and the powder magazine still remain.

The lands of Segrià offer visitors the possibility of immersing themselves in wine tourism by visiting the vineyards through their natural and monumental heritage and under the DO Costers del Segre , a denomination that encompasses seven territories, distributed between the Segre river basin and the Lleidatà Pyrenees.

When anyone who knows it thinks of Lleida , fog and snails come to mind, however, the most important city in the province of Lleida holds many other experiences for the traveler.

Passing through Lleida means visiting the Seu Vella , the old university (one of the oldest in Europe), the Templar castle of Gardeny and walking down Carrer Major looking up at the facades of the modernist houses and stopping to visit the House of the Giants and the old Hospital de Santa Maria . You should also visit the Paeria, Lleida's town hall, where underground you will find remains of the old city and its origins.

It can be very interesting to visit the Church of Sant Llorenç and Sant Martí, the oldest and most beautiful in Lleida, and take a walk through Cuirassa, the Jewish quarter of the city.
Lleida is a historic city, but also modernized with many establishments to taste all kinds of traditional and international food and to entertain yourself with the best music and shows .