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Temperatures dip below zero degrees at Tossa d'Alp and at 2,535m in Boí

Catalan ski season up and running for over a month, much improved on Covid-hit 20/21 season 

Intense snow in the Pyrenees during the week sees activity return after tough 2020-2021 season

Shopping centers and ski resorts reopen, as cultural and religious venues see restrictions loosened

Agreement reached with government to allow progressive reopening with limits on ski pass sales

Catalan Pyrenees awoke on Thursday to the first snowfall of the year, making ski resorts "very optimistic" about the imminent new season

Heavy snowfall midweek means Saturday and Sunday could be among the best skiing days of the season

Tens of thousands were drawn to the Lleida and Girona Pyrenees over Christmas, with snowfalls forecast in coming days

Cross-country skiing is on the rise with numbers set to exceed last year's 76,000 visitors

With four days off from December 6 to 9, mountain, country and coastal areas are looking forward to a bumper year

Accommodation sells out in many areas while pastry chefs hail a “spectacular” year for traditional ‘mona’ cakes

The Recreational and Tourist Centre of Vila-seca and Salou, the project which was originally named ‘BCN World’, will start to be built in summer 2017. The resort will be located between these two villages – Vila-seca and Salou – on the Costa Daurada, near PortAventura theme park. After numerous reorganisations and changes in the legislation, the project’s hotel surface area will decrease by 29.2% in comparison with the urban plan approved in 2015. The surface area designated for gambling and amusement activities will ultimately be 30,000 m² instead of 60,000 m². The surface area for commercial use and that designated for theatres and congresses has been kept the same. Thus, the total surface area of the project will be 750,000 m² rather than 1,000,000m². The project is expected to receive €2,500 million in private investment and will generate 10,000 jobs when fully operational.

Ferrari Land, the international brand’s first theme park in Europe, is closer to its opening in Vila-Seca, a town in the southern Catalan region of Tarragona. Over the next few weeks the operators will carry out the urbanisation of 60,000 square metres of the amusement resort, located next to the Port Aventura theme park. Ferrari Land represented a €100 million investment and will include simulators, shops, restaurants, as well as replicas of Italian buildings. However, one of its main attractions will be ‘Cavallino Rampante’, Europe’s tallest rollercoaster, reaching 112 metres high. The attraction should allow visitors to feel the acceleration experienced by a F1 driver, reaching 180 km/h in 5 seconds.Ferrari Land is set to increase by 20% the number of visitors to Port Aventura, which will break all records achieved since it opened in May 1995.