Girona travel guide, in your ear
A jewel of medieval Catalonia on the Onyar river, famous for the rainbow houses mirrored in the water, a maze-like old town with one of Europe's best-preserved Jewish quarters, a cathedral with the widest Gothic nave in the world, and a starring role as King's Landing in Game of Thrones.
- 13 narrated stops
- ~39 minutes of stories
- 6 languages
- Offline ready
What is the Gingerguide Girona tour?
Girona has 13 narrated sights on Gingerguide's self-guided audio walking tour. Plan about a full day to walk them all. The app is free to download, every city has a free preview, and the tour works offline in six languages.
It is a self-guided audio walking tour of Girona, Spain, inside the Gingerguide travel guide app. The tour maps 13 sights and tells the story of each one in a two to three minute narration with a lifelike AI voice. When the story is not enough, ask the built-in AI guide about the place and keep the conversation going. Everything is available in six languages and works fully offline after a one-time download.
Which audio guide app is best for Girona?
It depends on the trip. For Girona, Gingerguide gives you all 13 sights on one offline map, narrated in six languages, with an AI guide to ask. Other apps are better for a single human-narrated walk, for museum guides, or for driving. We compared the main options honestly, with sources.
About Girona
Welcome to Girona, one of the loveliest and best-kept secrets of Catalonia, in the north-east corner of Spain. It is a compact, walkable city of extraordinary richness: a maze of medieval lanes climbing a hill above the Onyar river, crowned by a mighty cathedral, ringed by ancient walls, and famous above all for the row of brightly coloured houses that line the water. Let us explore it together.
Girona is very old. It began as the Roman town of Gerunda, set on an important road, and over the centuries it became one of the most fought-over cities in Europe, enduring some twenty-five sieges. Charlemagne's Franks took it from the Moors, and for generations it stood as a fortress on the frontier of the Christian world, which is why its walls are so mighty and its history so dramatic.
The old town is a treasure house. Its cathedral is covered by the widest Gothic nave ever built, reached up a sweeping staircase of ninety steps. Nearby stand the tall-spired church of Sant Feliu, the elegant Arab Baths, and a beautiful Romanesque monastery. And threading through it all is the Call, the medieval Jewish Quarter, one of the best-preserved in all of Europe, and once a great centre of Jewish learning and mysticism.
Then there is the river, and the image that has made Girona famous. Along the Onyar, the backs of the old houses were painted, in 1982, in a whole palette of warm colours, and reflected in the water beneath the cathedral towers they make one of the most photographed views in Spain, best seen from the little red bridge that Gustave Eiffel's company built.
In recent years Girona has found a new kind of fame, for its ancient streets and its cathedral steps starred as King's Landing and Braavos in Game of Thrones, and fans now come to walk where the characters walked. Each May the whole old town bursts into bloom for the Temps de Flors flower festival, when its courtyards and monuments are filled with flowers.
And all around lie the green hills and medieval towns of this corner of Catalonia, among them the spellbinding Besalú, with its fortified bridge. So come and discover a city that too many visitors rush past on their way elsewhere. We will climb its walls, cross its bridges, wander its Jewish lanes and gaze at its coloured houses in the river. Welcome to Girona, and let us begin.
One day in Girona
A simple way to walk the highlights, following the route order in the app. Swap anything; Girona rewards detours.
Afternoon and evening
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What to see in Girona: all 13 stops
Every place below has its own narrated story in the app, and its own answers when you want more. Walk them in any order; the map shows what is around you.
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Girona Cathedral
The great Gothic cathedral crowning the old town, reached by a grand Baroque staircase of ninety steps. Its single nave is the widest Gothic nave in the world, and its facade starred in Game of Thrones.
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The Call (Jewish Quarter)
One of the best-preserved medieval Jewish quarters in Europe, a steep maze of stone lanes around Carrer de la Força. Home of the great scholar Nahmanides, it is now also the Museum of Jewish History.
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Cases de l'Onyar
The rainbow row of houses stacked along the Onyar river, their facades painted in nearly thirty colours in 1982 and reflected in the water below the cathedral and Sant Feliu towers: the postcard image of Girona.
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Banys Àrabs (Arab Baths)
Despite the name, these elegant bathhouses are Christian-built Romanesque work of the 12th century. A ring of slender columns circles a cool pool beneath a lantern dome, with warm and hot rooms heated from below.
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Basílica de Sant Feliu
Girona's second great church, its tall Gothic spire, cut short by lightning, a landmark across the old town. Inside are ancient Roman sarcophagi set in the walls and a serene alabaster carving of the recumbent Christ.
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Passeig de la Muralla
A walk along the top of Girona's ancient ramparts, Roman and Carolingian in their roots, climbing past towers and hillside gardens to the city's highest points, with sweeping views over the old town and the hills.
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Sant Pere de Galligants
A superb 12th-century Romanesque Benedictine monastery, with an octagonal bell tower, a carved rose window and a serene columned cloister. It now houses Catalonia's archaeology museum for the Girona region.
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Rambla de la Llibertat
The arcaded main promenade of the old town, running along the river beneath Gothic vaults and leafy trees. For centuries a market square, it is Girona's social heart, lined with cafes and Saturday flower stalls.
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Pont de les Peixateries Velles
The red iron footbridge over the Onyar, built in 1877 by Gustave Eiffel's company, a dozen years before his Paris tower. From its lattice deck comes the classic framed view of the coloured riverside houses.
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Casa Masó
The white house among the coloured ones, birthplace of the architect Rafael Masó and the only one of the Onyar houses open to visitors: a jewel of Catalan Noucentisme, full of tiles and stained glass.
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Plaça de la Independència
The grand arcaded square across the river, ringed by uniform neoclassical facades and lively cafe terraces. At its centre stands a bronze monument to the defenders of Girona in the great sieges against Napoleon.
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Parc de la Devesa
Catalonia's largest urban park, a cool green refuge of long avenues lined with soaring plane trees, some over fifty metres tall. Planted around 1850, they make a cathedral of leaves beside the city's rivers.
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Besalú
A spellbinding medieval town near Girona, entered across a long fortified stone bridge over the river. Once the seat of its own county, it keeps Romanesque churches and a rare medieval Jewish ritual bath.
Three things most visitors miss
Girona Cathedral
Girona Cathedral, reached by a grand Baroque staircase of ninety steps, has a single Gothic nave almost twenty-three metres across, the widest Gothic nave ever built in the world.
The Call (Jewish Quarter)
El Call is Girona's medieval Jewish Quarter, among the best-preserved in Europe, a maze of steep stone lanes around Carrer de la Força where a Jewish community lived from the late 9th century until the expulsion of 1492.
Cases de l'Onyar
The Cases de l'Onyar are the houses lining the Onyar river through Girona's old town, built mostly in the 19th century on the line of the old city wall, with many hanging over the water on galleries.
Girona tour: questions and answers
How many days do you need in Girona?
To see Gingerguide's 13 narrated highlights of Girona on foot, plan about a full day. The tour is self-guided, so you set the pace: cover the whole route in a day or spread it across a trip. Each sight has a two to three minute story, roughly 39 minutes of audio in total.
What are the top things to see in Girona?
Gingerguide narrates 13 sights in Girona, starting with Girona Cathedral, The Call (Jewish Quarter), Cases de l'Onyar, Banys Àrabs (Arab Baths). Each one has its own audio story on a live map, and you can ask the built-in AI guide anything the story leaves open.
Do I need a tour guide in Girona?
Not a human one. Gingerguide covers Girona with 13 narrated sights, so you get the stories a guide would tell, at your own pace and on your own route. And if a story leaves you with a question, you can ask the built-in AI guide and discuss the place right there, the way you would with a guide.
How many stops does the Girona audio tour have?
The Girona guide covers 13 sights. Each one has a researched story of roughly three minutes, about 39 minutes of listening in total. You choose the order and the pace; the tour is self-guided.
Does the Girona tour work offline?
Yes. You can download Girona in the app, audio, photos, and offline map tiles included. After the download, the full tour works without an internet connection.
Which languages does the Girona guide support?
Every Girona narration is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Turkish, and Chinese. You can switch the language in the app at any time.
Is the Girona audio guide free?
The Gingerguide app is free to download, and Girona includes a free preview: you can see all 13 sights on the map at no cost. A premium subscription unlocks the full stories, audio narration, and the offline download.
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