Pontmajor, Girona — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Pontmajor?

Carrer del Pont Major carries almost every protected building in Pontmajor. The Destil·leries Regàs went up in 1908 behind a brick front of five segmental arches, and Enric Catà designed the Casa Regàs lower down the same street. La Pietat keeps blocked windows dated 1572 and a nave inscription of 1582, with a flood mark of 1617 cut into the façade.

Its clock dates from 1926. The Cases entremitgeres del XVI-XVII al Pont Major run in a terrace along the same street. Destil·leries Gerunda faces Passeig de Sant Joan Bosco.

The Pont de l'Aigua crosses the Ter at the north end and gives the barri its name.

What is the history of Pontmajor?

Pontmajor began as a bridgehead on the Via Augusta, the only crossing to and from France, and the barri grew along the road that used it. Until the Primo de Rivera years the carretera de França still ran through Pedret and Pontmajor. Smiths, cartwrights, innkeepers, and basket makers worked the roadside, and alcohol distilling took over the trade in the nineteenth century.

The Regàs family arrived in 1870. Sant Daniel, a separate municipality until 1963, long lay between the barri and the rest of Girona, which left Pontmajor cut off from the city it belonged to.

Where is Pontmajor?

Pontmajor lies between the Ter and the Montjuïc hill in northern Girona, running on from Pedret and ending downstream where Campdorà begins.