Besalú belongs to the Comarca of la Garrotxa, located in the North of Catalonia, in the high basin of the River Fluvià, la Muga headers and the Amer and Llémena.In this region we can observe two entirely different landscape types. While for much of the southern half they extend more than 40 volcanoes, lava cones and forming a soft landscape and with few changes, protected by the Natural Park of the volcanic area of la Garrotxa, since the Fluvià River Valley to the North the landscape changes dramatically, becoming more rugged and craggy cliffs and Gorges with abundant. Is the alta Garrotxa, an area declared a Natural interest Area.