The charm of Girona itself and the surrounding countryside, its sports installations and its human size, all help to make it a perfect sports tourism destination. If, besides all this, we consider the excellent range of modern hotels, it is easy to understand why so many professional athletes and teams regularly choose Girona as their training base.

The city has also been approved by the Catalan Tourist Board as a Sports Tourism Destination, in recognition of its wide variety of first-rate resources and services, sports installations, accessible accommodation and specialised services to cater for both professional sportspeople and tourists wanting to do some sport. Girona was awarded this seal of approval because of its present and potential development of cycling and running in particular, but it also includes swimming, athletics, tennis and triathlon.