The Girona region in north eastern Spain is a top location for Irish holiday-makers

Artist Salvadore Dali chose to live in the Girona region of Spain for good reason, says Liz Dunphy.

Our good-looking pilot popped a cava cork as we rose together above the morning mist that snuggled into the green, tree-lined centres of sleeping volcanoes as they shrank below.

If you require a good reason to get up at 6am on holiday, then a balloon ride over Garoxta National Park in the Girona region of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain is it.