Activities in the Neolithic cabins. Photo by Arqueoxarxa, Josep Casanova.
The discovery of a village dating back to the Neolithic Age (cardial culture) on the eastern bank of Lake Banyoles in 1990 has since allowed the excavation of one of the first Neolithic lakeside settlements in Europe (5,400-4,900 BC) by Banyoles Archaeological Museum, with the help of other scientific institutions. The numerous wooden objects and the hundreds of pillars of the huts raised above the ground, preserved as a result of their situation in permanent contact with the water table, together with the rest of the material culture (items made of bone, stone, ceramics, fauna and plants) constitute an exceptional case in the Iberian Peninsula.
The Neolithic park of La Draga has been in operation since 2000. Both schoolchildren and tourist groups can find out more about life in the Neolithic Age thanks to its reconstructed huts, the fields of cereals and legumes and the activities focusing on daily life.
SPACES
OBJECTS
INFORMATION
ADDRESS
Parc de la Draga17820 Banyoles (Pla de l’Estany)
FEES
GUIDED TOURS AT THE NEOLITHIC PARK
General admission: €4
Reduced ticket: €2.50
TODAY WE ARE NEOLITHICS (for boys and girls from 3 years old, accompanied by an adult)
General admission: €5
Arranged visits and workshops for school or tourist groups throughout the year.
Check educational offer here.
TELEPHONE
+34 972 572 361WEBSITE
http://www.museusdebanyoles.catOPENING TIMES
Arranged visits and workshops for school or tourist groups throughout the year.
Activities scheduled the whole year: guided tours, dramatized tours and family workshops.
More information in the events section: www.museudebanyoles.cat
Booking: comunicaciomuseus@ajbanyoles.org
GETTING HERE
You have to go to the Draga Park, in the north of Banyoles, in the direction of Serinyà. Next to the lake and in front of the sports center and the picnic area is the Neolithic park.
