On the low rise of Puig de Sant Andreu, among the fields of Catalonia’s Baix Empordà, Ullastret makes the scale of the ancient Iberian world easier to imagine. The Generalitat de Catalunya identifies it as the largest Iberian settlement discovered in Catalonia and describes it as the capital of the Indiketes territory. Its position was not merely scenic: from this agricultural plain, the community could connect farms, livestock, mines and quarries with routes leading toward the coast and the Greek trading city of Empúries.
“Ullastret” refers to a wider archaeological ensemble rather than one compact ruin. It includes two Iberian settlements, but the public route today visits the remains on Puig de Sant Andreu. The Generalitat explains that these visible remains represent the settlement’s final phase of Indiketes occupation, in the third century BCE. Keeping the distinction clear helps visitors understand both the site’s wider footprint and what they will actually encounter on the marked walk.
