Author: Brava

Rural tourism is travel that prioritizes nature and places with low population density, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). In rural tourism destinations, most locals are engaged in agriculture and retain a mostly traditional rural way of life. The terms agritourism and eco-tourism have a similar meaning but provide more nuance: the former is […]

The source of Ter, one of the most prominent rivers in Catalonia, is found high in the Pyrenees, over 2000 m above the sea level. The river runs through the provinces of Girona and Barcelona for 220 kilometres and meets the Mediterranean sea at its estuary on a sandy Costa Brava beach on a rare […]

Most holidays and events in the Costa Brava can be easily categorized into the following types: political, religious, cultural, city days, music festivals, fairs. There aren’t many that are one-of-a-kind whose iterations you won’t find elsewhere, but a couple come to mind still: the books and roses of San Jordi, the calçots festival in Valls, […]

A hiking and cycling route that runs between Palafrugell and Palamós in the Costa Brava is lovingly called the Little Train Route (Ruta del Tren Petit). At a length of just 6 kilometres, it’s one of the shortest Greenways in Catalonia, that has no viaducts crossing over deep valleys, no long dark tunnels, steep climbs […]