The annual Medieval Fair of Peratallada, Fira Medieval de Peratallada, takes place on the first weekend of October in Peratallada. Its guests are mainly the residents of nearby villages and their families. For two days, the streets of Peratallada are packed with tents of the local farmers, bakers, and handicraftsmen. Visitors are welcome to sample […]
The first half of May in Girona is the time traditionally reserved for its much beloved and internationally renowned floral festival Temps de Flors. Busloads of visitors arrive by the minute, the main sights have lines snaking around the block and popular restaurants start adding flower petals to soups and salads. The Girona Flower Festival […]
Spanish “Indianos” are a small group of people who have immigrated to Latin America in search of a better life and then returned to the homeland millionaires. In Begur, whose population today does not exceed even 5 thousand people, the Indianos population is coincidentally quite large, and most of them have made their fortune in […]
Winter Carnival (Carnestoltes) in Spain is a major week-long celebration of parties, parades, masked balls, communal meals, general merrymaking and debauchery before the beginning of Lent. Each town in the Costa Brava has its own traditions associated with Carnival and its own organized events. The dates of Carnival change every year depending on two distinct […]
Rice has been planted in Pals for generations. Every June, visitors and tourists are invited to attend the traditional ceremony of rice sowing led by the veteran local farmers. The ceremony demonstrates the manual sowing technique that used to be commonplace among rice farmers prior to industrialization and automation of labour. During the event, farmers […]
If your vacation happens to take place in the Costa Brava in May, you have even more choice when it comes to eating fresh fish. In addition to the “regular” varieties of sea bream, sea bass, hake and turbot, you may sample a whole host of different fish and seafood varieties during the gastronomic campaign […]
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