Events and Traditions
Festival Terra de Trobadors – Castello d’Empúries
For many years, it has been celebrating the traditional medieval festival Terra de Trobadors in Castelló d’Empúries. Every year, on September’s second weekend, Castelló…
Events and Traditions
Hiking and Excursions
Fira d’indians in Begur
From September 6nd to 8nd, the entire town rejoices and plunges into Caribbean flair. It is the time of a festival called Fira d’Indians…
Events and Traditions
Vintage cars on the Costa Brava
On the familiar campsite Las Palmeras in Sant Pere Pescador, near by the ocean – a meeting of classic VW buses took place on…
Hiking and Excursions
Culture & music at the Costa Brava
Last summer there was as always a lot of music and culture both for eyes and ears. Along the Costa Brava you could see…
Hiking and Excursions
European Balloon Festival – Igualada
European Balloon Festival – Inspired by a neighbour Once upon a Sunday morning, we woke up to a funny noise. Looking out of our…
Events and Traditions
Semana Santa – Religion, Tolerance and Tamt
Spring creeps into the country and Easter is just around the corner. Easter in Catalonia is a feast full of light and dark -…
Events and Traditions
Pirate Festival – in L’Estartit “Yo Ho, Yo Ho”
Pirates are fine! – Pirate Festival Pirate Festival – “Yo-Ho, yo-ho pirates have it good!” Captain Jack Sparrow was already singing while he stabbed…
Dalí and Culture
Fira del Pa – Bread Fair in Castelló d’Empúries
Not far from Empuriabrava is the small town of Castelló d'Empúries, which was once also known for its mills and the production of flour.…
Hiking and Excursions
Windsurfing – World Cup at Costa Brava
Windsurfing - fluttering flags in the wind, sails of all colors that rush past in front of me in a flash and loud music…
Dalí and Culture
Temps de Flors – Girona in the spring scent!
Sometimes colorful carnival, sometimes tasteful and minimalist, sometimes poetic and often just hopelessly romantic - the installations of the "Temps de Flors" 2017 are…
Hiking and Excursions
Carnival on the Costa Brava: colorful, loud, funny
Hot rhythms and tight costumes samba and hot disco rhythms instead of pappy noses, horns and handmade speeches, that's the motto of carnival on…
Hiking and Excursions
A journey through the Catalan cheese terroirs
Fira del Formatge Artesà lladó The variety of cheeses in Catalonia is more than amazing. Furthermore, the quality and the feeling for the special…