Slideshows

Your calçot setup

Sara Blaylock

La Gran Festa de la Calçotada

Every year, on the last Sunday of January, Valls hosts a city-wide barbecue to honour the calçot—a sweet and rich onion famous throughout Catalunya, invented in the 19th-century Valls.

Comet or Moon Moth

Courtesy Empuriabrava Butterfly Park

Empuriabrava Butterfly Park

This Costa Brava butterfly park has various winged creatures for visitors to enjoy

Golf

courtesy of Costa Brava Tourist Office, photo by Tino Soriano

Outdoor activities on the Costa Brava

The landscape and weather of the Costa Brava create ideal conditions for a variety of sports

Sant Pol de Mar

photo by Katy MacGregor

Beaches A-Plenty

Don’t limit yourself to crowded city beaches, when some great seaside alternatives are a short train ride away

All you need

Hannah Pennell

Hot Air Ballooning

The most unique way to get a good perspective on the region is also the most colourful

Beautiful countryside

David Murano

Yellow train in the Pyrenees

See the mountains and countryside of the Pyrenees from a train that tootles along the French side of the range

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