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If you have never been to the regions of Girona,
then we must start by explaining that the word that best defines them is
DIVERSITY. Don't expect to find one landscape, one light,
one vegetation... what you will find is a multitude of changing landscapes,
evolving as you advance in one direction or another. Like a kaleidoscope,
your senses will receive an avalanche of sensations, shapes, colours. And not only your eyes - your ears, your nose, your skin and your heart will
absorb a multitude of impacts capable of producing the most pleasant emotions
and the most diverse experiences.
Were we to wax poetic, we would now tell you about the picturesque
coastal towns and fishermen's havens like Cadaqués,
the charm and scenery of which captivated the maestro Salvador Dalí himself, or like Calella
de Palafrugell, whose winding streets and coves
echo the sounds of the "Habaneras" that, beyond the indispensable
annual festival, bring back the reminiscences and longings of the sailors who
emigrated to Cuba.
If you left your decision to us, we would certainly recommend that you
visit the Cap de Creus Natural Park, whose
landscape suggests what the earth must have been like in its origins, or the
marshes of the Aiguamolls de I'Empordà,
the Medes islands (in L'Estartit) and the coves and
inlets of Begur and Palafrugell,
and the citadel of Roses, the Greek and Roman ruins of Empúries
(in L'Escala) or the medieval villages of Pals and Peratallada, and the Iberian remains of Ullastret, the old town of Tossa
de Mar and the beautiful botanical gardens of Blanes
and Lloret de Mar.. What we're getting at, in a
nutshell, is that at the The Costa Brava's
200 km of coastline are a mosaic of Mediterranean villages like L'Escala, Palamós and Sant Feliu de Guíxols, which await you with patient expectation, with
their rooftops washed by the sun and their feet in the sand, draped in rocky
outcroppings and green pines to meet the golden waters of the Mediterranean.
The uniqueness of this moving and sudden encounter between mountain and sea
is what led the journalist Ferran Agulló to define this coast as the COSTA BRAVA, the
" But don't think
for a minute that the scenery, the climate, the sun and the light are the sum
total of the leisure and entertainment possibilities offered up by this land.
We have worked hard to offer you a panoply of
activities capable of effacing even the smallest trace of stress or boredom
from your spirit. On bike or on foot, by car or even on horseback, through
the skies, by the footpaths or along the cove-dotted coastline, the Blue is the colour of the sky and the sea, and it's the colour of the flags granted each year by the European
Environmental Education Foundation, synonymous with clean, crystal-clear,
pollution-free waters. The flags are proof of the environmental quality of
the water and sands of our coastline's beaches. However, there is one thing you should never pass
up: the bounty of our restaurants, the so-called mar i
muntanya cuisine, a sublime combination of the
fruits of the sea with the meats and vegetables of the mountains and plains. Specialities like the suquet de
peix (fish stew),
cuttlefish and peas, chicken with crayfish, meatballs with prawns, or rice
casserole will fill your album of mementoes, pictures which will come fondly
back to mind when reminiscing about your holidays. Information above from: http://www.costabrava.org/ang/index.htm
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