Alt Emporda

El Port de La Selva is a little natural port with fishermen white houses. A little path goes besides the coast and takes you to the Faro de S'Armella in Cap de Creus.

Try the shellfish and the specialty of the place: Llagosta a la Catalana (Lobster prepared in a Catalan way) and langostinos al chocolate (shrimp with chocolate).

A beautiful little town surrounded by five splendid beaches. Llança is well known by its Llançes, cakes made with almonds.

The architectural complex of Sant Pere de Rodes, declared a World Heritage site by the UNESCO, is formed by a Benedictine monastery that, like the church, dates from the 1Oth century, as well as a belfry and defensive tower that were added on in the 12th century. From here you will enjoy a beautiful view of the Pyrenees and Cap de Creus.

Counts Rocabertí Castle.

Lies to the north of Figueres and used to be the capital of the County of Peralada, it has a well-kept park, a library and a very valuable art collection. Part of the castle has been turned into a casino and a place for an International Music Festival

Recommendation: Don't leave town without tasting the Peralada Wine. Choose a Blanco Pescador, a Cresta Rosa or a Tinto Cazador.

As the capital of Alt Emporda, it is a busy commercial town, an important communication centre as well as Dali´s birthplace. There is an spectacular museum dedicated to him which is the meeting place of many visitors who come to the town.

Other interesting attractions in Figueres include the Catalonia Toy Museum, which displays all kinds of miniature toys made by the world's most prestigious toymakers, the Empordà Museum, whose collection ranges from archaeological finds from Empúries and Ullastret to 20th-century paintings by Vayreda, Tàpies or Cuixart, and the Museum of Naïf Art in El Far d'Empordà.

Theatre-Museum Dali is one of Spain's most frequently visited museums, which houses a great deal of the painter's works.

Catalonia Toy Museum displays all kinds of miniature toys made by the world's most prestigious toymakers

Cadaqués was discovered by painters, artists and intellectuals who chose it for a place of residence and has thus escaped the changes produced by crowded growth. It lies on the peninsula of Cape Creus, on one of the slopes looking out over the bay of Cadaques, and it is hard to know what is more surprising: whether it is the scenery, in shades of grey from the salty stones and of silvery green from the olive trees against the white of its houses and the endless horizon of the sea, or whether it is its personality, its attractive force. You can only get there through a long mountain route full of cars and sharp bends. The street that takes you to the sea is full of nice restaurants and hotels.

The favourite Dalí dish: Cheese soufflé and chicken with apples

This restaurant is famous for its shellfish dishes and fish specialties.

Very near Cadaques lays Portlligat, a small beach with transparent water where Salvador Dali had his residence. It is a very small port full of fisherman white houses.

The mansion of Salvador Dali and Gala (his wife) is a group of fishermen houses bought by the famous painter. It can be visited with a booked entrance in groups of eight people. The decoration is full of surprises with giant eggs in the roof and in the garden.

Cap de Creus Natural Park, which occupies a surface area of 10,787 hectares on land and another 3,073 hectares of sea, encompasses the coastal towns of Cadaqués, El Port de la Selva, Llançà and Roses, and the inland towns of La Selva de Mar, Palau -saverdera, Pau and Vilajuïga. You will enjoy pleasant walking tours, usually with a lot of wind, along the paths that take you to the Cap. This is your chance of seeing more that 250 bird species.

Cap de Creus restaurant faces the sea. Taste the "Entrecot fin del mundo" (entrecote end of the world).

The Aiguamolls de I'Empordà Natural Park, situated between the towns of Castelló d'Empúries, Empuriabrava (a residential area that provides a wide range of leisure offerings and where the Mediterranean's biggest residential marina is located) and Sant Pere Pescador, concentrates a large number of autochthonous flora and fauna species.

This centre will give you the necessary information for your walking tours. You will be able to organize your tour better if you visit the centre first.

Roses is history and tourism at the same time. It stands on the site of Rhode, a Greek colony of the 9th Century. It has an excellent natural harbour where tourist development has been extraordinarily fast, based, to be sure, on the 4km beach of fine sand and the large size of the area, which includes a beautiful promenade today, a huge marina and many possibilities for entertainment.

We are not going to lie to you. We have never been to Ferràn Adriá's restaurant: El Bulli. You have to book a table with a year in advance. It is the N°1 restaurant in the world, Michelin has given it 3 stars, Campsa has given it 3 suns and the english "Restaurant Magazine" put it again in first place in awards for the world's best restaurants for the third time (2006, 2007 and 2008). The 2008 List of the Restaurant Magazine .
A cuisine that do not follow the rules, it is a laboratory of the new cuisine. Some friends that have been there can not stop talking about the restaurant and the food.. Try your luck!
It could be your best culinary memory.
If you are looking for great restaurants on the Costa Brava read these reviews: Can Fabes and El Celler de Can Roca.

Water Park Aquabrava has Europe's biggest wave pool, slides, rapids? A lot of sun and a beautiful day to spend with little kids or adults near Roses

Empuries has a very nice beach, which is dwarfed by the most important archaeological site in Spain, like the ruins of the Greek Paleopolis at Sant Marti d´Empuries, with the Neopolis, necropolis and the Roman Ruins as well as the museum of the excavations. The foundation of Empuries is ascribed to the Greeks who had settled at Marsseille in 550BC. A visit to the ruins shows the market, the agora, the holy area where the temples stood and the main one dedicated to Jupiter. Among a group of altars, the statue of Aesculapius was found, a reproduction of which can be seen. The museum shows reproductions of the most valuable finds, which are kept in Barcelona and Girona. The ruins of a Christian basilica and Visigoth sarcophagi are found in the harbour area. Of the Roman town, the southern wall, the amphitheatre and the arena are preserved as well as the ruins of a Roman villa.

L'Escala is the gateway to the gulf of Roses, from a geographical as well as a tourist point of view. This village, which is one of the main fishing harbours along the coast, is also an important tourist centre, combining the smell of salt water with the bustle of tourists who add a note of colour and joy to it. For them the village has a special attraction that are the trainyeros, typical boats which leave the harbour at night with their lamps lit to go fishing.