The Costa Brava is known as Spain's sunny 'wild coast'. It is lined with rugged cliffs, sandy inlets and bustling holiday resorts. Here you will find long crescents of sand and shingle and the long beaches of the main resorts where all manners of water sports can be found. Estartit is great for scuba diving. There is a crammed marina here, filled with luxury yachts and one of the best sandy beaches on this part of the coast. Every resort along this stretch of coast has its own character and Tossa de Mar is no exception. Here are British-style pubs, late night clubs and lively bars. The town of Tossa de Mar also has narrow, twisting streets dating back to the 12th century.

Away from the coast you will find a very different Spain. Here you are within Catalonia an area with its own ancient language, traditions and ambience. A distant backdrop of snow-capped mountains lies behind almond groves and orchards and green, rolling hillsides. Visit the vibrant city of Barcelona. The climate here is a little milder than that of southern Spain which makes it an ideal resort for families with children.

Pineda de Mar is located in Costa del Maresme and has maintained more of its original character than other nearby resorts. The pace here is very relaxing and revolves around three main squares. The coarse, sandy beach is reached by means of several subways that run under the railway line. There may not be such a wide variety of bars here but it is made up for by the wide range of restaurants that offer both Spanish and International cuisine.

Malgrat is also technically on the Costa del Maresme and it is a typical Catalan town that boasts a good weekly market. Located 3km from Pineda. Ceramics and leather are in abundance in the shopping centre, all at good prices. The beach is long and shelves steeply into the sea. It has a long promenade.

Calella, 5km south of Lloret de Mar has a beach nearly 3km long with a water sports centre and a sports centre. The resort has a vibrant nightlife and a wide selection of bars and restaurants. Close by is the resort of Blanes, the most southerly of the resorts on the Costa Brava. Here you will find a holiday with a more Spanish flavor and the nightclubs are as popular with the residents as the holiday makers.

Lloret de Mar lies at the heart of the Costa Brava and is one of Spain's trendiest resorts. The beach here consists of coarse, golden sand and shingle and shelves quite steeply into the sea. The beach offers windsurfing and sailing in the summer months. The beautiful seafront promenade is lined with tall palms.

Hot summer and mild winters make the Costa Brava an all-year-round resort and a sport fanatic's paradise. With its wide selection of long, sandy beaches, secluded coves and tiny bays, water sports are top of the agenda. When it comes to boating, most of the larger beaches have something and most hotels that front the beach have access to boats of some kind. Pedalos, two seater, foot-driven vessels are the norm and are quite cheap to hire by the hour. Banana boats are also quite common, seating 10 or 12 people at a time. Water-skiing, although quite common, is becoming expensive and less popular. The clear waters of this coastline offer excellent opportunities for snorkeling especially the tiny coves that are almost impossible to get to. By far the coast's most popular pastime is swimming. In high season the best beaches are crowded but between towns you will find less used beaches that are just as attractive. Most of the beaches are not manned by lifeguards so watch the small children. There are however, many first-aid stations.Hunting, shooting and horse-riding are also popular within Catalunia as is fishing.

When it comes to golf, Girona Province offers three main golf courses: Club de Golf de Pals has 18 holes near Begur. Club de Golf Costa Brava near Santa Cristina d'Aro has 18 holes. Reial Club de Golf de la Cerdanya is near the French border, another good 18 hole course.A holiday on the Costa Brava is an ideal opportunity to see a bullfight.                                                                                                                                                 

Dali Theatre-Museum. Cadaques and Figueras The simple, whitewashed fishing village, is often called the most painted village in the world. Picasso, Dali, Utrillo, Miro, Max Ersnst, Man Ray and Luis Bunuel took inspiration from its simplicity and classic Catalan beauty. Gala-Salvador Dalí Square, 5 E-17600 Figueres Entrance: Gala-Salvador Dalí Square, 5 Exit: Mª Angels Vayreda Street Tel  +34 972 677 500 Fax +34 972 501 666 http://www.salvador-dali.org
La Molina - Masella In the Cerdanya region, they are the ski resorts with the longest tradition amongst Catalan skiers as, the magnificent landscape through which the slopes run, and the excellent services and infrastructures. Together, the two stations have a skiable domain of 100 kilometers and are one of the largest skiing areas in the Pyrenees. They have slopes and descents for all levels, and are well signposted. La Molina has 31 slopes of different levels, set along 44 kilometers of skiable surface, where you can also practice other sports, such as mountain skiing and cross-country skiing, and use the circuit for snowmobiles, dog-pulled sleds or snow shoes. Masella has a surface area of 57 km and 52 slopes with different levels, and offers skiers the chance to practice snowboard and mountain skiing.
Parc Art: an open-air gallery Walking around a gallery with no roof over it is a remarkable experience, bearing little relation to conventional visits to museums or exhibitions. A visit to Parc Art (Art Park), in Cassà de la Selva, is an invitation to enjoy nature in a setting fashioned down to the last detail to house unique contemporary sculptures. Getting to Parc Art is easier if you have your own vehicle, since it is outside Cassà de la Selva town centre and is not served by public transport. Though guided tours are not laid on, you can opt for an accompanied visit if you wish, though it is not necessary for enjoying the park. You can start off your visit by having a look at the room beside reception, where temporary exhibitions of small-scale sculptures are put on. Parc Art has a total of 150 contemporary sculptures by artists of national and international repute, the sculptures all standing in the open air, dotted around a garden with an area of one hectare. Nothing is left to chance in this landscape or in the way the space is treated: each work is sited in the right spot for it under a cork tree, or floating on the waters of a lake, or resting on the grass, or framed by the native wood surrounding this spot. Names such as Bonaventura Ansón, Antoni Clavé, Xicu Cabanyes, Domènec Fita, Lluís Llongueras, Anna Roser Puig, Quim Domene, Francesc Torres Monzó, Xavier Medina Campany, Jorge Oteiza, Josep M. Riera i Aragó, Rosa Serra, Emília Xargay, and more besides, up to a total of some fifty artists, make up the catalogue of this exhibition, which was arranged by the entrepreneur and sculptor Jaume Roser Laromaine. Taking the whole family to see Parc Art is highly recommendable: you can see everything in around an hour and a half, though of course you can spend as long as you like walking around, gazing at everything or just sitting down and enjoying some cool spot. Visiting this estate is also a way of seeing an exhibition of its flora and fauna, featuring both native and exotic species animals ranging unfettered such as turkeys and swans, and others that can be spotted behind fences. That small-scale zoo is the abode of emus, geese, muscovy ducks, mallards, dwarf goats and other creatures, likewise under the surveillance of sculptures that evoke them, attracting the attention of the youngest members of visiting families http://www.parcart.net/
Cap de Creus Natural Park A peninsula in the north of the Costa Brava which sits on geological levels of more than 450 million years and which, since 1984, has been considered a natural protected open area under the category of natural park. It covers the municipal areas of El Port de la Selva, La Selva de Mar, Llançà, Cadaqués, Palau-saverdera, Pau, Roses and Vilajuïga. It has a very abrupt coast, with deep waters, and plenty of tiny islands, very high cliffs, reefs of rocks made stark by erosion and the winds; meadows and forests inland and small hidden bays with transparent water, often only accessible from the sea. As the easternmost point of the Iberian Peninsula, it is notorious for the flow of migratory birds http://www.cbrava.com/capeng.htm
Former capital of Empuries County The medieval village of Sant Martí d’Empúries, former capital of Empuries County, is today completely restored and welcomes visitors who wish to enjoy a quiet peaceful time beside the sea. It is hard to imagine that the county capital was this small Mediterranean hamlet in 9th to 11th centuries, before being transferred to the greater security of Castelló d’Empúries. Today the restored medieval centre makes Sant Martí d’Empúries a pleasant place to visit and a “must” if you are interested in history and find yourself in the area around L’Escala. It was here that the first Greek settlers arrived in 6th century BC, before they moved to the site where we now find the Empúries Ruins. If you are driving, leave your car in the parking lot beside the road. Only by walking around the village will you be able to appreciate the old stone walls and the constricted, intimate criss-cross of narrow streets leading up and opening out onto a little square dominated by the church, with the Mediterranean Sea ever-present in the background. The Parish Church of Sant Martí d’Empúries, with its impressive faсade, was first documented in 834 and has since undergone three different restorations. If you decide to go in, pay special attention to the early Christian white marble altar, a 10th-century main altar decorated with horseshoe motifs and a 12th-century baptismal font.