Catalonia has the best food in Spain, with more michelin - starred restaurants than anywhere on the Iberian peninsula.
Catalonia has everything it takes to make a memorable summer.
When you tire of strolling through pine woods atop rocky promontories, you can exercise your brain amid the antiquities of Barcelona, Figueres and Girona.
The guide books do not enthuse sufficiently about Girona.
After a long search we think we've found the perfect spot for a holiday with young children - or anybody else for that matter.
A complete surprise - a string of breathtaking wooded coves like an up market Cornwall.
Pals is a beautiful medieval town, built in the 9th century, which has been superbly restored. The town has is perched on a small hill with fabulous views of the Mediterranean coastline.
It is a fantastically pretty area.
This is a place of secret fishing villages where churches are still the tallest buildings, of fragrant green headlands and beaches that challenge the most scenic of European coastlines.
Referring to the beaches around Palafrugell: 'These are the places the Spanish must keep to themselves; you don't see them in the holiday brochures'.
Referring to Aigua Blava: 'I could have stayed on that beach for ever'
East of Gerona is altogether less crowded and more picturesque:a ragged coastlineof small fishing villages cum seaside resorts with clean sandy beaches, safe bathing and no high-rise developments.
One of the best is Tamariu at the end of a steep road winding through a forest of pines.
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