Unique festivals

July and August are prime time for vacations, festivals and celebrations of all sorts across Spain. The International Fireworks Competition in Blanes, Focs de Blanes, is one of the most memorable, accessible, and loudest among them in the Costa Brava. The fireworks on July 26, the day of the town’s patron saint Saint Anne, are […]

Most holidays and events in the Costa Brava can be easily categorized into the following types: political, religious, cultural, city days, music festivals, fairs. There aren’t many that are one-of-a-kind whose iterations you won’t find elsewhere, but a couple come to mind still: the books and roses of San Jordi, the calçots festival in Valls, […]

Girona, the capital of the namesake province in Catalonia, easily manages the number of tourists coming through its proverbial gates. None of the beautiful historic sites in the city suffer from the queues similar to La Sagrada Família in Barcelona. The Gothic cathedral is easy to visit and photograph; the Jewish Quarter has barely any […]