Category: Upcoming events

Across the world, the Feast of Saint Reparata is celebrated on October 8, but the municipality of Begur chooses to celebrate its second patron saint (after Saint Peter) in mid-September. Besides Begur, Saint Reparata also “looks after” Nice and Florence.

Carnival always ends on Ash Wednesday, and its culminating event in Spain remains unchanged throughout the country, ending in the humorous Sardine Funeral. In Platja d’Aro, the mourning procession gathers at a central square and unhurriedly takes the “casket” to the nearby RV parking spot where a big bonfire may be safely started. After the […]

Carbonera is an educational festival dedicated to the disappeared trade of charcoal burning. The festival starts on the first Saturday of October and lasts for four weeks. It takes place on the estate Mas Frigola next to the village Sant Climent de Peralta in the municipality of Forallac. The first Carbonera took place in 1993.

A celebration of wine and terroir marked by guided tastings, open-air concerts, and exquisite meals paired with local wines of DO Empordà in the Costa Brava.

Winter Carnival (Carnestoltes) in Spain is a major week-long celebration of parties, parades, masked balls, communal meals, general merrymaking and debauchery before the beginning of Lent. Each town in the Costa Brava has its own traditions associated with Carnival and its own organized events. The dates of Carnival change every year depending on two distinct […]

Rice has been planted in Pals for generations. Every June, visitors and tourists are invited to attend the traditional ceremony of rice sowing led by the veteran local farmers. The ceremony demonstrates the manual sowing technique that used to be commonplace among rice farmers prior to industrialization and automation of labour. During the event, farmers […]