The Costa Brava is once again set to be one of Spain’s leading coastal destinations in 2026. This year, almost 30 beaches ...

Ramon, fisherman and chef, is demonstrating how to make arròs a la cassola de l'Empordà, a take on paella that is local to this area, on the Costa Brava. He starts by sautéing some nostril-tantalising ...

To banish for ever your perception of the Costa Brava as package tour hell. Just north of Palamós, Castell is the only sandy beach on this part of the coast to have escaped development, owing to ...

Standing on the edge of the marina in the port of Palamós, about an hour’s drive north of Barcelona, I shiver in the dark, 6am chill. A 16th-century church bell tower looms high above the Old Town ...

Why Baix Empordà is the perfect Spanish spring getaway, plus a kayaking trip to the wilds of Scotland and Slovenia by car Why go? This charmed corner of Catalonia encompasses some of the Costa Brava’s ...

On the Costa Brava, some of the region's most spectacular coves have to be earned. Far from the crowded seaside resorts, ...

The Boquera brothers (above, Fèlix) are the fourth generation in their family to work the sea off the Costa Brava of Catalonia. Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage At dawn off the ...

The charms of Spain’s Costa Brava (which translates as “wild coast”) are well known. Stretching north from Barcelona to the French border, the rocky stretch of coastline is beloved for its picturesque ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the spring of 1960, Truman Capote arrived in the small town of Palamós on the Costa Brava in search of some ...

From splendid walks to surrealist art, these are the top attractions in the Costa Brava Eddi Fiegel is an award-winning travel and arts journalist and author specialising in Spain. She has written ...