Costa Brava Tourist Guide

Bullfighting, the savage ’sport’ of animal torture, has been banned in Catalonia.

Many people see the vote as something of a tit-for-tat in Catalonia’s ongoing fight for greater autonomy or even independence.

The Catalonia beach resort of Salou on the Costa Daurada, about 92 kilometers south of Barcelona, has become the first place in Spain to ban shirtless and bikini-clad tourists.

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El Port de la Selva is a Costa Brava seaside village popular with wealthy folks from Barcelona, as well as with tourists from France and elsewhere.

Last Thursday twelve Catalan newspapers published a joint editorial in which they defend the legality of Catalonia’s statute of autonomy.

The statute — meant to clarify the division of political powers between Spain and Catalonia — is under review by Spain’s constitutional court.

Originally Llançà was divided between the original tenth-century settlement — built inland as a defense against pirates — and the harbor of Llançà.

However, the tourist boom brought lots of urban growth, and the village and harbor soon joined together to create one resort.

Brief introduction to Catalonia, Spain.

Only about 600 people live in the small village of Colera, some 7 km north of Llançá

At the foot of the Pyrenees, hugging the dividing line between France and Spain, lies the small village of Portbou (1300+ inhabitants)

Costa Brava Tourist Guide — Today we are reopening our vacation guide to the Costa Brava — one of Europe’s most popular vacation destinations. For everyone, whatever their likes and tastes may be, whatever their idea of enjoying themselves, the Costa Brava is par excellence the perfect place. This delightful coast on the Province of Gerona [...]