Discover Costa Brava: Top Holiday and Vacation Spots in Spain

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Catalonia: Spain’s most popular tourist destination

• Catalonia

  Catalonia tourist tax

  Catalonia charges a tourist tax to all overnight visitors

  If you stay in Barcelona city you pay a higher tax rate than in the rest of Catalonia. Barcelona also charges an additional city tax.

  Here’s what you need to know about the tourism tax in 2025.

• Empuriabrava

  Discover Empuriabrava: Beaches, Watersports, and Skydiving Paradise

  Empuriabrava is one of the most unusual beach resorts along the Costa Brava. For one thing, it is the world’s largest residential marina. For another, the place is only about 40 years old.

  While it lacks that authentic Catalan ‘feel’ it nevertheless is a major tourist destination.

• Roses

  Roses

  Roses has the largest fishing fleet of the Costa Brava, but like so many other towns along Catalonia’s coast its main income nowadays is derived from tourism.

  Its biggest selling point: wide, family-friendly beaches with fine sand and shallow water.

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  Costa Brava Beaches

  The Costa Brava has a plethora of beaches. They come in all sizes ranging from kilometers-long, tourist-filled stretches of sand to hard-to-reach, virtually ‘private’ beaches nestled in small coves.

• Cadaqués

  Cadaqués: peaceful, charming, bohemian-chic

  The beautiful fishing village of Cadaques is sometimes referred to as an island on the coast. That is because it is relatively protected from mass tourism by a long, winding road through the mountains of Cap de Creus.

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  Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain – Practical Information FAQ

  Opening hours, language, money, the time in Catalonia, national holidays