Located along the northeastern border of Spain, the Costa Brava first rose to prominence as a tourist destination during the 1950s. The name means “rugged coast” in Spanish and the craggy rock formations on its distinctive coastline could well have been sketched by one of the artists who call it home. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction to Costa Brava - Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Blanes - Botanical Gardens near Blanes - Lloret de Mar - Modernist Cemetery - Tossa de Mar - Vila Vella - Peratallada & Pals - Windows on a Medieval Past - Diving in Costa Brava - Medes Islands - Shipwrecks - L'Escala - Empuries - Empuriabrava - Castelló d'Empúries - La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone - Figueres - Teatro Museo Dali - Sant Ferran Castle - Aiguamolls de l'Empordà - Girona - Jewish Quarter - Sant Pere de Rodes - Cadaques - Portbou - Recommendations for the Budget Traveller - Places to Stay - Hotel Costabella - Hotel Mercedes - Hotel Samba - Hotel Oasis Tossa - Hotel Stella Maris - Places to Eat & Drink - Café Terrassans - Bahiton - Restaurante Duran - Blue Sky Lounge Bar - Giorgio Restaurant - Places to Shop - La Bisbal d'Emporda - Shopping in Girona - Markets in Costa Brava - Shopping in Pals - Shopping in Cadaques
