Things to see and do Catalonia

The operation "Keys to the Churches" will allow you to discover the most important churches of Cerdanya, through a guided tour, led by a guide specialized in the heritage of the Pyrenees. Three routes are proposed, each including four churches: "Solana", "Obaga", "Portalades". On the Cerdanya website, you will find a list of the places to be visited as well as a calendar allowing you to register directly online.

By leaving Barcelona, you arrive very quickly on the beaches frequented by the Barcelona on weekends. Each has its own interest, its particularity. First, Gavá, known as "La Pineda", with its dunes and pine forests. Then Castelldefels, and its large stretches of sand, 5 km, frequented by athletes, fans of wind, windsurfing, surfing and other kites. Both locations are contiguous and connected by a dike for roller or bicycle lovers, who end in Port Ginesta. Through the coastal road, you arrive at the small beach of Garraf, a small bay lined with white and green huts. Very quiet with a terrace restaurant, Garraf Chiringuito: first terrace, tapas; Second terrace, restaurant with specialities from the sea, where it is good to drag away from the parasols with a view of a beautiful sea, a relaxing holiday atmosphere. At the entrance to Sitges, Marina, a small beach and a small harbour with a tropézienne atmosphere with its restaurants and terraces giving directly onto the harbour. In Sitges, the beaches of Balmins and Sant Pedroche are the quietest and the most family-friendly. Fine sand and gentle slope to enter the water, the sea is often hot, thanks to its low depth.

6 km northeast of Figueres towards Portbou. In the middle of the vineyards, the village of Peralada has preserved its centre of small squares and alleys. Among the curiosities: Sant (cloister) Sant Domènec, the Castell (castle) transformed into casino, Convento del Carme and the Castell de Peralada.

The evocative name of this brand-new Barcelona space (opening late October 2023) leaves no doubt as to the collection it houses: the Museum of Forbidden Art exhibits in a sumptuous palace some forty works that have in common the fact of having been censored, vandalized or simply withdrawn from exhibitions. These contemporary artworks (by Picasso, Abel Azcona, Andy Warhol, Ines Doujak and Robert Mapplethorpe, among others) question the political and moral place of art in our societies. An aesthetic and civic experience.