This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). 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 ...

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 ...

But a recent family holiday proved how wrong I was. We stayed in a town north of Barcelona called Palamos, which starts by the sea and then climbs up a steep hill where scores of attractive villas ...

Stretching along Spain’s northeastern coast, the Costa Brava is a masterpiece of rugged cliffs, turquoise coves, and charming Mediterranean towns. While many visitors flock to the larger beach resorts ...

Visiting the Costa Brava in Spain is a breathtaking experience, with its fishing villages like Cadaqués, Calella de Palafrugell, or Begur, the bay of Roses, and the Medes Islands. It's about walking ...

Spain is filled with beautiful and clean beaches perfect for lounging on. A travel expert who's spent years arranging holidays to coastal parts of the country has highlighted his favourite, most ...