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What’s next up for Grown-up Travel Guide, I pretend to hear you ask?

Catalonia, that’s what! In two days time, to be precise.

Yes, just a week or so after returning from a wonderful three weeks in Spain I received an invitation to return. After checking the dates and discussing the programme of activities that the tourist board had planned for this trip it didn’t take me long to decide to accept. This is a press trip with only three other participants, two of whom I know from previous travels – Keith Jenkins of Velvet Escape and Mariana Calleja of MyTravelThirst.

The third is an extremely talented filmmaker, Emiliano Bechi, and he will be making a video of this trip focusing on the coast to complement the sterling work he did on promoting the Costa Brava Pyrenees. Seriously – click on that link and just watch.

I’m hoping to get some tips from this guy as he’s using the same camera as I have been experimenting with – the Panasonic GH4. Let’s hope some of that magic rubs off on my future videos…

But the main reason I cannot wait to get back to Spain is that this trip will take us to many places we missed in July. You’ll be able to keep track of all the action (and superb food, no doubt) using the hashtag #InCostaBrava and all the content we produce will be showcased on a dedicated page of the Costa Brava tourist board: http://en.costabrava.org/enjoy/with-other-eyes

And obviously I’ll be posting content on the usual Grown-up Travel Guide social media channels and right here on the site too.

Here’s the highlights from the itinerary:

Friday 4 September:

Fly Trondheim – Oslo – Barcelona

Transfer to Blanes for lunch

On to Lloret de Mar – this was the first place I ever went on a package tour, back in 1977 (I think). I am expecting it to have changed somewhat…

Visit Santa Clotilde’s Botanical Gardens, Lloret de Mar

Dinner in Restaurant Sant Pere del Bosc, Lloret de Mar

Stay at Hotel Guitart Monterrey, Lloret de Mar

 

Saturday 5th September

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Photo credit: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/54943216@N08/6198489166″>Recinte emmurallat i Castell de Tossa, o Vila Vella de Tossa de Mar i platja gran.</a> via <a href=”http://photopin.com”>photopin</a> <a href=”https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/”>(license)</a>

Visit Marimurtra gardens, Blanes

Boat trip to Tossa de Mar (above)

Lunch, Tossa de Mar

Guided visit Tossa de Mar

Tapas’ tour in Palamós

Stay at Hotel Trias, Palamós

 

Sunday 6th September

Walking the coastal path to S’Alguer

Lunch & Show cooking by Espai del Peix in a fisherman’s hut

Indians Fair in Begur

Dinner at Restaurant Aiguablava

Stay at Hotel Sant Roc, Calella de Palafrugell

 

Monday 7th September

Hot air balloon ride over the Empordà area

Short walk in a Medieval village: Pals

Snorkel at Medes Islands

A short walk next to the sea: Coastal Path (Camí de ronda)

Dinner in hotel Sant Roc

Stay at Hotel Sant Roc, Calella de Palafrugell

 

Tuesday 8th September

Girona

Riding an electric bike (Burricleta) around medieval towns

Lunch at Le Bistrot, Girona

Guided visit to Girona’s Jewish quarter and city center + Rocambolesc ice-cream

Human Towers training – Marrecs de Salt

Dinner at Hotel Carlemany, Girona

Stay at Hotel Carlemany, Girona

 

Wednesday 9th September

Visit Dali Museum, Figueres

Lunch at Hotel Duran, Figueres

Dinner at Cal Sagristà, Peralada

Stay at Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf

 

Thursday 10th September

A surprise activity that I’m keeping to myself for the moment

Visit the monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes and lunch

Visit and medieval dinner (Land of Trobadours festival) in

Castelló d’Empúries

Stay at Hotel Terraza, Roses

 

Friday 11th September (National Day of Catalonia)

Visit organic wine cellars in the Natural Parc of Cap de Creus

Cadaqués

Transfer to Roses

Stay at Hotel Terraza, Roses

 

Saturday 12th September

Fly Barcelona – Trondheim

 

It’s a busy week, but I think I should be able to cope 🙂

Andy Higgs
Andy Higgs

I know what it's like to go from being a crazy backpacker without a care in the world, via being a vaguely sensible parent to being an adventurer once more. In other words, evolving into a Grown-up Traveller.

Like everyone else, I love to travel, have visited a lot of countries and all that but my big thing is Africa.

I also own and run The Grown-up Travel Company as a travel designer creating personalised African itineraries for experienced adventurers

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