Taxi to Calella de Palafrugell

Calella de Palafrugell is the postcard the Costa Brava sells itself with — white arcades along the water at Port Bo, fishing boats pulled up on the shingle, and no high-rise anywhere. It is about an hour forty-five from the airport, up the AP-7 to Girona Sud and across on the C-66 through Palafrugell.

There is no train anywhere near, and the bus involves a change at Girona or Palafrugell with a long wait between connections. This stretch of coast is where a direct transfer stops being a luxury and becomes the sensible option, particularly if you land in the evening.

Cap Roig botanical gardens sit on the headland just south, and the summer festival there draws people from all over Catalonia — if you are going for a concert, book the return leg at the same time, because taxis are extremely scarce when a show turns out at midnight. The camí de ronda footpath links Calella to Llafranc in about twenty minutes on foot along the cliff.

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