Family fun in Palafrugell

ex­pe­ri­ences

Vis­it­ing a town and its local area no longer has to be bor­ing for the lit­tle ones. Many town coun­cils around the coun­try have come up with ini­tia­tives that make dis­cov­er­ing the town fun and en­ter­tain­ing for the whole fam­ily. The Costa Brava town of Palafrugell is one of them.

In order to make the most of your time there, Palafrugell is en­cour­ag­ing vis­i­tors to do up to 30 dif­fer­ent and unique ex­pe­ri­ences that will allow you to get to know all its nooks and cran­nies, along with those of the nearby towns of Calella, Llafranc, Tamariu and Llofriu. The ac­tiv­i­ties can be done all year round and are split into five cat­e­gories to suit all tastes and needs: “Fit”, “I am an artist”, “Ex­plor­ing”, “In the frame” and “Relax”.

“Vis­i­tors or res­i­dents them­selves will find all kinds of fun ac­tiv­i­ties, and dis­cover a dif­fer­ent way to get to know the town and its main points of in­ter­est,” says the local In­sti­tute for Eco­nomic Pro­mo­tion, which is the or­gan­i­sa­tion be­hind the pro­ject.

“The idea arose from de­mands by many vis­i­tors to our five tourist of­fices. Many of them were look­ing for fam­ily ac­tiv­i­ties, and so in the end we de­cided to group them to­gether in one brochure.,” they add.

In ad­di­tion, the ac­tiv­i­ties are a good op­tion to do in these times of Covid. “Al­though we re­moved the offer dur­ing the lock­down, they are ideal ac­tiv­i­ties to do right now, as most of them are out­doors, and can be done ei­ther in­di­vid­u­ally or with the group of peo­ple in your bub­ble.”

Among the high­lights are vis­it­ing the dol­men of Can Mina dels Tor­rents, watch­ing the sun­set from the Sant Se­bastià de la Guarda cape, draw­ing the pro­file of the Formigues Is­lands, fol­low­ing a sec­tion of the coastal path, find­ing the sun­dial on Pas­seig del Canadell or vis­it­ing the Teresina sculp­ture mar­ket.

Ex­pe­ri­ences in cul­tural spots are also in­cluded, such as find­ing the cork foot­ball in the Cork Mu­seum or dis­cov­er­ing the au­then­tic foun­tain pen that the great Cata­lan writer Josep Pla wrote his books with, pro­vid­ing a good ex­cuse to visit the local mu­se­ums.

To take part in the 30 ex­pe­ri­ences, all you have to do is down­load the brochure or re­quest it at any tourist of­fice in the town. What’s more, a re­ward awaits any­one ad­ven­tur­ous enough to com­plete all of them.