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Pals
Municipality in Catalonia, Spain

Pals

Pals is a medieval town in Catalonia, northern Spain, a few kilometres from the sea in the heart of the Bay of Emporda on the Costa Brava.

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It lies on the C31 Palafrugell–L'Estartit road.

Get in

Getting to Pals

Closest airport is Girona - Costa Brava Airport GRO IATA. Alternatively, you can fly into Barcelona El Prat Airport BCN IATA. Airport shuttles operate between Girona-Costa Brava airport and the majority of the resort cities, Barcelona and Girona city centre. A high speed line runs North (France)-South ( Barcelona-rest of Spain ) with stops in Girona and Figueres There is no railway in the village.

See

Worth seeing

Pals has a delightful, picturesque old town. In high season it can get crowded here, but still, it's worth a visit and fairly quiet compared to the main destinations on the Costa Brava. Wander through the charming cobblestoned streets and note the pointed arched windows and stone balconies on the authentic buildings along them. The so-called Gothic Quarter is worth a look, as it has been nicely restored.

  1. 01
    Josep Pla

    It offers some great vistas over the Medes Islands in the Montgrí, Medes Islands and Baix Ter Natural Park.

  2. 02
    Church of Sant Pere

    It is a Gothic church with a single nave and a polygonal apse, incorporating some scarce elements from the previous Romanesque temple.

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    Pals Castle
  4. 04
    Tower of the Hours
  5. 05
    Basses d'en Coll

    A system of two ponds that constitute the mouth of the Molí stream, where the waters from the rice fields of Pals flow into, over an area of about 50 hectares.

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    Submarine

    Col·lecció Museu d'Arqueologia Submarina is housed in Ca la Pruna, a 16th‑century fortified Gothic residence at the entrance to the medieval village of Pals (Baix Empordà, Costa Brava).

Do

Things to do

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    Pals Beach

    It is a beach made up of medium and fine sand, 2.8 km long and more than 50 metres wide.

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    Windsurf
  3. 03
    Golf de Pals
  4. 04
    Aeroclub Empordà
Eat

Where to eat

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    La Vila

    Carrer Abeurador, nº 18,.

  2. 02
    Pahissa del Mas

    C/ Barri Molinet 16 (in the countryside near Pals.), restaurant@pahissadelmas.com.

  3. 03
    El Pedró

    Carrer de les Placetes 29 (In the heart of medieval Pals.),.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wilfredor (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.