Costa Brava Guide

The Costa Brava has an excellent cuisine based on fresh fish and seafood, grilled or baked in salt or cooked as a stew in the traditional dish suquet. Each area has its own peculiarities: along the coast, you will find a myriad of specialities from the sea: seafood, fish, etc., with such notable combinations as rice made with squid's ink.

Thanks to the international reputation of restaurants such as Can Fabes, Can Roca and of course El Bulli, Catalonia's star is currently shining very brightly in the foodie universe. Labelled somewhat loosely as Nou Cuina (Catalan for Nouvelle Cuisine, though thankfully not bearing much of a resemblance to mid-80s food experiments with miniscule portions) there's not much that ties these places together other than a desire to please the boys from Michelin.

However at the other end of the scale, there's still a great deal of joy to be had from eating at local seafood restaurants, providing you do your research and don't just turn up anywhere expecting the meal of your life.

Eating Out - Over 2,500 restaurants throughout the Costa Brava welcome diners with a cuisine based on a combination of quality seafood and the best produce of the land. ...

Bars & Pubs - There are bars at regular intervals along the coast for a refreshing wine, cold beers or an excellent local rum. ...

Wine - The Emporda wine region is situated in the Costa Brava area and covers 2,000 hectares. The Emporda/Costa Brava wine region consists of 41 vineyards (Bodegas), which produce 6.2 millon liter of wine annually. The Costa Brava is just full of wine houses, where one can taste different sorts of wine ...

Costa Brava Cuisine - A good way to discover the delights of the Costa Brava and gastronomy is to try the wide variety of tasty dishes typical of Empurdanesa ...