Costa Brava 2025 Mary/Sandra

Another walking trip, along with some extra days in Girona, Barcelona and Valencia - another adventure, good exercise and a chance to visit a country we love! Read more

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October 17, 2025
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Day 2
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 25 m
Spain Barcelona 41.379738, 2.176641°22’47” N 2°10’36” E
And we are off
October 18 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Having a drink in Calgary before our flight departed for Barcelona.
Will look forward to the photos - more glasses of vino too. [EW]
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Day 2
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Spain Barcelona 41.379942, 2.17534441°22’48” N 2°10’31” E
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First day in Spain
October 18 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We arrived around 1 pm this afternoon after having flown overnight. We spent some time wandering the city as neither of us has been here for a few years. We were highly entertained by la citta infanita - essentially a wood Lego farm where families were practicing their building and balancing the pieces. We walked to a couple of churches - the latter being see Cathedral de Barcelona and watched a man singing out front. We finished our day with a great meal at Bodega Biarritz near our apartment. Highly recommend.Read more
This looks interesting What is it [Mom]
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TravelerTapas dishes
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What is this Looks very raw Mom [Mom]
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Day 3
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
☁️ 22 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Spain Barcelona 41.391667, 2.19666741°23’30” N 2°11’48” E
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Croissants, Gaudi snd Design Museum
October 19 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We started the day at a lovely little cafe around the corner from our apartment with flat whites and beautiful croissants. Thought of you Alex Moody as we viewed the gorgeous pastries!

We walked to Gaudi's Casa Mila first and then on to La Sagrada Familia, both spectacular masterpieces. We moved on to a market - read dozens of stalls selling beautiful fresh looking food. Then we spent a couple hours in the design museum, (sorry, no photos) but I highly recommend a visit to anyone traveling here. We wandered over to see Barcelona's Arc de Triomf and back to the hotel for a rest. Dinner at La Fonda, a going concern in the gothic quarter. Tomorrow we take the train to the starting point for our walk.Read more
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Traveler i think you delight in making everyone's mouth water Scrumptious looking MOm
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Day 4
Monday, October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
☁️ 20 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Spain Barcelona 41.375756, 2.17821941°22’33” N 2°10’42” E
Lovely sunny morning
October 20 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Waiting at the Columbus monument for our taxi to the train station. We are off to L'Escala to overnight before we start our walk tomorrow.
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Day 4
Monday, October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
☁️ 23 °C
Altitude: 16 m
Spain l'Escala 42.123728, 3.13672842°7’25” N 3°8’12” E
L'Escala
October 20 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We arrived in Figueres-Vilafant and Steve, a Scottish fellow who has been living here 19 years collected us to drive to L'Escala. Photo shows the view from my room balcony.
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Day 4
Monday, October 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
☁️ 23 °C
Altitude: 13 m
Spain l'Escala 42.124, 3.13662242°7’26” N 3°8’12” E
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L'Escala
October 20 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Our stop along the way before starting our walk. We arrived and checked into our hotel overlooking the ocean. We had a nice lunch of aubergine and sardines, wandered around town a bit, saw a couple of cool sculptures on the waterfront, bought supplies for our lunch tomorrow and finally had a nice tapas dinner at El Patio. Oh and the town across the water looking pink - we will be walking there tomorrow. That's the colour of the town as the sun sets on it. Cool!Read more
Traveler beautiful scenery
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TravelerI can smell/taste the tapas from here
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Day 5
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🌙 15 °C
Altitude: 16 m
Spain l'Escala 42.123722, 3.13664742°7’25” N 3°8’12” E
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L'Escala to Sant Pere Pescador
October 21 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
We started the day with a beautiful sunrise on the Gulf of Roses and a yummy and plentiful breakfast. We saw lots of beautiful sites along our walk (almost 14 kms). Finished our night in Castello D’Empuries for a scrumptious and too plentiful dinner of traditional Cantalan food.Read more
Traveler This is quite the bridge
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Traveler Is this at dinner ? Two of my most favorite people in the world looking good
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Day 6
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Spain Sant Pere Pescador 42.192883, 3.09634442°11’34” N 3°5’47” E
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San Pere Pescado to Castello
October 22 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Beautiful and warm weather to start our day with the sun shining. A lot of the day was spent walking through bird and fish sanctuary areas. Lots of birders out with telephoto lenses. We also passed an area in which they are doing some cool water treatment too. In Castello we finally had a drink of some Catalan Vermouth - thinking of you Elizabeth Weir - after which we walked around town to find a recommended restaurant only to find it closed. Took some photos of the Basilica de Santa Maria that looms large over the town. We returned to our hotel where they seem to have the most clientele in town for dinner. Mary had roast lamb - you would have loved it Barry - similar to Serbian roast lamb - and I had Dorado (the whole fish!). About 17 kms walked today and tomorrow will be the same only with a couple hundred metres of elevation. Some cow photos for you too Elizabeth!Read more
Traveler I would have had Mary's choice Looks delish
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Day 7
Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌬 18 °C
Altitude: 15 m
Spain Cadaqués 42.282567, 3.27721942°16’57” N 3°16’38” E
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Around Cadaques
October 23 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Yesterday we spent the day in and around Cadaques. We walked out toward the lighthouse on the point and then explored around town. We found a beautiful Basilica which was also being used as a mosque. Very cool sharing. Outside was a man playing beautiful guitar but sadly he did not have CDs for sale. After lots of walking we retired to a waterside bar for a glass of Catalan Vermut (vermouth). Very tasty. We headed out for dinner and happened upon the Michelin star worthy restaurant that we had been unable to get a reservation online. We took a chance and went in to ask if there was any way they could accommodate us. They could and they did! Amazing and beautiful food! It was so good I forgot to take photos and it was photo worthy! Each plate artistry.Read more
Traveler BTW THe Jays are killing the Dodgers 11 -2 in the 7th inning of first game 2 grand slam homers so far Correction Dodgers just hit a 2 run homer so now 11-4 Your pictures continue to look magnificent I also heard from Steve Teese that Rob Bowerman is in Ontario and he is going to try to message him
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Day 8
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Spain Cadaqués 42.293122, 3.28610842°17’35” N 3°17’10” E
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Dali House visit
October 24 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Gala and Salvador Dali's home. Interesting place. Was built from what had originally been seven cabins. Library is only one part of the house in which thousands of books were stored. Even the bathroom had books. Shelf above the bookcases holds three stuffed swans that had been their pets. Oval room built for Gala to host guests for conversations. Amazing reverberant acoustics. View from the living room is amazing.Read more
Traveler Very fancy bedroom
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Traveler Not sure I would like the stuffed swans in my library
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Traveler Very gorgeous!
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Day 8
Friday, October 24, 2025
🌙 18 °C
Altitude: 173 m
Spain Cadaqués 42.259356, 3.25883342°15’34” N 3°15’32” E
Cap de Creus
October 24 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
We started the day hiking along the coastal path towards Cap de Creus. Cool art installation floating in the water. We took a boat ride out to Cap de Creus, the most easterly point of Spain. Walked back into town where we fortified ourselves with some Vermut while looking out to the sea. Dinner at another amazing restaurant with good food and service - Es Roco.Read more
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Day 9
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 40 m
Spain Cadaqués 42.291533, 3.27362542°17’30” N 3°16’25” E
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Cadaques to Port de la Selva
October 25 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
One long challenging walk, up a mountain and down again. Elevation 318 metres, 26,000 steps, 15 kms. Rocky and difficult paths, so slow going. It was super peaceful as we saw not another person for the first half of the day. We did however meet a couple of dogs who walked with us for an hour or so. And we met some cows. Saw thousands of prickly pear plants. Finally in town, checked into a nice hotel and headed out for dinner. On a balcony overlooking the water we had a nice tapas dinner.Read more
Traveler His name is Alejandro.
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TravelerVery dramatic views. Does look challenging.
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Traveler From the look of that hike this was much deserved!
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Day 10
Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🌬 14 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Spain el Port de la Selva 42.335633, 3.20224742°20’8” N 3°12’8” E
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Port de la Selva to Palau Saverdera
October 26 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
We opted to walk along to coast from Port de la Selva to Llanca and then we traveled on to Palau-Saverdera.

The coastal walk was beautiful and then we walked up about 150 steps up and into Llanca where I made the acquaintance of a lovely kitty.

Eventually we arrived in Palau and our hotel Niu Sol. Beautiful lounge where we relaxed with a bottle of wine and our books.Read more
Traveler I was wondering when you woold find a kitty Looks content
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Traveler Beautiful smiles. Lookin’ very happy ladies! Keep having a great trip ❤️
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Traveler I love these stairs!
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Day 11
Monday, October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 69 m
Spain Girona 41.982656, 2.82326741°58’58” N 2°49’24” E
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Two days in Girona
October 27 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We have just spent two days in Girona, a lovely city north of Barcelona, following our walk of the Costa Brava.

Right after we checked in we found a street market set up on the pedestrian bridge near our hotel. Lots of cool stuff at the market but the only thing I captured on camera was the very friendly cat with whom I had a little visit.

We then wandered the old town. Saw the Jewish quarter that dates back to the 12th century and it's very narrow street on which many people lived.

We next moved on to the Cathedral of St Mary, of Game of Thrones fame. It has almost 100 steps up to the Cathedral. These are the steps Jamie Lannister rode up on his horse. Other than GoT it is known for having the largest nave of any Gothic church in the world. It is a pretty spectacular site.

We finished our day enjoying some Catalan Vermut before we headed to dinner.

Today we walked around the city some more, visited the Arab baths and walked the top of the city walls.

The photo with all the yellow is the doors to a school. Such an adorable way to welcome the students.

After walking about 12 kms around the city it was time for a glass of Vermut before a light dinner.Read more
Traveler What lovely architecture every where AND the kitty is pretty cute too
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Day 14
Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Spain Valencia 39.456078, -0.35480639°27’22” N 0°21’17” W
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First two days in Valencia
October 30 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
This is a beautiful city! So much gorgeous architecture and public art. Yesterday we arrived in the afternoon, walked around and then boarded a hop on hope off bus to see a bunch of the important spots and orient ourselves. Today we walked along the gorgeous park paths, walked the old city and visited the public market. With evening approaching we were resting with an apperol spritz.Read more
Traveler HMMM That looks scrumptious
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Traveler Really lovely city as you said
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TravelerGorgeous! Lovely weather you’re having. 🥰
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Day 15
Friday, October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
☁️ 22 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Spain Valencia 39.463261, -0.37852139°27’48” N 0°22’43” W
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Last day in Valencia
October 31 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Another lovely warm day. We spent time wandering by the Palau de les Artes (Palace of the Arts) and in the jardines (park). The park has many trails, play and rest areas - a beautiful place that winds its way around the city providing beautiful green spaces for a population that lives, it seems, all in apartments. We visited a Sorolla exhibit. Sorolla, a Valencia based artist was friendly with John Singer Sargent and some of his paintings show some similarities to Sargeant's works. And we had more good food and drink. Off to Barcelona again now.Read more
TravelerVery very lovely.
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Traveler Is that a Spanish Pizza Looks delish
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Traveler Another lovely city and the brilliant blues in the first 2 photos are spectacular
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Trip end
November 2, 2025