Why the Costa Brava?
By the time the sun drops behind the pines, the first bottle of Empordà red is already open.
The Costa Brava is Catalonia's rocky, beautiful edge of the Mediterranean: hidden coves, medieval villages on the hilltops, and fishing boats pulled up on the sand. Inland, the countryside around Girona turns to vineyards and stone farmhouses. The golf threads right through it. Camiral is a proper championship test, while Pals and Empordà play among umbrella pines and sandy soil a short drive from the sea.
What happens after golf matters just as much. A boat out along the coast to swim off the rocks. Lunch that begins at two and somehow runs until six. The old quarter of Girona in the evening, a table at one of the finest restaurants in Europe, and late dinners where nobody looks at the time.
It is easy, warm and generous, the kind of trip that turns a golf group into a proper holiday.
A genuine championship course
Camiral's Stadium Course has hosted the Spanish Open and asks every part of your game - then hands you the afternoon off.
The best food region in Spain
Girona and the Empordà gave the world El Celler de Can Roca. Markets, bodegas and village restaurants sit at the centre of this itinerary.
Golf, coast and old city in one small area
Championship golf inland, pine-lined courses near the sea, Roman walls in Girona and Mediterranean coves - all within forty minutes.
Recommended courses
The golf in Costa Brava.
Camiral - Stadium
A polished championship course and former Spanish Open host, cut through pine and cork forest.
Camiral - Tour
The more forgiving companion course: shorter, sociable and ideal for a second round in a day.
Golf de Pals
Pine-lined golf close to the sea, laid out in the 1960s and still the local favourite.
Empordà - Links
Links-inspired golf in Catalonia: sand, marram and a genuinely different challenge to its neighbours.
Beyond the golf
The other forty hours.
A private Catalan food experience
The Girona market, then cooking or eating with people who take it extremely seriously.
Empordà wine tasting
Small producers between the mountains and the sea, visited by car with a driver.
Girona's old town
Roman walls, the cathedral steps and dinner in the Jewish quarter.
Mediterranean coves and villages
Calella, Begur and Cadaqués - a boat or a coastal drive, and a swim.
Where you stay
A refined hotel in Girona's historic centre
Walk out of the door into the old city, with the golf a short drive inland.
A private masia or coastal retreat
A restored Catalan farmhouse or a villa near the coves, taken exclusively for the group.
The vibe
Mediterranean and sociable. Golf finishes early enough for a long lunch, dinner starts late, and the trip is judged on the meals as much as the golf.
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