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Go Nuts for Calcots!

  Prepare to get messy! When friends gather to eat calçots and party together it is known as a calçotada. The calçots are grilled over the barbecue until charred and then wrapped in newspapers to keep them tender and are typically served on terracotta roof tiles to...

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Taverna Roca Bona in Palamos

A welcome review from a restaurant in Palamos nearby! The food is great I mentioned. That’s not totally accurate; the food is amazing! Roca Bona is home to a chef and an assistant who are cooking at the level of a future Michelin Star. I was dining on my own to test...

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Restaurant Tres Margarit: Castell D’empordan

This restaurant is in the Hotel D'Empordan in La Bisbal.  The good news is that it is very good, and very close by.  The bad news is that the hotel shuts down during the off season.  But it's worth going to admire the views and the pristine grounds of the hote....

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Perpignan: Fantastic Day Trip

click on photo for article The thinking person's alternative to the French Riviera In France’s “Deep South”, a Catalan territory known as “Roussillon”, the Pyrenees end abruptly at the Mediterranean, creating cliffs and creeks, corniches, valleys and slopes so steep...

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