Guidebook for Sant Feliu de Guixols

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Guidebook for Sant Feliu de Guixols

Food Scene

I love this place as it has a good range of wines and a great range of cold and hot tapas also they have a menu with regular dishes. The place resembles an old winery and it is our favourite spot when visiting. Small/medium size
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Taverna La Cava
11 Carrer de Joan Maragall
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I love this place as it has a good range of wines and a great range of cold and hot tapas also they have a menu with regular dishes. The place resembles an old winery and it is our favourite spot when visiting. Small/medium size
Lovely outside terrace on the pedestrian centre of Sant Feliu. Good tapas and dishes. Great ambient and decoration
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La Marquesina
37 Mayor
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Lovely outside terrace on the pedestrian centre of Sant Feliu. Good tapas and dishes. Great ambient and decoration
Restaurant by the sea with stunning views of Sant Feliu beach. Good fish menu and it's not over expensive.
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ElDorado Mar
15 Passeig Marítim del President Josep Irla
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Restaurant by the sea with stunning views of Sant Feliu beach. Good fish menu and it's not over expensive.
Traditional historical shop at the Rambla in the centre of Sant Feliu. There are typical local desserts, chocolate and delicious puddings.
La Vienesa
33 La Rambla
Traditional historical shop at the Rambla in the centre of Sant Feliu. There are typical local desserts, chocolate and delicious puddings.
If you like spanish jamon (not parma ham) you will love this place. Typic 'pa am tomaquet' (bread with spread tomatoe) and antipasti. A classic in town and 10 minutes walk from the apartment
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El Rey del Jamón
2 Ctra. de Palamós
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If you like spanish jamon (not parma ham) you will love this place. Typic 'pa am tomaquet' (bread with spread tomatoe) and antipasti. A classic in town and 10 minutes walk from the apartment
Great food located in a fantastic setting. The setting is the old monastery in the area where the monks used to eat. The gardens are the allotments where they used to cultivate their local produce. Check the website as they are a catering company and they don't open every day
El Ginjoler a l'Hort del Rector
Great food located in a fantastic setting. The setting is the old monastery in the area where the monks used to eat. The gardens are the allotments where they used to cultivate their local produce. Check the website as they are a catering company and they don't open every day
This new high end hotel (5 stars GL) was open in the Summer 2017 and it is literally down the road from the apartment. It looks like a cruise ship and it was built on the site from the original Alàbriga hotel, that was much more discreet. The hotel offers three spaces for food: Sea Club, Garden and Restaurant Terra (original open it with prestigious chef Paco Perez -5 star Michellin), also there is the Lovee Bar and events throughout the year (but I expect the events will be mostly arranged in the summer months). Also offers premium spa treatments, aesthetic medicine and hair and beauty salon at the Wellbeing area. I haven't been in this place as it is super expensive
Alàbriga Hotel & Home Suites
633 Carretera de Sant Pol
This new high end hotel (5 stars GL) was open in the Summer 2017 and it is literally down the road from the apartment. It looks like a cruise ship and it was built on the site from the original Alàbriga hotel, that was much more discreet. The hotel offers three spaces for food: Sea Club, Garden and Restaurant Terra (original open it with prestigious chef Paco Perez -5 star Michellin), also there is the Lovee Bar and events throughout the year (but I expect the events will be mostly arranged in the summer months). Also offers premium spa treatments, aesthetic medicine and hair and beauty salon at the Wellbeing area. I haven't been in this place as it is super expensive
This venue has the best quality price fish you can eat in Sant Feliu. It is located at the ground floor of the massive building facing Sant Feliu port. It is full of locals and in summer months is better to reserve as it can be jam packed. Also it is 10 minutes down hill from the apartment.
Bar-Restaurant La Proa
31 C. de Cristòfol Colom
This venue has the best quality price fish you can eat in Sant Feliu. It is located at the ground floor of the massive building facing Sant Feliu port. It is full of locals and in summer months is better to reserve as it can be jam packed. Also it is 10 minutes down hill from the apartment.
I worked here four summer seasons when I was a teenager and it is my cousin's restaurant. It's opened from Easter term until mid September. It's semi hidden but you can find it following the Ridaura river estuary at one end of Platja d'Aro beach. My cousin Ofelia is the creative cook behind the dishes and since it was opened back in 1985 has maintained a faithful local and overseas clientele. There is a competitive priced menu that changes every day with local produced and you can eat at la carte as well. Excellent selection of wines.
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Restaurant Channel. Cocina internacional, cocina de mercado
35 Passeig Ridaura
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I worked here four summer seasons when I was a teenager and it is my cousin's restaurant. It's opened from Easter term until mid September. It's semi hidden but you can find it following the Ridaura river estuary at one end of Platja d'Aro beach. My cousin Ofelia is the creative cook behind the dishes and since it was opened back in 1985 has maintained a faithful local and overseas clientele. There is a competitive priced menu that changes every day with local produced and you can eat at la carte as well. Excellent selection of wines.
Great restaurant by the original Nautic Port of Sant Feliu (end beach close to the apartment). There is a weekday menu with a set menu (less pricey). If you want to have a fancy dinner this is convenient as it is close to the apartment by foot.
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Sa Marinada
1 Passeig Fortim
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Great restaurant by the original Nautic Port of Sant Feliu (end beach close to the apartment). There is a weekday menu with a set menu (less pricey). If you want to have a fancy dinner this is convenient as it is close to the apartment by foot.
Great decor and produce at the heart of Sant Feliu c/Major. Can Kiku started as a butcher and after decades as diversified the busines opening this restaurant.
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Can Kiku
14 Carrer Major
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Great decor and produce at the heart of Sant Feliu c/Major. Can Kiku started as a butcher and after decades as diversified the busines opening this restaurant.
My friend Alessandro loves this place. Own by an Italian family have great pastas and pizzas. Every time I tried to go it was full or close. Great views of Sant Feliu bay
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Restaurant & Pizza la Locanda Di Nonna Flo
1 Plaça Sant Pere
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My friend Alessandro loves this place. Own by an Italian family have great pastas and pizzas. Every time I tried to go it was full or close. Great views of Sant Feliu bay
Great large place to eat, drink or have a coffee. Terrace at the side of the building by the entrance to the new Nautic port. Nice walk from the apartment down to the small fishing port. The nautic port is open for pedestrians
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El Tinglado
s/n Escullera del Port
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Great large place to eat, drink or have a coffee. Terrace at the side of the building by the entrance to the new Nautic port. Nice walk from the apartment down to the small fishing port. The nautic port is open for pedestrians
Small restaurant facing Sant Pol beach. The food is delicious with local sourced ingredients and good service. It's a pricey venue but you must take in consideration location and the quality of the dishes. I expect won't be open all year long but I hope opens weekends in the low season.
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Godard s'agaró
119 Passeig de Sant Pol
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Small restaurant facing Sant Pol beach. The food is delicious with local sourced ingredients and good service. It's a pricey venue but you must take in consideration location and the quality of the dishes. I expect won't be open all year long but I hope opens weekends in the low season.

Drinks & Nightlife

EL BAR DEL MUSEU D'HISTORIA DE LA JOGUINA - This is an interesting and semi-hidden place to go out at night. During the day it's a museum and children will love the selection of historical toys, trains and artefacts and adults will enjoy browsing across a centenary building (front door Rambla Vidal) but at night and accessing from the back door of the building (C/ Sant Llorenç) you will have access to the patio of the old building (The old Vilaret house, richest family in Sant Feliu back in 1897) with tables and chairs scattered around the old salons of the house; the bar menu has a great selection of gin brands.
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The Toy Museum
12-14 La Rbla.
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EL BAR DEL MUSEU D'HISTORIA DE LA JOGUINA - This is an interesting and semi-hidden place to go out at night. During the day it's a museum and children will love the selection of historical toys, trains and artefacts and adults will enjoy browsing across a centenary building (front door Rambla Vidal) but at night and accessing from the back door of the building (C/ Sant Llorenç) you will have access to the patio of the old building (The old Vilaret house, richest family in Sant Feliu back in 1897) with tables and chairs scattered around the old salons of the house; the bar menu has a great selection of gin brands.
Bar set up in an old centenary house. Good ambient
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Juanita Banana
24 Carrer de la Penitència
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Bar set up in an old centenary house. Good ambient
Old memories from my younger days
Captain's
3 Av. Costa Brava
Old memories from my younger days
The inside of this bar was built knocking the rock walls. Good selection of tapas and nice lively terrace. Close to the apartment
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Bar El Corsari
1 Carrer de Cristòfol Colom
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The inside of this bar was built knocking the rock walls. Good selection of tapas and nice lively terrace. Close to the apartment
This pub is on the same road as at the bar of the Museu de la Joguina, C/ Sant LLorenç, it is small, cosy and full of locals, with good music and ambient
Alan's Bar SFG
28 Carrer de Sant Llorenç
This pub is on the same road as at the bar of the Museu de la Joguina, C/ Sant LLorenç, it is small, cosy and full of locals, with good music and ambient
Located on the paral.lel road to Alan's Bar and Bar Museu de la Joguina, c/ Sant Domenec, this pub has a peculiar owner, the decor is bonkers but the place is bigger than Alan's Pub and the service can be good unless the owner is serving you
Lawyer's
29 Carrer de Sant Domènec
Located on the paral.lel road to Alan's Bar and Bar Museu de la Joguina, c/ Sant Domenec, this pub has a peculiar owner, the decor is bonkers but the place is bigger than Alan's Pub and the service can be good unless the owner is serving you

Arts & Culture

Historical part of Sant Feliu includes this old monastery that currently holds the local museum showing the local history of the city throughout the last centuries. Also the local museum. Sant Feliu had a shipping port at the end of the 19th Century and develop shipping and cork industry. Currently the cork industry is minimal in comparison with the old days and the factories remaining export exclusively to the Champagne region in France.
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Sant Feliu de Guíxols History Museum
s/n Carrer del Monestir
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Historical part of Sant Feliu includes this old monastery that currently holds the local museum showing the local history of the city throughout the last centuries. Also the local museum. Sant Feliu had a shipping port at the end of the 19th Century and develop shipping and cork industry. Currently the cork industry is minimal in comparison with the old days and the factories remaining export exclusively to the Champagne region in France.
In the summer the Costa Brava becomes a real festival of music festivals. We are privileged to host a wide variety of wonderful musical events, some of which have become permanent fixtures in the country's cultural calendar and coincide in offering a programme of concerts featuring top national and international performers in very special venues. ........................................................................................................... THE CAP ROIG GARDENS FESTIVAL, in Calella de Palafrugell, is one such event. Top artists from the world of dance, jazz, classical music, world music and other genres perform in an auditorium installed in the magical setting of a botanical garden next to the sea. .............................................................................................................. THE CASTELL DE PERALADA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL will delight you with its wide-ranging programme of operas, zarzuelas (Spanish light operas), ballets, symphony concerts, recitals and chamber music in the stunning gardens of Peralada castle and the church of El Carme. .............................................................................................................. THE PORTA FERRADA FESTIVAL, which has been held in Sant Feliu de Guíxols since 1958, is the oldest summer festival in Catalonia. It consists of high quality music, dance and theatre performances in venues such as the Romanesque church of the monastery, the Municipal Theatre - Auditorium, the Casa Traschler and the courtyards and gardens of some important buildings. ............................................................................................................. THE TORROELLA DE MONTGRí INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL is a welcome addition to the summer cultural calendar, filling the fantastic old quarter and other parts of the town with the best classical music, world music and other surprising offerings.
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Cap Roig Festival
s/n Camí del Rus
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In the summer the Costa Brava becomes a real festival of music festivals. We are privileged to host a wide variety of wonderful musical events, some of which have become permanent fixtures in the country's cultural calendar and coincide in offering a programme of concerts featuring top national and international performers in very special venues. ........................................................................................................... THE CAP ROIG GARDENS FESTIVAL, in Calella de Palafrugell, is one such event. Top artists from the world of dance, jazz, classical music, world music and other genres perform in an auditorium installed in the magical setting of a botanical garden next to the sea. .............................................................................................................. THE CASTELL DE PERALADA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL will delight you with its wide-ranging programme of operas, zarzuelas (Spanish light operas), ballets, symphony concerts, recitals and chamber music in the stunning gardens of Peralada castle and the church of El Carme. .............................................................................................................. THE PORTA FERRADA FESTIVAL, which has been held in Sant Feliu de Guíxols since 1958, is the oldest summer festival in Catalonia. It consists of high quality music, dance and theatre performances in venues such as the Romanesque church of the monastery, the Municipal Theatre - Auditorium, the Casa Traschler and the courtyards and gardens of some important buildings. ............................................................................................................. THE TORROELLA DE MONTGRí INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL is a welcome addition to the summer cultural calendar, filling the fantastic old quarter and other parts of the town with the best classical music, world music and other surprising offerings.
The joint efforts and goodwill of the City Council and Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza have combined to provide a space at Sant Feliu de Guíxols to display the private collection of this important private collector in the summer months. There are Thyssen Museums in Madrid and Malaga
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Carmen Thyssen Space
s/n Plaça del Monestir
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The joint efforts and goodwill of the City Council and Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza have combined to provide a space at Sant Feliu de Guíxols to display the private collection of this important private collector in the summer months. There are Thyssen Museums in Madrid and Malaga

Sightseeing

Sant Feliu city centre with a variety of local shops and restaurants
La Rambla
38 La Rbla.
Sant Feliu city centre with a variety of local shops and restaurants
La Gavina is a 5 start hotel (grand luxe) set up in one of the most exclusive S'Agaró neighbourhood. It's also the starting point from Sant Pol beach for one of the most beautiful, accesible and nicely designed part of the 'Camí de Ronda' ....................................................................................................... CAMI DE RONDA - Camí de Ronda ( Ronda Road ) is the name by which the path which runs along the Costa Brava and was used by the Civil Guard to control the Spanish maritime border and prevent smuggling known. In recent years , reforms have been doing thanks to those who have made the ride a tourist route . Its origins lie in the nineteenth century when a small path is enabled through the cliffs and shores of the coast of Catalonia to control populations of the coast. In the twentieth century, especially after the war, it took on major importance to serve basically control the black market , booming activity due to the bad situation of Spain after the Spanish Civil War.
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Hostal de la Gavina
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La Gavina is a 5 start hotel (grand luxe) set up in one of the most exclusive S'Agaró neighbourhood. It's also the starting point from Sant Pol beach for one of the most beautiful, accesible and nicely designed part of the 'Camí de Ronda' ....................................................................................................... CAMI DE RONDA - Camí de Ronda ( Ronda Road ) is the name by which the path which runs along the Costa Brava and was used by the Civil Guard to control the Spanish maritime border and prevent smuggling known. In recent years , reforms have been doing thanks to those who have made the ride a tourist route . Its origins lie in the nineteenth century when a small path is enabled through the cliffs and shores of the coast of Catalonia to control populations of the coast. In the twentieth century, especially after the war, it took on major importance to serve basically control the black market , booming activity due to the bad situation of Spain after the Spanish Civil War.
This place used to be an ermit and it's at one of the higuests points of Sant Feliu. It gives stunning views of the south-west Costa Brava. On the cheese side it has a romantic feeling as my sister took her wedding pictures there
Ermita de Sant Elm
This place used to be an ermit and it's at one of the higuests points of Sant Feliu. It gives stunning views of the south-west Costa Brava. On the cheese side it has a romantic feeling as my sister took her wedding pictures there

Parks & Nature

http://www.costabravaliving.net/sant-feliu-de-guixols-pedralta--k38078 On the border with the municipality of Vila de Aro , this rocking stone is one of the largest in Europe and an original viewpoint over the bay. It's quite far away up on the mountain to do a visit for the day but if you love hiking the website gives you directions to explore the valley and have a day out
Pedralta
http://www.costabravaliving.net/sant-feliu-de-guixols-pedralta--k38078 On the border with the municipality of Vila de Aro , this rocking stone is one of the largest in Europe and an original viewpoint over the bay. It's quite far away up on the mountain to do a visit for the day but if you love hiking the website gives you directions to explore the valley and have a day out
Beautiful gardens less than an hour far from Sant Feliu, worth visiting in the spring.
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Parque de esculturas Jardíns de Cap Roig
s/n Carrer Camí del Rus
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Beautiful gardens less than an hour far from Sant Feliu, worth visiting in the spring.
The Costa Brava offers you more than 200 kilometres of coastline, 17 marinas, over 30 diving centres, sailing and windsurfing schools, and three natural parks, including the important MedesIslands marine reserve http://en.costabrava.org/what-to-do/nature-and-active-tourism
Consorci de les Vies Verdes de Girona
28A Ronda Sant Antoni Maria Claret
The Costa Brava offers you more than 200 kilometres of coastline, 17 marinas, over 30 diving centres, sailing and windsurfing schools, and three natural parks, including the important MedesIslands marine reserve http://en.costabrava.org/what-to-do/nature-and-active-tourism
If hiking is your thing you shouldn't miss The Puig Gros mountain peak as it is the closest one to St Feliu. You can reach it taking the road from Sant Feliu to Tossa de Mar (by the local theatre and the Monastery). You should park the car by the road roughly 5 km after leaving Sant Feliu and start the trail by foot. I won't recommend to go to Tossa de Mar using this road as it is very wavy and it is easy to get motion sickness. There should be trail indications throughout the pathways. You will find fragments of an original Roman pathway going up.
Puig Gros
If hiking is your thing you shouldn't miss The Puig Gros mountain peak as it is the closest one to St Feliu. You can reach it taking the road from Sant Feliu to Tossa de Mar (by the local theatre and the Monastery). You should park the car by the road roughly 5 km after leaving Sant Feliu and start the trail by foot. I won't recommend to go to Tossa de Mar using this road as it is very wavy and it is easy to get motion sickness. There should be trail indications throughout the pathways. You will find fragments of an original Roman pathway going up.

Shopping

Supermarket not far from the apartment with a wide and interesting selection of catalan wines. Also there is a bakery and everything you need. It's not the cheapest but it's convenient
Valvi Supermercats
293 Avinguda de Platja d'Aro
Supermarket not far from the apartment with a wide and interesting selection of catalan wines. Also there is a bakery and everything you need. It's not the cheapest but it's convenient
Old pharmacy in the centre of the town with the old facade and old furnishings ...................................................................................................... I recommend pottery shop on the same c/ Major ...................................................................................................... DELTA Ladies shop - My friend Encarna owns this shop in c/ Major, it's not cheap but you can find one/off pieces of clothing from high end brands
Farmàcia Ruscalleda - Lciat A. Valls Gironès
33 Carrer Major
Old pharmacy in the centre of the town with the old facade and old furnishings ...................................................................................................... I recommend pottery shop on the same c/ Major ...................................................................................................... DELTA Ladies shop - My friend Encarna owns this shop in c/ Major, it's not cheap but you can find one/off pieces of clothing from high end brands
This year this international spanish brand is opening a macro shop in the centre of Platja d'Aro ...................................................................................................... Also you can find a large selection of small shops open in the summer and during the winter the major shops concentrated on Avinguda s'Agaro remain open.
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Mango
10 Avinguda de s'Agaró
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This year this international spanish brand is opening a macro shop in the centre of Platja d'Aro ...................................................................................................... Also you can find a large selection of small shops open in the summer and during the winter the major shops concentrated on Avinguda s'Agaro remain open.
Closest supermarket to the apartment. You can find a bakery, fresh vegetables, packaged meat and frozen food and all the essentials in a household
Comarket
117 Ctra. de Palamós
Closest supermarket to the apartment. You can find a bakery, fresh vegetables, packaged meat and frozen food and all the essentials in a household
This indicates the underground parking on the everyday local market site. Everyday stalls with local selling their crops also a covered market next to it, refurbished a few years back selling fresh fish and meat.
Aparcamiento Plaça del Mercat
6 Plaça del Mercat
This indicates the underground parking on the everyday local market site. Everyday stalls with local selling their crops also a covered market next to it, refurbished a few years back selling fresh fish and meat.

Essentials

I hope you don't need to come here but this is the local GP, it's close to the apartment
Centro Salud Sant Feliu De Guixols
27 Carrer de Gravina
I hope you don't need to come here but this is the local GP, it's close to the apartment
This is closest hospital based in Palamos, 30 minutes drive
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Hospital de Palamos
17-19 Carrer Hospital
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This is closest hospital based in Palamos, 30 minutes drive