At the crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees, you will enjoy the thrill of experiences you'll never forget. Let yourself be seduced by the possibilities of the region. Everything is there: Fabulous cities and charming villages, each with their own festivals, culture, art and tradition, inviting beaches, sport facilities, gourmet cuisine, wines and sparkling cava tasting, historical and religious heritage, and lively nightlife.

Castelldefels shoreline, 4.840 m long and 90 m wide, offers to families or friends a pleasant place for a day on the beach, while busy Sitges, one of the Catalan coast's most important tourist resorts, 12 km from Castelldefels, has managed to preserve its scenic ambience and its artistic and cultural heritage. The mild climate, the beaches, the picturesque streets, the lively nightlife, colourful carnival, movie festivals and an incredible golfing area make Sitges one of the best places to visit year-round.

If you are mainly interested in sports, Andrès Gimeno Tennis Academy and High competition school in Castelldefels, features 24 Courts and offers training courses; The Castelldefels canal ("Canal Olympic”), a venue for Olympic competition in 1992, can be booked for rowing, canoeing, kayaks, water-skiing, windsurfing, and so on … Castelldefels beaches are ideal for aquatic sports, windsurfing, hydro pedals, parapente. Port Ginesta, 3 km away from Castelldefels, is a prominent mooring harbor for sailing and yachting, with a thousand mooring slips, as well as Port d'Aiguadolç

Designed by none other than Seve Ballesteros, Golf Sant Joan (Castelldefels) is an excellent public golf course, sometimes challenging and tricky, where doglegs twist from elevated tees to sloping fairways. Not very far away you can also consider the Club de Golf Terramar and Club de Golf Masia Bach in Sitges

Children and adults won’t be able to resist the temptation of a visit to Port Aventura Theme Park, 60 km/45 minutes from Castelldefels

Catalonia is well-known for its gastronomy. The typical Catalonian cuisine, with «escudella i carn d´olla» the “«botifarra amb monjetes»”, or delicious seafood as «suquet de peix», «bacallá a la llauna» or “cazuela” are masterly matched with the excellent wines and sparkling cavas from the region, including Peralada, Alella, Tarragona, Priorat (red), Penedés (white and red) y sparkling wines from Penedés and Perala.

If you are in search of nature and spirituality, or interested in Buddhism, the Garraf Nature Reserve, just a few kilometres from Castelldefels, covers a protected area of 12.376 ha and contains the pre-modernist palace of “Palau Novella”, headquarters of the Sakya Tashi Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, which follows the Sakyapa tradition. The palace houses a extensive exhibit of Tibetan art and culture, including a great variety of themes related to pictorial images, sculpture, craftwork, rituals and textiles.

Fifty kilometres away from Barcelona, Montserrat, spiritual, natural and cultural centre, offers its museum, abbey, mountain walks and countryside tourism. Also the Cistertian Monastery of Poblet is at a very convenient distance from Las Buganvillas

The source of the Tordera river at Sant Marçal, the Montseny Nature Reserve includes the counties of La Selva, Osona and Vallès Oriental, and offers a varied country side along with a rich architectural heritage.

Last but not least, Barcelona reputation speaks for itself: Gaudi architectural landmarks and beautiful avenues, great museums and magnificent art galleries, the Aquarium, the Casino, the Liceu Opera House, the music and theatre festivals and other cultural and artistic events, the international forums and fairs, and the top-quality shopping deserve much more than a short mention on this page.