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I know someone out there knows! Is it Llafranc? Llanca? Where?
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It's not a beach, food, or a town, but the ruins of ancient Empuries are a fascinating stop in the region (between Girona and Figueres, near l'Escala).
We did a trip from Barcelona to Perpignan, France along the coast a few years ago. We enjoyed Tossa de Mar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tossa_de_Mar . There are lots of restaurants and a mediaeval castle. Tamariu is a nice smaller place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamariu with fewer people. The mountain drive to Cadaques is fun. There is also a Dali Museum there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaques . There were beaches in these towns but we did not spend any time on them, so I can't vouch for how good the beaches or swimming are.
The *best* food, of course, is El Bulli. But I don't think they have any reservations left in 2008. Plus, I doubt you want to blow 80% of your vacation budget on a single meal. Try El Cellar de Can Roca, which is in Girona.
My mother (who lives just over the border in France) says:
Llança is nice but over-built up by the sea – very good water-colour gallery; Llanfranc is pretty and close to the wonderful eccentric gardens at Cap Roig. Tossa is a lovely medieval town with a good beach & very little high-rise building (and has a statue of Ava Gardner looking out over the bay)
Empuriès is great, and there used to be a good hotel & restaurant at the Hostal Empuriès, but I've had mixed reports of it recently.
But how about St Feliu de Guixols? Pretty town with a proper Ramblas, wide sandy beach, pedestrianised streets and a good romanesque church (haven't been inside, where it may be Spanish Baroque)
The only problem with most of them is that, apart from the wonderful Parillada de Peix/Marisc, the food is not great. In St Feliu de G. there is, however, Llevanti: "cocina moderna y platos tipicos de nuestra pueblo" – it's fairly basic, but the service is good and the food authentic.
Have not been there, and it may be a bit too close to Barcelona, but there is a restaurant at Sant Celoni, Can Fabes, which is very highly-rated (3-star Michelin).
Not on the actual coast, but best food would be Girona "El Celler Can Roca" – you can't get into El Bulli.
Brava means rough & rocky, so the beaches tend to be smallish until you get down towards Barcelona where they're just a bit crowded.
"The mountain drive to Cadaques is fun. There is also a Dali Museum there."
There's a Dali museum in Figueres, too, touting itself as the "world's largest surrealist object"–though the town itself is not very interesting:
http://www.salvador-dali.org/museus/figueres/en_historia.html
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