Why this ride
Repeated coastal bends, headlands and frequent viewpoint stops. It also links naturally to Costa Brava cliffs and coves.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Costa Brava GI-682
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 40 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 49 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Access context
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Seasonal context
Oct-May
Scenic road chapters
Costa Brava GI-682
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 11 km this is Costa Brava GI-682, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 11 km
- Named road
- Costa Brava GI-682
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Tossa de Mar
Tossa is the town that made me understand why people fall for the Costa Brava. A ring of medieval walls and round towers, the Vila Vella, sits on a rocky headland above a curve of beach, and the old town behind it still has the tangled lanes of a fishing village. The walls date to the Middle Ages and were built to keep out pirates, which tells you something about the sea they were guarding against. A lighthouse crowns the point, and the whole thing glows orange in the evening light.
Read the complete Tossa de Mar write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tossa de Mar sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Sant Feliu de Guíxols.
2. Sant Feliu de Guíxols
There is a gate in the middle of Sant Feliu de Guíxols that is about a thousand years old. The Porta Ferrada belongs to a Benedictine monastery whose origins go back to the early Middle Ages, and the Romanesque and later buildings grew around it. Today the monastery complex holds the town's museum and an auditorium that hosts a summer festival, so the old stones are still in use. It is a pleasing fact that a place of about twenty-two thousand people has such a calm, historic centre.
Read the complete Sant Feliu de Guíxols write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sant Feliu de Guíxols comes up 11 km in. Next is Palamós.
3. Palamós
Palamós is a working port that happens to sit on a beautiful bay. Unlike some of its neighbours on the Costa Brava, it has kept a fishing fleet and a daily rhythm that has little to do with tourists. In the afternoon the boats come in, and the fish auction in the harbour sells the catch. The town is especially famous for its red prawns, the gamba de Palamós, which Catalan cooks regard as among the finest in the Mediterranean, and you will see them on menus all along this coast, usually with a price that will make you think twice.
Read the complete Palamós write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
40 km in you reach Palamós.
Recorded source links
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