The coastal region of the province of Girona is the Costa Brava, that occupies 214 km of the territory. It must his name (" Brava"), to rough and steep the landscape, on the other hand beautiful and wild. Until the arrival of the economy of the tourism, many of the localities of the coastal region were small towns of fishermen of houses whitewashed and narrow side streets. It was the culture (the traditions, the character of the inhabitants ) and the beauty of this virgin region which attracted many intellectuals and painters, like Dal, Chagall, Picasso or Rusiol. Kitchen of " sea and montaa" in the Costa Brava the gastronomy of the Costa Brava is deeply ingrained to Earth products: fish and seafood of the coast; the level one contributes to the fruits and products of the field and the kitchen garden, the meat and the cheeses of the farms of the region. This kitchen is called sea and mountain. Part of the success of this kitchen is that it uses products of the region for his plates: the seafood (mainly the prawns) of Palams, the rice of Pals, etc. Some of the typical products that they emphasize more, as much by the use of native raw materials like by one long experience in the elaboration, are: butifarra sweet; the artisan doughnuts; requesn surrounded in a rag and the fresh cheese, ideal to prepare excellent salads and desserts, the sofritos; the minces of garlic and parsley; the garlic sauce Old enclave of fishermen turned into beach: Tamariu Tamariu is an organization of population or Spanish district pertaining to the municipality of Palafrugell (the beach of Tamariu in particular).

Costa Brava is located in the heat of, in the middle of a bay. The beach is formed mainly by sand of heavy grain and gravel of ortosa. Tamariu is divided in three beaches.