Luxury holidays in Empordà

When to go

Like much of the Med, Empordà visitor numbers spike in July and August and the winters are mild but wet. Visit in May, June or September crowd- and cagoule-free warmth.

Getting there

• Planes

  Ryanair flies from 11 UK airports to Girona-Costa Brava Airport | 40 minutes from La Bisbal by taxi.

• Trains

  Take the Eurostar (www.eurostar.co.uk) from London to Paris mid-afternoon; then take the evening Barcelona-bound trainhotel from Gare d’Austerlitz and wake up in Girona (www.raileurope.co.uk).

• Automobiles

  Exits five to nine of the A-7 motorway access the region from Barcelona to the south, Perpignan to the north. Those without wheels would do well to hire some – there’s an Avis (www.avis.com) desk in Girona airport.

• Taxis

  Taxi Begur (+34 630 980895; www.taxibegur.com) on the Costa Brava speak English and can arrange pick-ups from Girona. Taxi Alex (+34 659 550550) operates out of Estartit day and night. In La Bisbal, there is a taxi stand on Plaça Francesc Macià.