Peratallada
Peratallada
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- Pinel49Cholet, France71 contributionsNice visit but deserted village Closed shops I really preferred the village of Pals. Parking is free. The tour of the village is fast. In 30 minutes the tour is made take the first half hour free at the parking.Visited July 2024Traveled with familyWritten July 27, 2024
- Rob ABlauvac, France24 contributionsBeautiful old town in the Costa Brava. We were there in April, the sun was shining, it was not warm, but there were already quite a few tourists. Some of the restaurants are still closed, but there are plenty open and they can sometimes cook great food. You can walk around quite a bit, so a visit is more than worthwhile.Visited April 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten April 19, 2024
- katiah71Brittany, France139 contributionsA beautiful medical village with towers Very nice view of the region when you climb to the top The village is very preserved and renovated. We went to buy the famous magdalenas. Or village muffins at Cal Tuset. A delight. Beautiful walk that we recommend with sunset is even more beautiful.Visited November 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten November 1, 2024
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MarZgz
Zaragoza, Spain245 contributions
Jul 2023 • Couples
Beautiful medieval town, one of the best preserved in Spain. To stroll through its narrow streets with facades full of flowers and vegetation.
At the entrance there is a paid parking, since it cannot be accessed by vehicles. There are several restaurants so you can sense how touristy it is. We went early one morning in July and there weren't many people.
At the entrance there is a paid parking, since it cannot be accessed by vehicles. There are several restaurants so you can sense how touristy it is. We went early one morning in July and there weren't many people.
Written August 4, 2023
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gordonramsay42
Ireland18 contributions
Aug 2022 • Family
First time visit and we were directed to a pay car park. It was the only place you could park at. Was 8.30pm. Pay machines in the car park had no details of the times. As was late in the evening, we thought we didn't have to pay. Normally in Spain it's free after 8pm. Returned to car at 9.30pm to find a fine on our window. The warden was still there. We remonstrated that there was no signage regarding the hours in which you needed to pay. He was very rude and said that you needed to pay up to 10.30pm. He said the local council had made it like this some years ago as if we should have known. I told him.it was our first visit there, to which he just laughed and said it was a nice present to receive on our first visit. Won't be returning. What a scam. Village is nice and worth a look but I'd say many people get caught with parking fines.
Written September 4, 2022
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Mickael V
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Aug 2024 • Family
Being on holiday in Costa Brava, we were advised to visit the village of Petratalada.
Certainly nice village but the visit was ruined as soon as we arrived because of the municipal agent who draws everything.
Barely left the vehicle to look for the parking meter quvil popped out of a grove to ticket and show us the fine of 10 € to pay.
By showing him that tourists should have time to go to the parking meter, he did not want to know anything.
Beautiful mentality and superb reception of guests
Certainly nice village but the visit was ruined as soon as we arrived because of the municipal agent who draws everything.
Barely left the vehicle to look for the parking meter quvil popped out of a grove to ticket and show us the fine of 10 € to pay.
By showing him that tourists should have time to go to the parking meter, he did not want to know anything.
Beautiful mentality and superb reception of guests
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Written August 17, 2024
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Kaiser von Helvet
Province of Barcelona, Spain403 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
I was very pleasantly surprised.
Very well-kept town with dream corners.
Free climb to the bell tower and spectacular views.
Town without a hill
A very pleasant discovery.
Members of the City Council: Is it necessary that all the negative and disastrous opinions come from the parking and the restaurants? You can review this topic:
- Visitors complain about overcrowding. It is clear that wherever you are or go by car or bus, it is very easy to control the capacity.
- IMPORTANT: since they make you pay for it to be agile, operational and you will not have as many complaints from the parking controllers. Understand that if you read the opinions they are not complaining about paying but about the BAD FUNCTIONING!!!! of both the machines and the staff. I think it is not that difficult for them to work well.
- RESTORATION: gentlemen, put in restoration professionals.
Very well-kept town with dream corners.
Free climb to the bell tower and spectacular views.
Town without a hill
A very pleasant discovery.
Members of the City Council: Is it necessary that all the negative and disastrous opinions come from the parking and the restaurants? You can review this topic:
- Visitors complain about overcrowding. It is clear that wherever you are or go by car or bus, it is very easy to control the capacity.
- IMPORTANT: since they make you pay for it to be agile, operational and you will not have as many complaints from the parking controllers. Understand that if you read the opinions they are not complaining about paying but about the BAD FUNCTIONING!!!! of both the machines and the staff. I think it is not that difficult for them to work well.
- RESTORATION: gentlemen, put in restoration professionals.
Written September 8, 2023
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raffaella65
Cugnasco, Switzerland153 contributions
Aug 2024 • Couples
The village is lovely, but the enthusiasm disappeared because of the officers who check the parking va payment. as soon as we arrived we saw that the officers photographed the parked cars, without understanding why. we paid for three hours the parking, and when we arrived it was only 10 minutes past due but we found the fine of 50 €! It was not understandable how to cancel this fine, an agent arrived instantly and showed us how to cancel it by paying only 10 €. I point out that it was 16 and the temperature was 41 °! It's such a scam, and they want to take advantage of the tourists....
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Written August 30, 2024
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svb
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain340 contributions
Sep 2023 • Friends
It is worth stopping and visiting Peratallada, a beautiful medieval town that maintains all its essence despite the fact that the many people who visit it have left their mark. The Romanesque church is located outside the town center, which is walled and whose dry moat was the result of the limestone that was extracted from it when it was used by the Romans as a quarry. Its narrow streets take us to the castle square, the palace of the noble family that ruled these lands and show us their power.
Written September 4, 2023
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Sergio de Santiago
Sant Quirze del Valles, Spain5 contributions
Jul 2020 • Family
Small village just oriented to tourists. Just arrive in car, you must pay a fee for the parking, it doesn't matter how much time you'll spend in the town. Yes, streets are nice, stone buildings, medieval wall an d so on, but that's all. Everything is closed like the church, of course with the exception of the restaurants and the souvenir shops, you can find a lot, I would say the highest rate of restaurants per square meter in a Catalonian town. It was fun, at 19:15, impossible to find any restaurant to serve just a couple of beers and cokes (we were 4 people), they just wanted to serve dinners to tourists, fun because the covid, practically no tourists at all visiting the village. Very deceiving, a waste of time visiting it, better to visit another town like Castell d'Aro or Santa Cristina d'Aro
Written July 23, 2020
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Ellyke16
Amsterdam, The Netherlands22 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Beautiful, well-preserved medieval village built on rocks with small streets. For such a small village there are quite a few restaurants (with quite high prices). I personally wouldn't make a detour, but if you're in the area, definitely stop by.
Written January 18, 2024
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Patricia Q
County Tipperary, Ireland84 contributions
Jul 2022 • Family
This is an exquisite little medieval town where I felt l had stepped back in time. Narrow alleys leading to bright squares, flowers tumbling out of walls, bumpy and uneven cobbled streets...Peratallada has it all. There are some beautiful shops, cafés and restaurants here too. Climb the clock tower near the castle free of charge to enjoy the views over the town and to see as far as the sea and the Medes islands. Peratallada captured my heart.
Written July 5, 2022
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TravelJimmy_UK
Province of Alicante, Spain122 contributions
Jul 2021
A beautiful little village. We've visted it three times in past few years, twice with an overnight stay. Most recent was in July 21, when the village still looked beautiful but we were very disaappointed by a couple of things. Firstly, in the evenings almost all of the restaurants turn you away if you only want drinks, so it's very hard to find a place for pre or post dinner drinks. The ONLY place we could find where you could have drinks only was the Bar del Poble in the main square which closes at 10pm (the staff are very friendly and helpful there).
Secondly, on the day we stayed (a Tuesday) many of the restaurants were closed. However, from walking past them alll we found that NONE of the restaurants displayed their opening days/hours outside - surely a simple thing to do! Even worse was when we asked at the local tourist information office about which restuarants were open that night they had absolutely no idea and could only offer a list of phone numbers so we could call them! As it's such a small village with only 15 restaurants it is surely a simple thing for the tourist information office to research all of their opening days and hours and keep details of this on hand.
Secondly, on the day we stayed (a Tuesday) many of the restaurants were closed. However, from walking past them alll we found that NONE of the restaurants displayed their opening days/hours outside - surely a simple thing to do! Even worse was when we asked at the local tourist information office about which restuarants were open that night they had absolutely no idea and could only offer a list of phone numbers so we could call them! As it's such a small village with only 15 restaurants it is surely a simple thing for the tourist information office to research all of their opening days and hours and keep details of this on hand.
Written July 13, 2021
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Hola! quisiera saber como llegar desde Barcelona? alguna excursión?
Written August 14, 2018
EstherOB
Cassa de la Selva, Spain
Buenas! He encontrado un tour en autobús. En el web de civitatis hay una excursión "Tour por los pueblos medievales de la Costa Brava" . Sale de Girona, así que deberías venir en tren hasta Girona. Otra opción es venir a Girona (en tren es mejor que en bus) y luego coger un bus hasta La Bisbal d'Empordà, para coger otro bus hasta Peretallada. Son muchas horas, pero es lo que hay en transporte público. Otra opción sería venir a Girona en tren y luego alquilar un coche. Debes tener en cuenta que Peratallada es muy bonito pero en unas 2 horas como mucho lo tienes todo visto. Por lo que te recomiendo venir con una excursion (o tour) para ver más pueblos o bién en coche, así puedes aprovechar mejor el día. ¡Buen viaje!
Written August 16, 2018
We will be staying in the centre of Peratallada. Are there any food shops? If not where is the nearest supermarket which also opens on Sundays?
Written June 29, 2018
Im not sure, the whole village is tiny, if there is a shop, it should be just a basic one. But if you have a car, it is better to shop in a bigger town (like Palafrugell, a few km from there) if you need more than food.
Written June 29, 2018
Si la pregunta se refiere si algun restaurante permite comer llevando tu mascota dentro de la sala creo que no pero algunos tienen terraza fuera y no creo que haya algun problena para que algun restaurante permita coner en la terraza con su mascota.
Written March 31, 2018
Hola,
Como se puede llegar en trasporte publico? En google hay solo la opcion de autobus 22 que hace la ruta solo una vez al día.
Gracias,
Maneh
Written July 5, 2017
Hola la mejor opción es ir en coche, por que luego puedes visitar más pueblos alrededor , e ir a la playa está cerca en coche.
Written July 6, 2017
Hello we have just stayed in peratallada May 1st -May 5th we stayed in an apt there. We love everything about the place and wish to return...However, the town did not open ...no restaurants, few shops..the plaza was closed we could not believe it. Obviously we need to know when to return ..not july/august. Please could you advise why everywhere was closed and also would this be the same in Septmeber.
Many thanks
Written May 6, 2017
Hi. We were only there for two days in mid October. There was always at least one restaurant open and the tourist office. I imagine sept would be good but why not email the tourist office? HTH.
Written May 19, 2017
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