The GALP Costa Brava, the local action group that supports fishing communities along the coast, has celebrated its tenth anniversary. The organisation has handed out more than €3.5 million in grants to local projects since it was founded in 2016.
The anniversary was marked with a commemorative event at the Espai Medes. It brought together institutional representatives, local stakeholders, maritime and fishing professionals, and entrepreneurs with links to the Costa Brava.
Organisers used the occasion to review a decade of work. They also looked ahead to the projects, people and opportunities expected to shape the coming years.
The cheese fair in Lladó has reached its third decade. On Sunday, the village's Plaça Major and the streets of its old centre once again filled with stalls, drawing visitors with an interest in artisan cheese.
Lladó is a small inland municipality in the Alt Empordà, the county that also includes Empuriabrava and Castelló d'Empúries. Its cheese fair has now been running for three decades.
25 cheesemakers from across Catalonia
This year's edition brought together 25 artisan cheesemakers from different parts of Catalonia. Between them they offered cheeses made from four types of milk: cow, goat, sheep and buffalo.
Buffalo milk is the least familiar of the four for many visitors. It sat on the stalls alongside the more traditional cow, goat and sheep varieties.
Thirteen museums and thirteen wineries across the province of Girona will team up this October for the fifth edition of "Beu-te el museu", a programme that pairs cultural visits with tastings of DO Empordà wine.
The name is a Catalan play on words, roughly "Drink up the museum". The activities will take place on weekends throughout October. Several museums and one winery are taking part for the first time.
Tickets and prices
A total of 380 places are available, and the price stays at €22 per person, the same as last year. Each activity is limited to between 20 and 30 people.
The Mostra del Vi de l'Empordà, the Empordà wine fair in Figueres, will feature 11 wineries this year, three more than in 2025. It is the fair's 40th edition. For the first time it will share a single space with the Fòrum Gastronòmic Ciutat, the town's food forum, on the Rambla from 2 to 4 October.
All participating wineries belong to the DO Empordà, the denominació d'origen (protected designation of origin) that certifies wines from the area. The list is Celler Cooperatiu d'Espolla, La Vinyeta (Mollet de Peralada), Mas Llunes and Masetplana (Garriguella), Espelt Viticultors (Vilajuïga), Pere Guardiola (Capmany), AV Bodeguers (Vilamaniscle), Terra Remota (Sant Climent Sescebes), Empordàlia (Vilajuïga/Pau), Vinyes dels Aspres (Cantallops) and Mas Vida (Cistella).
Roses will host the eighth edition of its Craft Beer and Music Fair from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 October, with five independent breweries, live bands and DJ sessions over three days.
The event mixes beer tastings with concerts. It also offers a popular lunch on the final day.
Five breweries, three from the Alt Empordà
Five craft brewers will pour their beers at this year's fair. Three are based in the Alt Empordà, the county that includes Roses, Figueres and Castelló d'Empúries. These are Cervesa de Roses, from the host town, Cervesa No T'enfadis from Figueres and Cervesa Cadaqués from the coastal village of the same name.
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