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Palafrugell is specially known and visited for its landscape, coves, nature, gastronomy... But it has much more to offer! Discover the cultural offer under the brand PalafrugellPlus.
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The Cap Roig Gardens combine nature, art, culture and history in a unique landscape covering 20 hectares with 800 botanical species from around the world and sculptures from renowned Catalan and international artists.
The birthplace of the writer houses the Josep Pla Foundation, in which you can discover the person and the production of the best prose in 20th century Catalan literature through its exhibits and learn more about the heritage and landscape that surround us through Pla’s work.
Located in an old cork factory, the Cork Museum tells the history and highlights the importance of the world of cork in Catalonia, which helped give shape to a landscape, an industry, ways of life and a shared identity.
The old Can Mario cork factory is now the Contemporary Sculpture Museum of the Vila Casas Foundation in Palafrugell, which houses a collection of more than 200 sculptures that date from the 1960s to present.
Located in the centre of Palafrugell, the Can Mario Modernist Water Tower is unique to Catalonia, an exceptional building within the cork making world, a unique feature highlighted by the fact that it was declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest in 2000.
At Sant Sebastià de la Guarda you can find an Iberian settlement (6th to 1st century B.C.), the Watch Tower (15th century A.D.), the Inn and Hermitage from the 18th century and the 19th-century Lighthouse. All these monuments are located on top of a mountain with seaside cliffs that offer one of the best views of the Costa Brava.
