This true oasis of tranquility (a rarity on this stretch of the Costa Brava!) was restored in 2006. Inspired by Italian Renaissance gardens, the grounds were laid out in 1919 by landscape architect Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí. The terraced gardens a..

Begun in 1945 (and inspired by the Marimurtra Botanical Garden ), Pinya de Rosa is now the world’s largest cactus garden, with over 7 000 varieties from around the world. Its founder, engineer Fernando Riviere de Caralt, devoted decades to this plac..