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Sitges is a beautiful beach community 25 miles from Barcelona. This makes it a great place to visit for a day trip if you are staying in the city. However, there are many things to do in the town so it is better if you can spend a few days here. Like every beach community, it gets busy during Spain’s hot summers...
Llafranc is a small beach community 80 miles from Barcelona. The town in the Costa Brava area of northern Spain gets very busy with Spanish and Catalan tourists during the month of August when all the locals go on their holidays. I think the best time to visit the area is April to June or September through October...
It’s possible to move abroad, find your paradise to enjoy for a few years, then move on and find another. That’s just what Sally did when she decided to move on from sunny Costa Rica to explore the world and wound up in the culture-rich city of Barcelona.