Tossa de Mar (Costa Brava)
Tritour OLYMPIC TRIATHLON & SPRINT TRIATHLON IN TOSSA DE MAR 19/09/2020
The only TriTour test with swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.
Swimming in the sea, but cycling in the mountains and running completely flat.
Complete triathlon for lovers of strong emotions. The location of the nerve center and the spectacular nature of the area with the Castle of Tossa de Mar in the background causes thousands of people to follow this fantastic triathlon every year.
Years of experience and thousands of triathletes who have already participated in this triathlon consolidate it as a mandatory triathlon on the calendar.
1500 m swim + 40 km bike + 10 km run.
Inscriptions and more information at http://tricircuit.com/tossa-de-mar/
MEGALITICA RADICAL TRAIL 11/10/2020
Bringing together experience and illusion of the participants of the formerly known Costa Brava Xtreme Running race, we are looking forward to creating a great trail running event in the beautiful surroundings of Costa Brava region, on the trails of the recovered Camino de Ronda way.
Our goal is to create an event where each and every runner would find a race modality which would answer his requirements and would challenge him in the best way.
64th Tossa de Mar International Prize for Speed Painting 30/08/2020
This competition was the first one of this sort to be organized in Catalonia and Spain. All artists taking part in the competition must realize a painting, in which Tossa must necessarily be depicted, in one day. The exhibition with the works taking part in the competition remains open until the 11th September.
Tossa de Mar (Costa Brava)
Toquen a Córrer, Ses Nou Sardanes 02/07/2020
Typical old local traditional sort of dance.
Ses nou sardanes is a typical local dance, precedent of the sardana as it is known today, commemorating a local legend according to which Notre Dame de Bon Secours run down the street after the devil, who was taking away with him a little boy from Tossa called Xixanet.
This dance alternates nine short sardanas with the toquen a córrer, a sort of gallop danced up and down the Socors Street by groups of two women and one man, until the music stops and a new sardana starts. This is repeated up to nine times. The dance is completed with a walz.
50th BLANES FIREWORKS contest 23/07/2020 - 26/07/2020
50th International Fireworks Competition of the Costa Brava in Villa de Blanes (Els Focs de Blanes). They take place within the festival in honor of Santa Ana and San Joaquin (July 26), celebrating the largest international fireworks competition in Europe. More than 500,000 people visit this great show to enjoy a few nights of fire.
The fireworks are launched from the rock of Sa Palomera (inside the sea, in the Bay of Blanes). The fires are triggered every day at 22:30 hours, but if you want to get a good place it is advisable to go a little earlier.
This spectacular contest began to be held in 1970. Today it is considered one of the most prestigious fireworks contests in the world. National and international pyrotechnic companies compete to win the Vila de Blanes Trophy and a cash prize.
Tossa de Mar (Costa Brava)
Gastronomical campaign of The Cim i Tomba Cuisine 01/09/2020 - 30/09/2020
The Cim i Tomba gastronomical campaign takes place every year in Tossa during the month of September. From the 1st until the 30th of September, several restaurants in Tossa offer a special menu consisting of a first course, the cim-i-tomba as a second course and a desert. There are different ways to prepare the cim-i-tomba, and every cook has his own recipe, so it’s a good idea to try it at different restaurants and find out which is the one you like best.