It's already a summer classic for those who spend their summers on the Costa Brava (or rather, those lucky enough to live there). This is La Santa, the market that for the ninth consecutive year is being held by the Santa Cristina Equestrian Club in Santa Cristina d'Aro. There you can eat a bikini from Jordi Roca's Rocambolesco Bikinería, enjoy ice cream, or stop by the sweets stall of the world's best chocolatier: Osona-based Lluc Crusellas.

On return service days, after a long weekend or a holiday period, the C-31 highway, known as the coastal axis, accumulates long traffic jams with thousands of vehicles traveling towards Barcelona or Girona from the Baix Empordà region, especially from the towns of Palafrugell, Calella, Palamós, and Platja d'Aro. To avoid these queues, many drivers, following the alternative routes suggested by Google Maps, opt to exit this highway near Platja d'Aro and take a shortcut along the inland roads that pass through Castell and Santa Cristina d'Aro, until they rejoin the C-31 further downstream. This practice, in turn, has ended up causing significant traffic problems within the municipalities, with traffic jams on narrow streets poorly equipped to handle this volume of traffic, which has completely disrupted the normal life of residents.