On the Costa Brava, between secluded coves, fishing villages, and farmhouses near the sea, the gastronomic offer swells every summer until it becomes very difficult to choose where to have a good lunch or dinner. There are restaurants for all tastes and budgets, but not all that glitters is worth it: between the tourist pressure and summer opportunism, there is a range of establishments where cooking is done with discernment and passion.

Anita Prats Pibernos and Pere Parrí Llos, aged 91 and 93 respectively, are two of the last residents of Estartit who have worked as fishermen. They represent the last generation of a town that lived from the sea, in conditions that were nothing like those of today, when boats were made of wood, barely propelled by the first combustion engines. L'Estartit was a small town of humble houses facing the Medes Islands, without a dock or breakwater, before the great urban transformation by the tourism boom of the 1960s and 1970s.

The seabed of the nature reserve of the Medes Islands, in the Baix Empordà, is a paradise for diving enthusiasts. As a no-fishing zone, favored by its proximity to the mouth of the Ter River, you can observe a very rich ecosystem of fauna and flora, full of underwater caves and unique corners, to the point that the diving centers of Estartit have much more demand than supply for excursions and those of interest.