Granollers Travel Guide

Small towns in the area typically only have one market day per month. But Granollers is the capital of the valley area and therefore has their market day once a week, Thursday.

The entire city center becomes a pedestrian zone. Good luck finding parking anywhere on the outskirts of the city. You will likely have a good long walk in since parking is usually hard to comeby in Granollers, let alone with all the surrounding communities come together.

Originally it was a produce and meat market, but over the generations things have changed. You can still find plenty of food items, but now clothing, household items and even kids toys are readily available.

In all my travels, this restaurant is constantly top notch. I have visited it on and off for 3 years and it never fails to impress me. They do have a menu del dia for lunch, but offer a la carte options for both lunch and dinner.

Menu del dia is only in Spanish. The regular menu has translations available (i.e. English), but the staff typically only speak Spanish and Catalan.

Favorite Dish: I have not had one bad dish here. Their pastas are excellent, as well as their fish and seafood. Simply marvellous. It might be a little more expensive than the other local places, but this is definately a situation where you get what you pay for!

There is often live music played here until ~midnight, then it turns to a disco. The music is mixed by a DJ in the back, so they do a good job watching the crowd and changing to keep things alive.

There is typically a cover charge to get it, but that gets you a drink at the bar. If you dont exchange your ticket for a drink, you may be requested to pay a little more when you leave. Despite this, it is not very expensive.

Dress Code: There is no dress code that I know of

In this town, as well as others north of Barcelona (Mollet, Montmelo, etc), it's good to keep an open eye out for local right wing youths.. They dress quite distinctively, with tight sweatpants and sports shirts. They also tend to wear their hear in something of a "crown" which would make their appearance rather amusing if they weren't so troublesome.. I've seen very ugly scenes involving all out brawls between these people, minorities (usually African or South American in origin) on the RENFE suburban trains that head out of the cities. It's normally safe, but keep a vigilant eye out at night.

At a short distance from Granollers (and Barcelona for that matter) is the little monastry of San Miquel del Fai hidden. Only accessable by San Feliu de Codines by car, a beautiful road will take you to this stunning place which will delight both adults and children. The biggest surprise are the fantastic waterfalls and caves. Well worth the trip!!!