Essential Tips for Pet Travelers in Palamós

Palamós is a 17,000-resident Costa Brava centre fishing port with a four-port coastline (Platja Gran, La Fosca, Platja del Castell, Cala Margarida), an active fishing fleet ranked 3rd in Catalonia, the Castell de Sant Esteve clifftop ruins north and the Cala S'Alguer fishermen-hut postcard cove. The framework of Catalan animal welfare rules is stable and the Mediterranean climate makes summer-beach planning the single most important variable. The big takeaways: short leash (≤2 m) everywhere including the GR-92, microchip and vaccination booklet always with you, summer beach ban June 15-September 15 on the supervised sand sections (Platja Gran, La Fosca) with Platja del Castell northern section keeping a year-round dog-beach zone, and respect for the tramuntana wind which can gust over 80 km/h on the exposed Cap de Planes.