About ilovecatalonia.com

My name is Franck. I'm a digital marketer and domain investor based in Paris, and I've been visiting Catalonia long enough to have opinions about it that nobody asked for.

This site exists because the travel content about Catalonia is, with a few exceptions, terrible. Tourism board brochures that list the same ten attractions. Listicles assembled by people who've never been. AI-generated guides that manage to be simultaneously verbose and empty.

Catalonia deserves better. It's a region with a distinct language, a contested identity, a food culture that has nothing to do with paella, and enough festivals to fill a calendar twice over. None of that comes through in a top-ten list.

So I built this instead.

What you'll find here

Every guide on this site is written with a point of view. The Girona article tells you why the Jewish Quarter matters and which part of the medieval walls to walk at dusk. The La Mercè guide explains why you should wear old clothes to the Correfoc and arrive an hour early for the Castellers. The food guide is direct about what not to order on the waterfront.

The facts are verified. The dates are current. The opinions are mine.

What this site is not

ilovecatalonia.com is not affiliated with the Catalan Tourism Board, the Generalitat de Catalunya, or any official tourism body. No destination board has paid for coverage. No hotel has earned a mention through sponsorship. When that changes — and affiliate relationships and sponsorships are part of the business model — it will be disclosed clearly on every relevant page.

This is an independent editorial site. The independence is the point.

Get in touch

Corrections, local knowledge, and collaboration enquiries are all welcome at hola@ilovecatalonia.com.

If you know something about Catalonia that should be on this site and isn't, I want to hear it.