A cycling route, cork culture and a rich architectural history give Cassà de la Selva a range of travel highlights. If you are looking for a hotel in Cassà, it may help to decide whether the cycling route, architecture, music or the natural area of Les Gavarres should shape your stay. The places and seasonal events below offer different points of focus.
Cycling route and the natural area of Les Gavarres
The Carrilet Greenway passes through Cassà de la Selva and connects Girona with the Costa Brava. Its link between these two destinations makes it a notable cycling theme for travel planning. Cassà is also an exceptional gateway to the natural area of Les Gavarres: this low mountain range is characterised by cork oak forests and provides habitats for plants and animals of the Mediterranean forest.
The Can Vilallonga estate is home to a historic waterworks complex. It includes an old mill, several weirs and basins, and three aqueducts. This adds another facet alongside the woodland landscape and cycling route: the history of water infrastructure. If you are organising your visit to Cassà around different themes, you can consider this complex as a distinct highlight alongside nature and architecture.
Church art and architectural history
The parish church of Sant Martí has Romanesque origins and a Gothic design dating from the 16th century. Renaissance elements can be found on the façade, while the chapels in the transept arms are Neoclassical. The building thus reveals several distinct art-historical influences, rather than belonging to just one period.
The “Joies de Cassà” exhibition of church treasures is housed in the area of the dels Dolors chapel in the parish church. Can Frigola and Torre Salvana form another historic building complex: the 16th-century ensemble comprises a house and a defensive tower. The tower was used as a prison. Together, the church, exhibition and defensive tower offer different concrete insights into the town’s religious and architectural history.
The Centre Cultural Sala Galà houses the Cassà municipal library, the music school and the Josep Lloveras art school. It also has an auditorium for talks and cultural events. ParcArt offers a different artistic focus: the open-air sculpture garden in Cassà de la Selva contains an extensive collection of almost 350 sculptures.
Cork culture and seasonal events
The Fira del Tap i el Suro is a themed trade fair that lasts for a weekend. It puts the cork industry and its local roots in most of the municipalities around Les Gavarres in the spotlight. The event has been held since 2017 in late May or early June. For a specific trip, check the dates for the edition you wish to attend.
The experience “De l’arbre al tap, del tap a taula” is also dedicated to cork. This June–July offering takes place in Cassà de la Selva and Palafrugell and provides insights into cork harvesting in the protected natural area of Les Gavarres. It includes breakfast with local products. The experience thus combines an insight into cork production with regional food, while the Fira focuses on the industry and its roots in the Les Gavarres region.
Music through the year
The Càntut festival takes place in autumn at several indoor and outdoor venues in Cassà and draws on traditional songbooks. At the Nit dels Músics, more than fifty people from Cassà come together once a year in a large cobla. They perform only sardanas by musicians associated with Cassà. While Càntut focuses on different venues and traditional songbooks, the large ensemble and repertoire connected to Cassà shape the musical focus of the Nit dels Músics. Check the latest dates and programme details for your chosen edition before travelling.
The events offer different points of reference for choosing when to travel: the Fira takes place in late May or early June, the cork experience in June and July, and Càntut in autumn. You can plan your stay around a seasonal highlight or focus on the town’s year-round attractions—its cycling route, architecture, art and Les Gavarres.
Discover more destinations: Torrent, Vilaür, Sant Martí Del Clot, La Jonquera, Sant Joan De Les Abadesses, Llambilles, Sant Pau De Seguries, Llanars
For the broader travel overview: Girona.
