Car parks at the foot of the old town

The Gothic old town of Pals occupies the top of a hill and is explored on foot, so the car stays below, in the car parks at the entrance to the village. The one most used as a reference is the coach car park on carrer de l'Abeurador, with no number, because it is the stop for the El Xiulet de Pals tourist little train and the meeting point for several guided visits.

The Abeurador car park

The El Xiulet de Pals website places its departure at the "aparcament d'autocars, C. Abeurador, s/n". It is the stop from which its three routes leave: the rice route, the medieval villages route and the Gothic Pals route. Visit Pals, the municipal tourism website, also gives carrer Abeurador as the usual little-train stop for the guided medieval villages route.

Neither the town council nor Visit Pals publishes the number of spaces, whether there is room for cars next to the coaches or whether there are toilets or drinking fountains. If you are travelling by coach or in a group, ask first at the tourist office, on 972 63 73 80.

Blue zone in summer

Pals town council applies the blue (paid) zone from 1 June to 30 September, from 9:00 to 20:00, Monday to Sunday. You pay at the parking meters spread across all the blue zones or with the elparking website and app, after prior registration. For visitors there are weekly, fortnightly and monthly passes, bought on the same website or app. The municipal page does not detail which streets and car parks are blue zone or the rates; for questions, the Local Police answer on 972 66 77 77, Monday to Friday from 14:00 to 21:00 and on Saturdays from 9:00 to 14:00.

Outside those dates, the municipal page does not announce any paid regulation.

From here, on foot or by little train

From the foot of the village you walk up to the Gothic old town and the Torre de les Hores, along cobbled streets with slopes and steps, and continue to the Josep Pla viewpoint, at the highest point. If you do not want to walk up, the El Xiulet Gothic Pals route is, according to Visit Pals, a circuit of about 45 minutes.

The other way out is towards the plain. The rice route by little train to the Molí de Pals lasts an hour and three quarters and leaves from this same stop; El Xiulet sells it on its website and on 628 597 972. On foot, the country tracks that go down towards the flooded rice fields also begin at the foot of the village.

Eating nearby

Restaurant La Vila is next to the entrance to the village, and El Pedró inside the Gothic old town. To go to the beach, follow the signs for Platja de Pals: there is a car park by the Platja Gran there.