Dalt car park

The Dalt car park is at the western end of Peratallada, the first one you come to if you arrive from La Bisbal d’Empordà and Vulpellac. It is one of the three car parks that surround the medieval centre, which cars can’t freely enter: from here you continue on foot.

What it has

Visit Forallac, the municipality’s tourism website, describes it in two areas. The first, of 1,640 m², has 24 spaces, mainly for authorised residents (20), people with reduced mobility (4) and motorbikes. The second, of 4,214 m², has capacity for 175 vehicles. Between the two there are around 200 spaces. There are public toilets.

It does not expressly admit coaches or caravans: for that there is the Baix car park, on the east side, with its own area for large vehicles. The website says nothing about electric charging.

Blue zone in 2026

Forallac Town Council applies the blue zone in Peratallada’s car parks only on the days with the most visitors: from 2 to 6 April, from 14 June to 14 September every day, and on 3 and 4 October, during the Fira Medieval. On those days it runs from 9:00 to 22:30, with these rates:

• First 30 minutes: free.
• 1 hour: €1.50.
• 2 hours: €2.50.
• 3 hours: €3.
• Daily maximum, 13 hours: €6.

It is managed by Grup MIFAS, who can be reached on 972 696 898. If you overstay the time paid for, the fine can be cancelled by paying €10 within the following 24 hours. Appeals are submitted to XALOC (xalocgirona.cat, 972 90 02 51), and lodging an appeal means giving up the 50% reduction on the fine. Visit Forallac does not specify on that page whether you pay at a ticket machine or with an app.

Exempt are vehicles taxed in Forallac, residents of Peratallada, people who work in the centre and guests sleeping in hotels, guesthouses, rural houses or tourist accommodation in the centre. Outside those dates, Visit Forallac does not announce paid regulation.

From here, on foot

From the west side you enter the medieval centre, a self-guided walk of one to two hours between the castle-palace, documented since 1065, Plaça de les Voltes and the church of Sant Esteve. On the way you will see the moat cut into the rock and the wall, 7 to 8 metres deep, and you can climb the Torre de les Hores. The tourist office, at Plaça del Castell, 3, gives you the map.

Tips

On blue-zone days, the first free half hour is enough to pop into the office or buy something, but not to see the village: allow at least two hours, €2.50. If you are going to eat and stroll, the €6 daily maximum covers you for the whole day.

If you sleep in the centre, as at the Hotel El Pati, on Carrer Hospital, you don’t pay the blue zone; ask the accommodation how to prove it. For a nearby meal, the Restaurant El Pati, in the same hotel, is closed on Wednesdays, and Pati Pizza cooks in a wood-fired oven.

During the Fira Medieval, on the first weekend of October, the car parks fill up from first thing. If you arrive late, Baix is the one with the most spaces.