The best months for this trip are April through June and September through early November.

Spring and autumn/fall are just gorgeous times to come. If you're heading down the Costa Brava and passing the Aiguamolls wetlands, then spring and early September are when there are more birds in town. The grape harvest tends to be early in September, whilst the beech forests of Garrotxa are glorious in October as the leaves turn golden.

Given that this trip is designed to have you out walking and exploring, we tend to advise you give the height of summer and depths of winter a bit of a wide berth. It's too hot and busy in July and August, a bit too chilly in the winter. Rainfall is consistently quite low - too low actually as Catalonia is regularly experiencing long droughts - but the coast in particular has a bit of an 'out of season' feel in winter and it loses a lot of its buzz.