Your private guide and your dedicated driver will pick you up at your location within Barcelona city and drive you North, first up the scenic highway that takes to the border with France, passing some industrial suburbs that soon turn into scenic countryside lined up with pine tree forests and poplar tree plantations, farm lands and masia farmhouses, occasional medieval fortresses and views over the Montseny mountains and the Pyrenees in the distance. After leaving behind Girona and Figueres, you’ll take a local road across the Alt Empordà county that will approach you to the coast and right before reaching the beach resort of Roses the road will narrow down and start winding up the hills, starting to offer views over the Bay of Roses before starting the descent to Cadaques.
This longish ride constitutes an excellent opportunity to start learning about Catalonia, the Costa Brava and the Empordà county, and ask as many questions as you want to your guide. A good conversation will make the ride seem shorter and become much more interesting and fulfilling.