Santa Pau Main Festival Activity · Santa Pau, Garrotxa, Girona Image of Santa Pau, not of the place itself. The main festival of the medieval town of Santa Pau, in the Garrotxa, held in mid-August. It includes the traditional Ball Pla, a couple's dance characteristic of the Principality of Catalonia, documented since the 17th century, with an initial walking part and a livelier section called caiguda, along with popular events and concerts in the medieval plaça Major. 13-17 de agosto Photo: Friviere (CC BY-SA 2.5) What to see and do in Santa Pau