The Hotel Llafranc dominates the main sea promenade and was popular with artists such as Rock Hudson, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dalí and Ernest Hemingway.

[2][3] The town is overlooked by the historical site of Sant Sebastià de la Guarda, located on a headland 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the north, and 168 metres (551 ft) above, Llafranc beach.

To the north the path follows the road up to the lighthouse and then uses an in places rough, track above the shore line to the beach at Cala Pedrosa [ca] and the town of Tamariu.

[1] Commerce and civic organizations gather under the Associació d'Amics de Llafranc,[6] which elects a president every 4 years in order to represent this small town in the City Council of Palafrugell, its main municipality.

[citation needed] With a sandy seabed it is welcoming for the average visitor, with an aquatic channel following the rocky right end of the beach.