Cortondo (Japanese:セルクルタウンCercle Town) is a town in thePaldearegion, located inSouth Province (Area Two). Olives are the town's biggest export, and as such, it is also home to the Olive Harvest Festival, in which one of the activities involves rolling giant olive-shaped balls into a goal; this is believed to bring in great harvests.
Because of theGym's specialized type, the people of this town tend to walk around accompanied byBug-type Pokémon.
AnNPC named Glen is located in the center of town along the main road. By talking to him, theplayer is given the option to make anin-game trade. Glen asks for aFlabébé, and will trade aSnomnicknamed Snowsalot in exchange.
Artisan Bakery is a chain store that sells varioussandwichingredients and picks. It has one location in Cortondo, in the building next to the Cortondo (East)Pokémon Center.
Deli Cioso is a chain store that sells varioussandwichingredients. It has one location in Cortondo, in the building across the street from the Cortondo (East)Pokémon Center.
Every Wich Way is a restaurant chain that sellssandwiches which provideMeal Powers. It has one location in Cortondo, in the building across the street from the Cortondo (West)Pokémon Center.
Sugar-N-Ice is a vending cart chain that sells ice cream cones of various flavors which provideMeal Powers. It has one location in Cortondo, across the Cortondo (East)Pokémon Center.
Vending machines
Avending machine is located outside the Every Wich Way on the western side of town.
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
Cortondo appeared inPut Your Heart Into It!, whereLiko,Roy, andDot visited it as their first stop during theTera Training course. After reuniting withMurdock, who was working a part-time job forKaty to get money, the trio also encounteredCoral. To decide which of them would get to battle her, Katy arranged a baking contest between the two, which Liko easily won due to Coral's abysmal baking skills.
During her subsequent battle against Katy, Liko was constantly on the ropes, and even her momentary comeback and chance toTerastallize herFloragato were countered by Katy's own use of Terastallization, causing Liko to lose the battle. Despite this, though, she still received a positive review from Katy regarding the timing of her Terastallization and passed the test. Afterwards, the group headed forArtazon for Roy's first Terastal battle.
Cortondo appeared inSkillful! The Mysterious Treasure Hunter!!. After arriving there,Nemona learned thatScarlet had chosen to challenge the localGym, much to her delight. After clearing the Olive Roll, Scarlet battled againstKaty and won, though she declined theGym Badge, so Katy offered her some of her pastries instead, as many people come to challenge her solely to bypass the long queues in front of herpâtisserie. While admitting that she was hungry, Scarlet told Katy and Nemona that the thing she really was after was information regarding thetreasures of ruin. However, Katy didn't know anything about them, so Scarlet left as soon as she was done satisfying her hunger, heading forArtazon to meetBrassius per Katy's suggestion.
TwoVivillon with the Tundra and Continental patterns can be seen flying over the pool immediately east of Patisserie Soapberry. This is despite the fact that allSpewpa in Paldea will evolve into Vivillon'sFancy Pattern, unless the pattern is changed by sending a Postcard fromPokémon GO (only possible for Version 1.2.0. ofPokémon Scarlet and Violet onwards).
The tile patterns in the pools are identical to the water tiles from theGeneration I map.
In addition to theBug-type Pokémon accompanying people,Smoliv can be found in Cortondo, likely due to the town's connection to olives.
Cortondo may be inspired by the vast olive-growing regions of southernSpain, particularly theProvince of Jaén andProvince of Córdoba inAndalusia.The Olive Harvest Festival may be a reference to the harvest festivals celebrating the olive oil held throughout various towns in Andalusia, such as theFiesta de la Aceituna in Martos, Jaén that is held around early December.
Geographically, the town's location may correspond toBadajoz inExtremadura, another olive-producing region in Spain. Meanwhile, the neighboring region ofAlentejo is Portugal's largest olive-producing region.
