Travel Guide Costa Brava

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The Costa Brava is a steep and irregular piece of coast in Catalonia of about 200, from Port Bou on the French border to the mouth of La Toder in the town of Blanes. This very picturesque coastal area, located in the Province of Gerona, has developed very intensively in recent years of the twentieth century by the hand of a tourist offer focused on to update these fishing and farming villages twinned with the sea that inspired Spanish artists such as Picasso or Dali. Even waking up a proposal with a modern tourist hotels and gastronomy appropriate to these times, the Costa Brava area today retains the fresh natural air and small town that made it so attractive in the beginning, knowing that such a mark distinguishes it from other places for summer tourism that there are many of them in Spain. A unique area for hiking and water sports with a spectacular landscape value. Rather than describing in general this attractive portion of Catalan coast, we will stop briefly in each localities and municipalities for you to choose most appropriate destination depending on the type of tourism that you are seeking at Costa Brava

Portbou

It is the northernmost town of the Costa Brava. It is a small village with beaches without too much noise even in high season months of July and August. The beaches are sandy and rocky in some cases. In the environment has remained surrounded by nature with steep rocky shore entries almost virgins that are accessible by boat or, with a bit of difficulty, just walking. Hotels in Portbou

Puerto de la Selva

Port de la Selva, that born as a small fishing village, still retains the charm of white houses in the old town, with a bay sheltered by the picturesque mountains surrounding a nature generous, is has become a popular destination for residents of the nearby Barcelona and even from France, who cross the border to enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings of this area.
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Cadaqués

Well-known seaside resort on the Costa Brava for hosting the Salvador Dalí House Museum, which displays beautiful landscape paintings of renowned artist. Other places you should not miss are the Gothic church of Santa Maria in the old town and National Park. In this rocky coast there are beaches for every taste: beaches with picturesque coves and quiet beaches nearby islands like St. Antony, in Portlligat Bay, with numerous ships in the bay, beach Gran is the main beach at Cadaqués, in the middle of the bay with its sandy shores, and beaches like Poal, Pianc and Passeig, that although they have rocks on the shore, but in water are also sandy.
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Roses

The City of Roses is one of the most important cities in northern Costa Brava. It is a city founded by the Greeks 3000 years ago and its historical heritage makes the basis of its distinctive tourist. However Roses interest is not only in its historical-cultural offer but has arranged a variety of activities for the modern tourist to visit the whole year. At Roses you can make such a boat trip to Cape Creus or via train in Roses Express Tourist Train. The beaches of Roses are among the most appreciated of the Costa Brava, and offers spectacular natural vantage points from Cape Norfeo or Punta Falconera. If you go with little time to the north of Costa Brava and looking for beach, you will not regret choosing Roses.
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Empuriabrava

This little town with low profile and a bit unknown has a curious structure furrowed by a hundred channels that are accessed directly from the doors of the houses, which for many, becomes a sort of Venice in Spain. There in the city about 20 km. browsing channels provide an option for romantics but Empuriabrava also offers content with cultural and historical interest. About these characteristics it can visited Catedral Castelló d 'Empuries, a lush religious monument of S XIII. Also the remains of the wall surrounding the city. The beaches and waterways are suitable for water sports like windsurfing, kiteboarding, diving or kayaking. Good Mediterranean gastronomy with first class exponents in the Costa Brava, especially with seafood. Romantic, picturesque and little known, an excellent combination for tourists from Spain and the whole world.
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La Escala

Like the rest of the Costa Brava, La Escala offers a privileged landscape on the coast of Spain. LA Escala has got countless beaches and shallow coves and white sands that are generally not suitable for navigation nor for bathing. In our view one of the most beautiful beach is Portitxol, a small bay of yellow sand, embraced by the rocks of "Les Muscleres" and "Les Coves". For those interested in cultural heritage there is Empúries excavations, two kilometers from the city and its main tourist attraction.
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Torroella de Montgri

This charming town, situated at the foot of the massif of Montgrí (the Montgri is a small mountain with a castle that was never fully constructed, but with its walls and four cylindrical towers dominating the landscape ), became a royal town in the thirteenth century. In its medieval center, you can visit the Gothic church of Sant Genis. Its main beach of 1000 meters is shallow and a moderate swell great for sea bathes making it suitable for all familia. This beach is in front of residential so it is the beach where most of vacationers concentrate.
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Pals

Pals city, with its intricate medieval cobblestone streets and perfectly preserved buildings (walls, castles and Gothic and Romanesque churches), is one of the most visited area of Costa Brava. The most interesting sites: the Tower of the Hours (Romanesque tower with a small Gothic bell tower), Plaza Mayor and the Gothic Church of Sant Pere (built with the remains of the old castle Pals). Pals beach is wide and long, coarse sand and calm waters, and stretches from Racó beach to the Fonollera beach.
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Begur

Begur is a charming city where towering forested mountains plunge directly into the sea. As in other locations in Costa Brava, this particularity form countless beaches and secluded coves with colorful cliffs where landscape tourism reaches the higest level. Begur is a city suitable for hikers and mountain biking and water sports like windsurfing, kite surfing or diving. Can also be lost in its narrow cobbled streets of medieval court. The neighborhood of Aiguablava, concentrates most of tourism in the city with a considerable offer in hotels and Mediterranean cuisine, especially fish. To visit in the city you have the Castle Sant Pere de Begur, on top of a rocky promontory from which there is an excellent overview of the city and the Medes islands.
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Palafrugell

Initially a town dedicated to the cork industry (which was exported worldwide primarily as cork stoppers), today Palafrugell has become an important tourist destination in high season. It has a picturesque coastline (bays and small beaches). To visit, the Museum will cork and close to there, the Botanical Gardens of Cap Roig and Sant Sebastia Lighthouse at the top of the mountain the same name. Each year in July, is celebrated the traditional Habaneras recital of Calella de Palafrugell.
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Palamós

As corresponds to a traditional fishing village, the main attractions of Palamós is in its sailing installations and the fishing port at the foot of the historic old city. These sports fishing ports concentrates tourist attractions of Palamos thus in their surroundings have been distributed most of formal and informal gastronomy, also navigation amateurs can rent sailing ship to sail around the maritime environment. To visit, there is the Gothic building of parish Santa Maria del Mar. The beaches are sandy and quiet making them ideal for lovers of sun and sea bathing.
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Calonge

The tourist proposal of Calonge is dominated by the Castle of Calonge de Segarra which are remains that let you view the overall structure of this construction of the tenth century. Most important beach is the beach Sant Antoni de Calonge, golden sand and numerous amenities and bars along the coast. When the weather makes you avoid the beach you will can find several routes along the streets of village of Calonge. As for gastronomy, we recommend testing the shrimp stew preparations, characteristic of the locality.
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Playa de Aro

Playa de Aro is one of the most cosmopolitan place of the Costa Brava, for which the city has been properly prepared with first-class accommodations, cuisine for every taste and a full and varied tourist proposal from sports to cultural aspect where everything is properly preserved and cared for as befits a world-class resort. As for coastal tourism, there are beaches and coves to suit all tastes, from Gran beach in the center of town with fine golden sand, great for sea bathing to Cala Dels Canyers much more rocky and secluded at north of Playa de Aro.
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San Feliu de Guixols

This city, like other at Costa Brava combines summer proposals with an exciting mix of historic and cultural objetives. Thus it can visited the Monastery of Sant Feliu de Guixols, a building complex which combines parts from different remodeling made throughout history. Among the most important aspects is the remains of Porta Ferrada, the Gothic Church, Arch of St. Benet and the Chapel of Sant Elm, eighteenth century with its balcony. Moreover, also to visit is the Pedralta at the border with Playa de Aro, about 1000 tons of stone, being for long time the European largest tilting stone. Unfortunately, this natural monument lost tilting ability after being repositioned after a storm.
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Tossa de Mar

Tossa Bay offers an excellent beach for swimming. Continuing south on the beach there is a hill with a medieval walled place (Vila Vella), with seven round towers built in the twelfth century. From over there have a unique view over the bay of Tossa and the city. Within Vila Vella is a museum with archaeological collections in the region, as well as exhibitions of paintings and sculpture. As a curiosity, Tossa de Mar was the first self-declared city, antibullfighting in Spain, an example soon followed by other cities.
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Lloret de Mar

This one is a beautiful seaside town, with excellent sandy beaches and coves granulated, which attracts with activities for the whole family. Offers a natural setting for rest or play activities (hiking, diving, mini club on the beach for children) and places to visit, like the Gothic Church of Sant Roma (with its liftgate), magnificent views Castle of Sant Joan (now remains Torre del Homenaje in good condition), and the sculpture "Woman Sailor" (which, being Lloret, a fishing village, represented the anxiety of women awaiting the return of their husbands fishermen from the sea).
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Blanes

Blanes is a tourist town that lies at the foot of the hill of Sant Joan (where still remains the homonym castle), known because of its coves and sandy beaches, surrounded mountains, of incredible beauty. Its most famous beaches: Cala Bona (or Cala de Sant Francesc) surrounded by mountains and beautiful natural environment, Sabanell beach (the largest), the beach of Blanes in the center of town, with its fine sand and the Punta de Santa Anna, a rocky point with stretches of gravel, a place visited by diving enthusiasts. Places to see the whole family in Blanes and its surroundings: a small island linked to the mainland (Sa Palomera) which is the symbolic borning of the Costa Brava, the botanical gardens Marimurtra and Pinya de Rosa, in addition Gothic Supply Ample street, with its distinctive hexagonal shape.
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So here a brief description of the various towns on the Costa Brava to choose initially. Can then delve into the internet in the place that best suits your dream vacation. No doubt and no matter where you choose, the Costa Brava will leave you with a good taste tour and surely you will welcome this recommendation, perhaps not so well known in Spain but which is surely the level of the best natural tourist centers in the world.

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