Calella or Blanes, what to choose. Blanes, Lloret de Mar, Calella and other resorts in Spain

My husband and I were on holiday in Calella and decided to go to Blanes for one day. The purpose of the trip was to visit the local botanical garden.

Botanical sad

And I wanted to take a walk along the beaches along the city embankment.

Beaches of Blanes

Getting from Calella to Blanes is convenient for tourists with any budget. Buses and trains run between cities. Those who like to travel more comfortably can rent a car or use a taxi.

By bus

Blanas can be reached in one hour by bus. Several flights of the transport company Sagales depart from Calella:

• Line 603. There are eight departures daily (at 10:03, 11:33, 12:33, 15:03, 16:33, 18:23, 19:53, 23:58).
• Line 622. Between 23 June and 11 September there are daily services at 09:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00 and 19:00. At other times of the year, these flights are not operated on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

Here is the schedule for flight No. 603.

These buses can be boarded at any of these stops:

• St. Jaume - Mar – benzinera;
• St. Jaume - St. Josep - Mercat;
• St. Jaume - Pl. de les Roses.

Here is the stop St. Jaume - St. Josep – Mercat on the map. My husband and I went on our trip from here.

And this is the schedule for line 622.

Departure and arrival times at the station are highlighted in yellow. Flight 622 boards from these stops:

• Hospital de Sant Jaume;
• Sant Jaume - Sant Josep – Mercat;
• Sant Jaume - Plaça de les Roses.

Here is the Hospital de Sant Jaume stop on the city map.

Before planning your trip, be sure to visit the official Sagales website and check the schedule, as changes may be made by the carrier.

Ticket prices

Tickets for bus lines No. 603 or 622 cost 12.80 euros.

Where to buy tickets

Tickets can be purchased at bus station ticket offices or on the carrier’s website.

By train and by bus

You may ask why this route is combined? After all, Blanas has its own train station and you can get into the city by rail. Yes, there is a train station in Blanas.

But as you can see on the map, it is located outside the populated area, and the city center is more than two kilometers from the station. You can cover this distance on foot in half an hour or in a couple of minutes by bus.

Now, in order. From the small train station in Calella you need to take the R1 train to Blanes or Maçanet-Massanes.

Entrance to the station

About thirty flights are carried out in this direction every day. The first train leaves at 06:56, the last at 24:06. You will reach your destination in 16-20 minutes. Here is a fragment of the schedule of these trains.

A more detailed schedule can be viewed. I recommend reading the story. You will learn a lot of useful information about railways in Spain. After purchasing your tickets, go to the platform.

Platforms at the station

There are only two of them at Calella station. From one train leaves in the direction of Barcelona, ​​and from the second in the direction of Blanes. Follow the signs :).

Arriving at the Blanes station, you need to transfer to the Pujol bus, which runs along the route station-bus station-station. The detailed schedule can be viewed. In ten minutes you will already be at the city bus station. You can also take flights from this company that fly from the station to Lorette de Mar or Tossa. They also go through Blanes. See the schedule of these flights on the carrier's website.

Ticket prices

• Train ticket – 5.90 euros;
• Bus ticket – 1.85 euros.

Where to buy tickets

• On the train. Tickets can be purchased at the station ticket office or ticket sales terminals.
• On the bus. Tickets can be purchased from the driver, at the station ticket office or on the carrier’s website.

By taxi

You can get to Blanes by taxi in 15-20 minutes. You can use the service in one of the taxi services in Calella. There are not many of them here:

• Parada de Taxis;
• Jesús Segura Liarte;
• Taxi Calella Rm.

The trip will cost 25-30 euros. Traveling by taxi alone is not profitable, but for two people the price is quite reasonable. Two bus tickets will cost more than 25 euros. To travel by bus you will need to go to the bus station, buy a ticket, wait for the bus to depart and drive for an hour. And you can take a taxi at any time and for the same money you will be in Blanes in half an hour.

By car

There is only one car rental company in the city. The office is open daily from 09:00 to 20:00. You can also rent a car from more well-known transport companies. For example, in the neighboring town of Pineda de Mar there is an office of the company Avis.here), so it is better to choose a second road for the trip.

other methods

There are no air or sea connections between the cities.

Finally

It was I who described to you all the possible options for a trip from Calella to Blanes. If you are going to travel to this city from Barcelona or Girona airport, I recommend reading the history. All possible options for such a trip are interestingly described here.

Calella (Calella) - like a smooth pebble rolling in your mouth. Since childhood, I have brought these black pebbles from the sea. Therefore, this association makes you feel comfortable and a smile spreads across your lips like the warmth of the sun.

Calella is located in the Costa de Barcelona-Maresme resort. This town began to be built in the 12th century, when the first fishing huts began to appear in this area. Calella has many charming old but well-preserved houses from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Therefore, walking around this town is very pleasant and interesting.

View of Calella beach

Church of Santa Maria and San Nicolau in the main square of the city. Double consecration because in Catalonia double patronage of saints is customary

Church sculptures

Calella railway station. The station platforms were located directly opposite our hotel, but strangely enough the noise did not interfere with sleep

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The sea is great! clean and deep, half a meter from the shore.

Seaside Boulevard Manel Puigvert

Along the boulevard, with their facades facing the sea, there were low, but very different and cozy houses, each decorated in its own way - tiles, stucco, mosaics, fancy sculptures.

People in Spain, it seemed to me, are very friendly; if a person has a problem, they will definitely try to help. Here I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was part of one big family.

A cactus house accidentally discovered on the streets of the city

In Spain, it’s customary to say hello - and everyone (no matter who you know or not) greets everyone: “Hola!” And because We are used to saying hello only to people we know; there is a feeling that in Spain everyone knows each other.

The balcony caissons are made with tiles. Ceramics - one of the folk crafts of Catalonia

Such a big, friendly group all over the country. And if you add that the Spaniards smile a lot, then you soon begin to feel very cozy, warm and really friendly. The children here are happy and unafraid, very appetizing, similar to olives - just as black, round, smooth and oily. And their almond-shaped eyes can also be compared to olives. There are a lot of dads walking alone with their children. And Spanish women are not beautiful, but rather sweet and charming.

Immediately upon arrival in Calella, on the first evening, we attended the festival of lamps.
A wooden stage was built on the seaside boulevard, around which long wooden tables were placed, and a “camp cafe” was located nearby, which deserves special mention. Desk-type tables were lined up in a large square, into which frisky old men and women climbed. They cut small loaves of bread and rubbed them with garlic and tomatoes to prepare a traditional Spanish dish. This is where sausages were fried, beer was sold, and sandwiches were made. And all this was done with such simplicity and friendship that it seemed to me that these were not volunteers, but one big family, or a warm company that often gathers like this - the whole city - in someone’s kitchen.

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Meanwhile, the orchestra rose to the stage and began to play national melodies. How did I know it was them? Yes, everyone around just started dancing. What amazed me was that even the children, just not the babies, all knew the movements and, at the first familiar rhythms, they quickly organized themselves into circles, some of them just two, others numbering 10 people.

These are not pioneer dances at all, sardana

Sardana is an ancient Catalan folk dance. The Catalans, by the way, in every possible way distinguish themselves as a separate people and very carefully preserve their traditions. All signs in public places are duplicated in two languages: Spanish and Catalan.

Night Church of Santa Maria and San Nicolau

And yet, despite minor (from my point of view) differences, the Catalan language sounded very clear and pleasant. Slightly more inclined towards French pronunciation.
Finding myself in the whirlwind of Catalans, from the abundance of Spanish-sounding speech, I suddenly suddenly began to feel like I was in a TV series. And this strange, very funny feeling haunted me the entire trip! It was as if I was traveling to the country and came to watch TV.

Meanwhile, the celebration entered its climax: the stage was empty, and chairs for the jury were placed at an equal distance from each other on the central platform of the boulevard. Participants of the competition: children, teenagers, parents with infants - and the whole other motley crowd lined up in one long snake. Everyone lovingly lit their lamp, and behold, the procession began.
Strict and important judges evaluated all 80-odd lamps made by children and their parents.

Ah, Don Pedro! What kind of a man was this!

From among the judges, I especially liked the elderly man with a mustache and a red shirt. Like a strict but kind judge, he carefully assessed all the lamps passing by him, which the children carried in their hands, as if guarded by their parents as if they were angels behind their backs. This judge, whom I silently dubbed “Don Pedro,” did not miss a single, even the smallest and most uninteresting lamp. Thoughtfully, he stopped overzealous contestants to examine their act. A line of adults and children of all ages walked by, rejoicing, not at all embarrassed and even proud of their simple crafts. And the parents - it was clear in their views - were proud of their children. And for every child - be it a baby or a teenager - there was at least one lamp: fish, jellyfish, lighthouses, a catalon with castanets, cartoon characters and God knows what else!

There were even these: mothers carried their already tired and sleeping baby, and with their free third hand they held a lamp made for him; but the girl, who is still so small that she cannot fully coordinate her movements, waves a stick with a lamp attached to its end, knocks her “house” on the ground; but two teenagers are carrying a cunningly constructed beacon almost their height with a power supply hidden in a backpack.

Towers (Les Torretes) and lighthouse (Far de Calella)

Of course, neither the lighthouse nor the towers are something extremely attractive in terms of tourism, but the road to them is very beautiful - and it just goes past those wonderful coves.

And although we had to climb a lot uphill to get to the towers and by that time the sun was at its zenith and justified the name of the country by all 35 degrees, our path ran under the spreading branches of trees - cedars and pines, whose needles strewn the ground around. It was pleasant and soft to walk on, even in light flip-flops there were no problems. And the air around acquired that unforgettable smell that we all remember from our childhood and trips to Crimea. When the fresh sea breeze mixes with the completely indescribable smell of pine needles - while alchemy creates a magical aroma that I thought I would never feel again. And according to such a fairy tale (albeit with a noticeable upward slope), we came to the towers, where there was also an observation deck over the city.

The Les Torretes towers were built in the mid-19th century and were part of a communications system that stretched all the way to the French border. Information was transmitted using optical signals, flags and lights, so with the advent of electricity, the towers lost their relevance and were abandoned.

Unlike the lighthouse. The little white lighthouse is now a real beauty surrounded by green palm trees. It was built a decade later than the towers in order to prevent attacks by pirates from North Africa. At first the lighthouse ran on oil, then on paraffin, and finally on kerosene. After 1927, with the advent of electricity, it was modernized - electric lamps were installed and optics were replaced.

Now it not only functions remarkably well (the beam of light from the Calella lighthouse reaches 35 miles), but is also one of the official symbols of the city. That is why at the festival of lamps there were so many crafts in the form of this lighthouse.

Dalmau Park

We read about Dalmau Park “with tropical vegetation” in the free city guide.

The park greeted us with silence, coolness, a sunny web of shadows and light, the same amazingly sweet “Crimean” air and that state when absolute joy and uncontrollable happiness just like that, for no reason, spills into the soul - remember, like in childhood when you walk to the point of self-indulgence in the yard and all the swings and horizontal bars seem more and more interesting every time.

Dalmau Park itself is small, and the main plant species in it are pine trees (that’s why the smell is so delicious), but it is also an arboretum, so during our wanderings along the paths we periodically came across signs with the names of plants.
If you walk through the park, going up, and turn your gaze to the sea, you can see a nice view of the city with its dominant feature - the bell tower of the Church of Santa Maria and San Nicolau.

Overall a very pleasant place, of course.

A little trip to Blanes with fireworks

Our time coincided with the annual fireworks festival in Blanes. This was very convenient since Blanes is very close to Calella.

The resort town of Blanes is the oldest of all the towns on the Costa Brava. There is information that on the site of the current city there were settlements already in the era of Romanization of the Iberian Peninsula (after 218 BC), one of them was named Blanda or Blande. The first mention of Blanes proper, or Forcadell Castle, dates back to 1002. From the 12th to the 14th centuries, the city came under the rule of the aristocratic Blanes family.

The sea licks the shore clean

And in this city of Blanes, since 1906, the traditional International Fireworks Festival is held annually at the end of July, which coincides in time with the main holiday of Blanes - in honor of St. Anne (the holiday itself is very popular throughout Spain).
For a whole week, every evening in Blanes one of the best world-famous teams shows their art of pyrotechnics. And all week the city has had a terrible situation with transport and accommodation.

According to established tradition, fireworks are launched from a platform located on the rock of Sa Palomera protruding into the sea, dividing the bay of Blanes into two parts, from which the Costa Brava originates. Therefore, we chose a pleasant boat trip with a codea in the form of watching fireworks from the water (all my life I dreamed of seeing flashes of fire scattered in the velvet sky and reflected in the black surface of the sea).

In the soft rays of the setting sun, we were one of the first to take our places on the pleasure boat. And, blown by the still warm breeze, they smoothly set off to gather spectators in all the other towns.
I must say that especially for this boat trip, I bought myself a feeling of lightness, in the sense of a dress - long and loose. And what a lot of work it took to stay on your feet and not fly off the upper deck!

View of the Blanes promenade

Meanwhile, the sun was hiding behind the mountain, and the waves were caressing the sandy shore. However, the romantic idyll soon came to an end. At one of the stops, the upper deck of the boat was filled with a crowd of extremely active Catalan pensioners. It was like an invasion of jackdaws and Brownian motion at the same time. How loud they are, they all said something to each other, walked back and forth, waved to each other, sang songs! And when they saw someone they knew on a neighboring boat, the whole crowd rushed to one side so eagerly to convey air greetings - that I thought we would end up somersaulting. They were so cheerful and so full of life that I involuntarily envied them on behalf of our pensioners. And in general - there is so much energy - anyone can envy here!

Those same lively pensioners

Meanwhile, we had already sailed to the place, stood in a cove next to Blanes, and treated ourselves to champagne and cake from the organizers. And they took a strategically advantageous position for observations.
However, oddly enough, as soon as the fiery extravaganza began, the talkative pensioners fell silent as if on cue. And all the passengers on our yacht gazed in fascination and admiration at the fiery flowers blooming in the night sky.

Let's just take a look.

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As we later found out, it was a Polish team. But I never found out who won the festival.

Technical information
We bought tickets for the boat to Blanes to watch the fireworks from our guide at the hotel. Although, in principle, they could do it themselves. True, we would have to worry about this much in advance, because... All seats on these flights are sold out very quickly.
In general, any tickets for boats can be bought at Dofi Jet Boats booths. They are easy to identify by the corresponding emblem - here’s how it is on the website (you can also see the routes there). In Calella, I noticed two of them - both stood on the beach, one is closer to the beginning of the city (from the Barcelona side) - this one is called Calella, the other is at the end of the city (just near “our cemetery” and the beach we loved;) and it is already called Poblenou .
The boat stops at both stations - so, carefully study where it is more convenient for you to get on and off, so that you don’t have to walk through the whole city.

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City of Calella in Spain

Calella (aka Calella, Caleia, Calella) is one of the most popular cities on the Costa del Maresme, and there are several reasons for this. Firstly, this is, of course, the location. From Calella to Barcelona it is the closest (if we take into account only tourist places), there is a choice of transport - train or bus, the city is not too congested, beautiful beaches, the opportunity to communicate with locals and developed infrastructure.

Calella is part of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, province of Barcelona. About 20 thousand people live here on an area of ​​approximately 10 square kilometers. A huge advantage of the city is its elongation along the sea. Even if you are accommodated in the “farthest” hotel from the sea, the journey to the beach will still take no more than 10 minutes. And the beach, even during peak season, makes it possible to relax without stepping on each other. However, more about the beaches below.

Hotels in Calella

First, about hotels. The best hotels in Calella score more than 4.5 points on Tophotels. At the same time, the prices are quite affordable, you can see this for yourself by choosing a tour online in a special section on our website.

If you want to live near the beach, but not overpay for a trip, consider President 3* (by the way, it is presented in our rating of the best hotels in Spain), located on the first (in fact, second) line, very pleasant, suitable for both families and youth companies.

Among the four, the best hotels in Calella include Best Western Hotel Les Palmeres 4*. This is a hotel of the Best chain, popular in Spain; perhaps you have already stayed in similar ones in another city. Tourists appreciate it for its location and excellent food.

In addition, inexpensive hotels in Calella with good ratings are Volga 3*, Kaktus Playa 3* and Mar Blau 3*. The latter is located a little further than the previous ones from the beach, but don’t let this scare you: in a small town everything is close by!

Spaces in popular hotels sometimes run out long before arrival. If you didn't have enough, you can also check out Maritim Calella 3* and Balmes 3*. Both are close to the center, both are time-tested. The “three rubles” of Catalonia and Medplaya Santa Monica do not go unnoticed.

Even in inexpensive hotels in Calella there is usually a wonderful buffet: fruit, ice cream, salads, fish, meat, chicken, lots of vegetables, sometimes seafood and local cuisine, including Paella. There are also entertainment programs almost everywhere. Three stars in Spain have almost nothing in common with hotels of the same category in Turkey and Egypt.

Transport in Calella: how to get there

There is no public transport in the city itself - it is too small. Therefore, tourists are more interested in how to get from Barcelona airport to Calella, from Calella to Barcelona and other cities.

Firstly, to get from Barcelona Airport to Calella, you can take the Sagales bus 614. It departs from the second terminal and goes to Blanes via Calella along the coast. Theoretically, it stops in as many as three places, but there is not much difference, since the town is really small. But there is a difference for those who leave Calella for Barcelona airport: you can do it from the stops Sant Jaume - Mar Benzinera, Sant Jaume - Sant Josep - Mercat or Sant Jaume - Placa de les Roses. Local residents can easily tell you where it is.

The road from Barcelona El Prat Airport to Calella takes about an hour (a little more), in winter buses run about 5 times a day, in summer - almost 10. The fare is about 6 euros.

If you need to get from Calella to Barcelona (and this is very convenient, there is no need to take an excursion), then use the Barcelona North Station website (barcelonanord.com) to find out the schedule. As you already understood, this is where you will arrive by bus from Calella. The journey also takes about an hour and costs about 6 euros. The North Station is located next to the Arc de Triomphe, one of the landmarks of Barcelona.

For those who need to get from Barcelona to Calella at night, take the N82 bus from Pr. de Gracia towards Pineda de Mar. This is a bus from the same Sagales company.

The second and, in my opinion, more convenient way to get to Calella from Barcelona or the airport is to use trains. Don’t be alarmed if you see the word “transplants”, in Spain everything is very simple with them.

From Barcelona you can take trains that go along the R1 line towards Masanet-Massanes, Blanes and Calella itself (this can all be the end, any option suits you). Electric trains on this line run through Barcelona Sants train stations (near Plaza de España, Montjuic, fountains), Pl. Catalunya (near the Gothic Quarter, center, shopping streets), Arc de Triomf station (near, of course, the Arc, Northern Bus Station, Gothic Quarter, Barceloneta area, beach), El Clot Arago station (near the Sagrada Familia and Agbar Tower) .

The first trains from Barcelona start running around 6 am, and the last trains leave around 11 pm. From Calella - they start a little later and finish a little earlier. Travel time from Barcelona to Calella is about 1 hour 15 minutes, the fare is about 6 euros (4 tariff zones). You can buy a pass for about 40 euros for 10 trips - to the same zones, then it will be more profitable. We have a whole section about tickets and fares, choose what is convenient for you. Trains between Barcelona and Calella run every 10–30 minutes, so you can always easily travel in any direction during the day.

If you need to go not just to Barcelona, ​​but to the airport, you will have to make a transfer. It is most convenient to change trains at Barcelona Sants station, or at El Clot Arago station. The R2 train line runs from Barcelona to the airport. A special article on our website tells you in detail about how to get from Barcelona to El Prat airport, but you can just remember that there is only one transfer: if you go to the airport, from line R1 to R2, and if vice versa, then from R2 on R1. I don’t think anyone will confuse the direction.

And the nice thing is that if you are not going to leave the station, but just make a transfer, then you don’t have to buy a new ticket. You still remain within the paid zones (Calella is in the fourth), so the main thing is to carefully monitor the scoreboard.

Trains at Barcelona Airport stop near the second terminal; the first can be reached by a free 24-hour bus in about 20 minutes. The first trains to and from the airport run from approximately 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; the schedule can be viewed on the website renfe.es.

If you still have questions about how to get somewhere from Calella, don’t hesitate to ask them in the comments!

Calella on the map of Spain

On the map you can see that the city area also includes mountains: no tourists live there, you can just admire nature, and all the hotels are located along the coastline. Everything marked yellow is a beach.

Sights of Calella: what to see, recreation and reviews

Of course, small resort towns are far from European capitals in terms of the number of attractions - and this is understandable. However, even in such cozy places there is something to see. In Calella, pay attention to the Church of St. Mary. This building dates back several centuries; it will be interesting to see it not only for those who are related to religion.

The small town also has its own museum-archive. It is located in the very center, and even the building of this museum is remarkable. There is a courtyard, wonderful exhibits about how people used to live in these places, and a passionate tour guide. The museum also conducts scientific work.

Another attraction of Calella is visible from almost any point on the coast - the Lighthouse. It was built in the mid-19th century, not only to mark the coastline, but also to monitor approaching ships - the guard function was especially important in those days. Now there is peace and tranquility off the coast of Calella, but the lighthouse is maintained in excellent condition.

Lovers of unusual plants, quiet walks, shade in the midday heat and games with children will appreciate Dalmau Park. This is something between a park, a botanical garden, a place for games and relaxation. And most importantly, entry is absolutely free. Located in the part of the city far from the beach.

Those who like to book a tour without meals or only with breakfast will be interested in where to eat in Calella. You can try different types of cuisine at the Macanudo – Sabor Argention restaurant. Of course, Argentinean cuisine, as well as local cuisine, desserts, barbecue, pasta. Prices start from a few euros and reach several tens per dish. The restaurant is considered inexpensive.

Another restaurant with mixed cuisine (mostly Mediterranean) is Pinoccio. The average bill is about 15 euros.

The small Mamma Mia cafe offers guests Italian and Spanish cuisine, ice cream, pizza, and desserts. The average bill is about 10 euros.

The main entertainment for the residents of Calella is, of course, trips to Barcelona. We also recommend checking out our Excursions section to find out where else you can go from the coast. Don't forget about the water parks WaterWorld and Marineland (where there is even a free bus for those with tickets), but getting to the famous Port Aventura park will not be very easy. You can take a tour or go to Salou with a transfer in Barcelona. For details - in the comments!

Beaches of Calella

And, of course, one of the main attractions of Calella is its beaches! According to some sources there is only one beach, according to others – several. In fact, it is a long and wide strip of sand that stretches for about 4 kilometers and is divided into parts by rocks. The main part of the beach is about 3 km long and is considered the main beach of Calella. Every year it receives the Blue Flag - a special award for environmental friendliness and cleanliness. There are generally many Blue Flags on the Costa del Maresme. The beach is equipped with paths, toilets in the passages, a cafe, and rental of umbrellas and sunbeds. If you stand facing the sea, then on the right - closer to the lighthouse - there will be a nudist part, it is fenced off by rocks. There are many nudist beaches in Spain. On the left, already on the outskirts, there are small coves - small beaches.

Thanks to its huge area, Calella beach is not too busy even in July and August, although of course it gets quite noisy at this time. All beaches of Calella are free, there are no restrictions on entry, but sunbeds and umbrellas are only for money. That's why many people just lie on towels. There are no problems with this, since the sand is very clean and coarse. The beaches are cleaned daily, but the residents themselves almost never throw garbage near the sea.

By the way, you can even go diving on one of the distant beaches. Some note that along the entire beach strip - even before the hotels - there is a railway. However, it does not interfere with rest at all, since it is well fenced off and not too noisy. There are passages under the road and across it in some places. It is better, of course, to use underground ones. The sand is a beautiful golden color, the entrance is not too shallow, but this does not bother even children.

If you have any questions about Calella, ask them in the comments.

When buying a tour to Spain for the first time, many first-time tourists are puzzled - where to go to the sea in Spain? Most often they are offered inexpensive tours to the Costa Brava. Let's see which resorts are located in the Costa Brava and what features they have holidays in Costa Brava.

Costa Brava means “wild, rocky coast” and, in fact, geographically, the Costa Brava coast is considered to be the part of the Mediterranean coast in the northeast of Blanes and up to the very border with, and from Barcelona to Blanes the coast is called Costa del Maresme.

However, travel agencies have long secretly included more southern (and less wildly rocky:)) resorts such as Calella, Pineda de Mar, Malgrat de Mar, etc. in the Costa Brava. Well, let’s not break traditions and include them in the review.

Costa Brava Map

In the photo: map of the Costa Brava and Costa del Maresme

Calella (Calella) – an area of ​​rational recreation

In the photo: tourists love the wide beaches in Calella, Spain

Playa de Aro - the rising star of the Costa Brava

In the photo: tourists are increasingly choosing Playa d'Aro in Spain for their holidays

Spanish resort Playa de Aro (Platja d'Aro) is becoming an increasingly popular holiday destination in Catalonia. And it’s not surprising - very quickly the fishing village turned into a picturesque tourist center.

Playa de Aro and its surroundings have everything you need for excellent beach, sports and excursion tourism: the clearest azure sea, a two-kilometer strip of beaches and excellent trekking routes, city entertainment and colorful ancient monuments.
The only problem in Playa d'Aro is that it is inconvenient for tourists to get to Barcelona on their own.

Peaceful holiday in Roses

In the photo: Roses on the Costa Brava is not yet covered by Russian tourism

Resort town Roses practically unknown to the Russian tourism industry. This quiet and sunny abode is for wealthy European pensioners and lovers of a sedentary multi-month holiday at sea. Do you want to go on holiday to Roses? Go there on your own, especially since