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The restaurant's location was selected in 1961 by Hans Schilling, a German, and his Czech wife Marketa, who wanted a piece of land for a planned holiday resort. [10] By the year 1963, the resulting holiday resort included a small makeshift bar known in Spanish as a "chiringuito", which was variously called "El Bulli-bar" and "Hacienda El Bulli"; this little bar was the nucleus of the future ...
Roses was the home of El Bulli, one of the world's best and most famous restaurants, from 1961 until its closure in July 2011. El Bulli had held three Michelin stars since 1997 and was rated the world's best restaurant for four straight years 2006-2009 by Restaurant Magazine .
Costa Brava: Wild Beauty in the North. The Costa Brava, with its rugged cliffs and turquoise coves, is a haven for nature lovers. Winter temperatures are cooler, averaging 10-15°C (50-59°F), and ...
Typical landscape of Costa Brava that gives its name, "rugged coast" (coastline between Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Tossa de Mar) Landscape from Cape Creus in Cadaqués. The Costa Brava (Catalan: [ˈkɔstə ˈβɾaβə]; [a] Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈβɾaβa]; [a] "Wild Coast" or "Rough Coast") is a coastal region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain.
Tossa de Mar (Catalan: [ˈtosə ðə ˈmaɾ]; Spanish: Tosa de Mar) is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, located on the coastal Costa Brava, about 100 kilometres north of Barcelona and 100 kilometres south of the French border. It is accessible through Girona Airport, some distance north.
Canet de Mar (Catalan pronunciation: [kəˈnɛd də ˈmaɾ]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain.It is situated on the coast between Arenys de Mar and Sant Pol de Mar.
In parallel, the 10 x Hora motor sports association continued to organise its own rally, initially the Costa Brava – Lloret Rally (1988), and then the Rally Lloret – Costa Brava (1989–1994). In 1991, the Rally Catalunya – Costa Brava became a point-scoring world championship event, a situation that lasted until 2004.
Calella de Palafrugell has an excellent setting and, whilst busy in the summer season, it does not have the large hotels and mass tourism of other Costa Brava resorts such as Lloret de Mar. The town has a number of good standard hotels, apartments and, at a distance from the beach, some campsites.