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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.
Add to that the weather: this is one of the wildest spots on the Costa Brava in the winter (Costa Brava means "wild coast"), so the migmatites and schists are battered and eroded by the Tramuntana wind which whips off the mountains and by a sea that appears as if it is boiling in the force 8 winds.
A Mediterranean climate (/ ˌ m ɛ d ɪ t ə ˈ r eɪ n i ən / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsaɱ fəˈliw ðə ˈɣiʃuls]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain.It is situated on the Costa Brava and is an important port and tourist centre.
Its coast is part of the Costa Brava, which stretches from Blanes to the French border. The township is 18.29 km 2 (7.06 sq mi). Blanes is a popular tourist town, and it is known for the Concurs de Focs d'Artifici during the Santa Anna festival ; this event includes many fireworks.
Calella is known as the “tourist capital of the Costa del Maresme,” according to Spain's official tourism website. [7] The town welcomes some 250,000 tourists per year, as of 2016. [ 6 ]
Empuriabrava (Spanish: Ampuriabrava) is a community in the municipality of Castelló d'Empúries, in the Alt Empordà (Costa Brava, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain). It is located in the Gulf of Roses , surrounded by the Natural Park of the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà , and is the largest residential marina in Europe, with some 24 km of ...
L'Estartit (Catalan pronunciation: [lestaɾˈtit]; Spanish: Estartit) is a small town and seaside resort on the Costa Brava, part of the municipality of Torroella de Montgrí in the Baix Empordà county, Girona province, autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.