Make a holiday rental apartment or villa in Bellcaire d’Emporda, Spain your home away from home
Bellcaire d’Emporda is a municipality on Catalonia’s Costa Brava, a portion of coast famed for rugged shoreline, dramatic inland scenery and attractive beaches. Minutes from Bellcaire d’Emporda holiday villas are lovely stretches of sandy shore, picturesque fishing villages and a number of excellent locations for outdoor activities like biking and walking.
Things to do in Bellcaire d’Emporda, Spain
There’s plenty on offer for every member of the family close to Bellcaire d’Emporda self-catering holiday accommodation, with all the amenities you would associate with a holiday resort, like water sports, pitch and putt golf and fun-packed beach activities. L’Escala is the closest beach, with calm blue waters and a large expanse of golden sand.
The Costa Brava offers a host of lovely beaches both north and south of Bellcaire d’Emporda self-catering apartments, as well some wonderfully dramatic coastline. Cala Ferriol is a pebbled beach close by with distinctive rocky outcrops, while Empuries is a picturesque, sheltered bay. The latter is also famous for its ancient ruins dating to Phoenician and Roman times. In fact there’s a whole city here, only 20% of which has been excavated to date. There’s a museum here where you can see artefacts recovered from this site.
Moments from Bellcaire d’Emporda self-catering villas are a number of interesting historical buildigns. The Castell dels Comtes d’Empuries is a medieval fortress that currently houses local government offices, while the Eglesia de Sant Joan de Bellcaire is an 11th Century Romanesque church, with a number of elements added in the eras that followed.
Places to visit on holiday in Bellcaire d’Emporda, Spain
The city of Girona is within 45 minutes of Bellcaire d’Emporda vacation apartments, and is perhaps most famous for its extensive and well preserved medieval old town. I large portion of this is made up of a Jewish quarter, one of the last remaining in Spain. The Collegiate Church of Sant Feliu is a classic example of 14th Century Gothic architecture. There are also some Art Noiveau buildings in the city by Catalan Modernist architect, Rafael Maso.
Weather in Bellcaire d’Emporda, Spain
The Costa Brava is known for its favourable climate. Summers here last from around May through to October, with blue skies and high temperatures, especially in mid-summer. For the rest of the year the weather at Bellcaire d’Emporda self-catering accommodation is generally mild, with a bit more rain, although most days are still clear and sunny.
Cheap flights to Bellcaire d’Emporda, Spain
The nearest airport to Bellcaire d’Emporda villas is Girona-Costa Brava (GRO), 40 kilometres away. You can reach this destination here from the UK via low-cost airline Ryanair, which flies from Birmingham (BHX), Bistol (BRS), East Midlands (EMA), Liverpool (LPL) and London-Stansted (STN).
