Location: Empuriabrava in Spain
Nearest Airport:
Girona at 66
Kilometres
Nearest Motorway:
junction 4 A7 at 15
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 100.0
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Car: recommended
Located on the Costa Brava, Empuriabrava, or Ampuriabrava as it is also known is a purpose built beach resort town developed around a system of salt water canals fed by the waters of the Mediterranean. There is no package tourism and the resort attracts the more independent minded tourist. The resort has a broad range of activities catering for all ages. There are 9 championship golf courses within a one hour drive, the nearest at Peralada (15 minutes drive) which also has a casino. The Aqua Brava water park which boasts the largest wave pool in Spain is just 10 minutes away. The beautiful city of Girona is 40 minutes away and the Salvador Dali museum in Figueras just 15 minutes. Perpignan and the beaches of the Languedoc are 45 minutes drive. A similar distance south is La Bisbal (ceramics), Pals and Peratallada (medieval towns for arts & crafts) as well as numerous sandy coves and beaches of the southern Costa Brava. Barcelona is 90 minutes either by car, or by rail (from Figueras).