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Phone: 659 455 714

Phone: 670 274 105, 617 554 733

Phone: 972 254 103

Phone: 650 838 209

L’Estartit, formerly a modest fishing hamlet next to Torroella de Montgrí, is now a popular beach resort on the Costa Brava, far better known outside of Catalonia than even the municipal centre of the area. The town beach of L’Estartit is one of the largest on the coast, counting almost 1000 m in length.

The beach of L’Estartit (Platja Gran de l’Estartit) is a dream come true for sunbathing with a view—less than a kilometre separates the shore from the Medes islands, one of the prime diving destinations not just in the region, but in the world.

The beach has a dedicated lifeguard team, a diving school, and a water adventures agency. It is of course equipped with outdoor showers, parasol and lounger rentals, and a small port area from where boats and catamarans depart for the Medes islands, the cliff of La Foradada, and the pueblo of Sant Martí d’Empúries.

Walking south along the L’Estartit beach towards Pals and Begur, within half an hour you will reach a truly unique spot on the Costa Brava coast, La Gola del Ter, where the river Ter meets the Mediterranean sea. Here, you can alternate bathing in the sea with swimming in shallow river waters with a powerful current.

The word punta, among other things, means an endpoint of something both in Catalan and Spanish. In the Costa Brava, whose coastline contains hundreds of coves and cliffs, this may refer to a good thousand places yet add a definitive article to the word and la punta becomes something unique and universally recognizable. In L’Escala, the spot that deserves such designation is the cape hugging the central city beach Platja de les Barques on the west side.

An evenly paved area between the coastal line and the town streets is a usual spot for concerts and performance shows, especially during the Mediterranean music and art festival PortalBlau.

In 1979, the monument A la Gent del Mar was erected on La Punta, created by a L’Escala native, sculptor Josep Simón.

Phone: +33 4 68 35 42 05, +33 4 68 66 19 77
Opening hours (1st June to 30th September): every day 10:30 am to 6:30 pm
Opening hours (1st October to 31st May): Tuesday-Sunday 11:00 am to 5:30 pm
Closed on 1st May, 25th December and 1st January.