Costa Brava Guide

Pla de L`Almadrava, Roses - Length (metres): 500 Type of sand: Fine Level of occupancy: High Lifeguard service: Yes Type: Semi urbana Services: bar/cafeteria, drinks & ice-creams, tourist cruisers, showers, first aid / help, hammocks/sunshades, skates, piraguas, floating platform, restaurant, highway transport, ...

Canyelles Petites, Roses - Length: 315m Type of sand: Fine Level of occupancy: High Lifeguard service: Yes Type: Urban Services: bar/cafeteria, drinks & ice-creams, showers, first aid / help, floating platform, restaurant, highway transport, launching ...

Platja de la Punta, Roses - Length: 450m Type of sand: Fine Level of occupancy: Medium Lifeguard service: Yes Type: ...

Platja de Roses - Length: 1330m Type of sand: Fine Level of occupancy: High Lifeguard service: Yes Type: ...

Platja de Santa Margarida, Roses - Length: 700m Type of sand: Fine Level of occupancy: High Lifeguard service: Yes Type: Urbana Services: Bar/cafeteria, Drinks & ice-creams, Tourist cruisers, Showers, First aid / help, Hammocks/sunshades, Sports facilities, Skates, piraguas, Floating platform, Restaurant, Telephone, ...

Platja dels Palangrers, Roses - Length: 135m Type of sand: Coarse Level of occupancy: High Lifeguard service: No Type: Semi urbana Services: Drinks & ice-creams, Showers, Highway ...

Cala Joncols, Roses - This is an unspoiled cove with a wild landscape backdrop, running for a length of some 190 metres and located 12 kilometres from Roses town centre. Access is by a coast road running along the entire coastline, passing by Cape Norfeu and ending at Jòncols cove. This is a beach formed by ...

Cala Calitjas, Roses - This is a little cove with a 110-metre beach surrounded by cliffs and with transparent waters. It is 8 kilometres from Roses, between Pelosa and Montjoi coves. Access is via the same road running along the coast and going on to beyond Cape Nofeu. It is a cove with medium-grain, grey sand. The beach ...

La Pelosa, Roses - This is one of the most popular coves in Roses. It lies in the shelter of Cape Norfeu peninsula, 9 kilometres from Roses, and runs for some 90 metres. Here there is a fishermen’s hut (a former sailors’ refuge) and a small bar-restaurant where visitors can sample all the specialities ...

Canadell, Roses - This is a wild, secluded beach, formed of pebbles and situated between the Jòncols and Pelosa coves. It is only 60 metres long. It is approximately 10 kilometres from Roses and has no services other than the essential cleaning and coastal surveillance ...

Calis, Roses - Between Montjoi cove and Rostella cove, this is a short (50-metre) beach with medium-grain sand. Some consider it to be a small prolongation of Montjoi cove, for all that separates them are some rocks that jut out of the sea. Services: Coastal surveillance, buoy-marked bathing zone, containers ...

Cala Montjoi, Roses - Seven kilometres from Roses, between Calitjàs and Calís coves. It is a broad, much-visited cove, running 270 metres in length, ideal for underwater diving (with a specialised centre). It has coarse sand and pebbles, and the seabed shelves steeply. There is a holiday village here and ...

Cala Rostella, Cala Murtra, Roses - Two small coves, running for 100 and 120 metres respectively, and difficult to get to by land. They are highly secluded, unspoiled and with a cliffy backdrop. The easiest way to get to them is thus by boat, which makes them into little paradises less than seven kilometres from the town. In order ...

Platja del Bonifaci, Roses - This is a small cove between L’Almadrava and Canyelles. It is only 100 metres long, but it has all the charm of a sheltered cove with clean, crystalline waters. Services: Coastal surveillance, sand and water cleaning, floating platform, floating mooring for boats, waste-paper bins, drink ...

Platja de Santa Margarida, Roses - This runs from Salatar beach up to the outlet of Santa Margarida residential marina. It is a long (some 650 metres) and broad beach with fine-grain, golden sand and clean and shallow waters. It is a beach used by a goodly number of foreigners, many of whom have second homes in the area. The Santa ...