Day 114 - 03/01/2014 : Creus Cape lighthouse

The road starting in Cadaqués that bring you into the Creus Cape Park finishes in the old lighthouse governing this special landscape.

The views from the lighthouse are unforgettable, you can see a 360º panoramic view of all the park with the coves and the sea to the north and east, with the mountains to the south and west.

Behind the lighthouse there a little bar when you can take a fresh beer if you are coming on summer season, but if you like to have a good lunch, a few meters to the south you will find the Restaurant Cap de Creus, a curious yellow building with spectacular views to the Costa Brava.

No excuses to come !!!

Day 113 - 02/01/2014 : Reaching Creus Cape from Cadaqués

We are spending some days looking around the Creus Cape, the first maritime National Park in Catalonia since 1998

Creus Cape can be reached easily from Cadaqués following to the north the road to Port Lligat. Before we entered into the park we will see fantastic views from Costa Brava as the picture shows.

This park is very rich in fauna and flora species, there are more than 800 different plants, someone of them exclusive from the land.

The sea and Tramontana effects have been built special shapes on the rocks, for example those located in Pla de Tudela.

Why don't you plan a visit? You won't be disappointed !

Day 112 - 01/01/2014 : Happy new year in Castello d'Empuries

It's easy to begin this passional year : Happy Yes-Yes new year !!!!

Catalans have a challenge this year, first of all fighting with Spanish government to confirm our referendum, and finally, on the 9th of November, go to the polls and peacefully let clarify our desire for freedom.

Our first place for this year is the magnificent church of Santa Maria located in Castelló d'Empuries, inside Alt Empordà shire.

Castelló d'Empuries is the town which Empuriabrava belongs and is located just above the Marina and below the Natural Park of The AiguaMolls de l'Empordà.

The church represents the Gothic style from the XIII century when their construction begun.

You can find more information about the town in their website  http://www.castelloempuriabrava.com

Finally, a message that some Spanish people have to take into account:

I will say (I will say), what I think (what I Think)
I will do (I will do), what I say (what I say)
When tolerance seems out of sight,
We will fight,
When liberty seems out of reach,
We'll fight for our freedom of speech.

VISCA CATALUNYA LLIURE !

Day 111 - 31/12/2013 : Empuriabrava streets

What's up? It has been a big flood in Catalonia???

Absolutely not !!! You're walking in Empuriabrava, the village into the sea. Here this kind of town are called as 'Marina' because you can leave the town and enter into the sea with your own ship, you should only start the engine and drive carefully into the channels.

The cost of this luxury isn't low as you can imagine. Normally in Empuriabrava live rich foreign people with enough money to buy one of the fantastic house available and a boat to go shipping.

Are you rich enough to afford this way of life?

Day 110 - 30/12/2013 : Empuriabrava beach

Probably it isn't the best beach in Costa Brava but Empuriabrava beach is wider than others offering the possibility to large walks over the shore while you are seeing all the Roses bay, the beach has a lenght over 1500 meters.

This has  a lot of services even adapted for handicapped people, is for that it has received the Blue Flag certificate.

The mouth of Muga river is near, this become other tips to consider visit this beach, the problem is the crowd in summer season.

Try to visit next summer !

Day 109 - 29/12/2013 : Empuriabrava harbor

Following with our walk around Empuriabrava if we continue on the north towards Roses we will reach the harbor.

From that place you will see a large amount of ships leaving and entering to Empuriabrava, it seemed a jam traffic !!!

Undoubtedly this town is needed to consider for somebody like go shipping, the problem is you must be rich to buy one of the fantastic houses you see walking or boating inside the village.

Empuriabrava, what a luxury !

Day 108 - 28/12/2013 : Dangerous fly in Empuriabrava

Let me open a new sequence of pictures related to Costa Brava, in this case talking about Costa Brava north, in Alt Empordà shire.

We are in Empuriabrava, a quirky town in Alt Emporda. In fact, it isn't a town, is a new district from Castelló d'Empuries built in the past to give the tourist the possibility to have a house with direct exit to the sea driving their boats by the narrow channels around the village has been created.

We went in a bad tempered afternoon, with a lot of rain and thunderstorm. But when the rain ceased, we enjoyed a beautiful evening in the beach a we saw a brave flyer doing skydiving. The picture of today show this fact with a view of the low Pyrenees.

Would you dare to fly on that???