Calella de Palafrugell

A beautiful coast town

CALELLA DE PALAFRUGELL FISHERMEN'S TOWN

Coast town of the Costa Brava, inside Girona's region. It has the delight of the nature in its calas, rocks, streets, its houses with great windows and archs, and its saltwater air typical of a fishermen's town.

Relax and enjoy the great number of activities to do: the night, the beach, the havaneres, festivities, sports, fish and many things to do...

 

THE REGION

Empordà's region, in the county of Girona is a interminable world. The "calas" and villages of the coast: Calella, Llafranc, Tamariu, Aiguablava, Palamós, Platja d'Aro, Sant Feliu. Historic ruins (Empúries, Dolmens, Churches...). Delightful villages inside as Begur, Pals, Monells, Peratallada.

The Botanic Garden of Cap Roig and the lighthouse in Sant Sebastia. The region of Josep Pla and Salvador Dalí (Palafrugell, Púbol, Port Lligat-Cadaqués and Figueras) The art of ceramic in La Bisbal. Its mountains, the Gavarres, where you can enjoy sport, sightseeing and go on excursions. All these and more with a fast access!!

 

THE HAVANERES

The first Saturday of July is a magic night in Calella, with the Cantada de Habaneras: the streets & coasts of this fishermen's village gets full of people and boats to go to the cala del Port Bo.

Tavern's song, it is a link between Spain and Cuba, remembering stories of the people who went to make fortune to that land during the XIXth century.

At the end of the s.XIXth already existed a group of singers. The origin of the "cantada" goes back to 1966, in a village's tavern and with the publication of the book "Calella de Palafrugell y las Habaneras", making it official the following year.

The most famous habaneras are "El meu avi" and "La bella Lola", they are always sung while drinking the "cremat", tipical drink of rhum, coffee, sugar cane, lemon and cinnamon.

We use our own and third-party cookies to make our website work safely and personalize its content. Likewise, we use cookies to measure and obtain data on your navigation and to adjust advertising to your tastes and preferences. Press the "Accept all" button to confirm that you have read and accepted the information presented. To manage or disable these cookies, click on "Configuration". For more information see our cookies policy.
Modify cookies
Technical and functional Always active
This website uses its own Cookies to collect information in order to improve our services. If you continue browsing, you accept their installation. The user has the possibility of configuring his browser, being able, if he so wishes, to prevent them from being installed on his hard drive, although he must bear in mind that such action may cause difficulties in navigating the website.
Analytics and personalization
They allow the monitoring and analysis of the behavior of the users of this website. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the web for the elaboration of user navigation profiles in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service. They allow us to save the user's preference information to improve the quality of our services and to offer a better experience through recommended products.
Marketing and advertising
These cookies are used to store information about the preferences and personal choices of the user through the continuous observation of their browsing habits. Thanks to them, we can know the browsing habits on the website and display advertising related to the user's browsing profile.