COSTA BRAVA

Advantages of living in Costa Brava

• One of the most famous coasts is the Costa Brava.

• The Costa Brava starts at the French border and ends after the village of Blanes.

• The Costa Brava has good connection by motorways, railroads and the international airport of Barcelona.

• The atmosphere at the Costa Brava is more cosmopolitan.

• The cost of living at the Costa Brava is generally reasonable.


Food

• The gastronomy of Costa Brava is characterized by rice dishes, seafood, wines which have a great international reputation, and traditional desserts, like ‘Crema Catalana’ (Catalonian Cream).

• Some other dishes of the Costa Brava, are 'Pan a la Catalana' (Catalan Bread), 'Calcotada', truffles, 'canalones a la Catalana' (cannelloni), 'Mar i Muntanya Cuisine' (combination of seafood and land produce), 'Catalan bakeries' (cakes), 'Butifarra and Morcilla' (both blood sausages), etc.


Nature and Monuments

• Costa Brava has many resorts and beaches and is lined with sandy inlets and rugged cliffs.

• Costa Brava has a wide selection of sheltered coves, small bays, and long sandy beaches.

• Costa Brava not only offers modern attractions, but it has beautiful monuments.

• Costa Brava has some untouched landscapes, nature reserves with deep green and an underwater paradise.

• Costa Brava is one of the most picturesque areas of Spain, because of its dream beaches, hidden coves, rugged cliffs and pine forests.

• Historical monuments, churches, bridges, archaeological sights, monasteries and the age-old celebrations give a great and unique character to the Costa Brava area.

• The villages and towns at the Costa Brava are filled with joy, music and colour.

• Great artists like Dalí, Picasso, Marc Chagall and Klein have inspired the Costa Brava.

• Costa Brava offers a beautiful and rugged stretch, the Pyrenean mountain range, and the inland plains.


Leisure

• Costa Brava offers a lot of waters-sports like scuba diving, water skiing, snorkelling

• Other popular activities are golf, horse-riding, hunting and shooting.

• The nightlife at the Costa Brava is very lively with many discotheques, pubs, bars and nightclubs.


Weather

• Costa Brava has a Mediterranean climate.

• The climate of Costa Brava is a little milder than the southern part of Spain.

• In the winter the average temperature drops to 10ºC.

• In the summer the Costa Brava will have an average temperature of 25ºC.