Costa Brava - An Overview
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For everyone, whatever their likes and tastes may be, whatever their idea of enjoying themselves, the Costa Brava is par excellence the perfect place. This delightful coast on the Province of Gerona has some of the most beautiful sites nature has to offer in every respect, but where its land and sea come together it is outstanding. This is stated continually by so many of the tourists, both national and foreign, who visit this region of incomparable beauty, with its mild climate. We say “region” because Costa Brava does not refer only to the coast itself - a feast of successive, surprising delights - but refers to the whole geographic region of La Selva and Emporda. It includes the coastal area of Gerona and its adjoining lands bounded by the River Tordera to the south and the River Tec to the north, beyond the Pyrenee: by the sea to the east, and the mountains of Vidrera and Llagostera to the west.
[…]Because of its wildness, its abundance of rocky forms of sea-eroded granite, its irregular coastline with such a profusion of inlets and headlands, the gigantic proportions of some of its crags causing the sea froth, it well deserves the name “Brava”, rugged, with which is was christened years ago by the then famous journalist Ferran Agullo.
Temple at the Mar i Murta botanical garden in Blanes, Costa Brava
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Want to use this photo?And although the most characteristic feature of this coast is the fantastic ruggedness of its rocky cliffs, some of which have huge proportions, its capes, headlands, steep coves and caves in some cases accessible only by boat, there is nevertheless in the Costa Brava an abundance of large and small coves with delightful sandy beaches. These may be found in those places where a river has brought down the sand formed from eroded granite to form charming, sheltered beaches.
Visitors to these spots find themselves amid the peaceful wonder of a scene which is a lovely combination of the form and color of the rocks, rich vegetation, and the soft gold of the sand contrasting with the splendour of the blue sea.
Another attractive feature of the Costa Brava, and one which is an essential element of the international prestige it holds, is its long beaches and bays with extensive horizons, such as Blanes, Fanals, Lloret de Mar, Tossa de Mar, Sant Fliu de Guíxols, Aro, Palamós, Pals, Riells, Rose Llancà…
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July 27th, 2006 at 7:16 am
I have seen the Sardana performed several times now when groups of people dance it on the boulevards of places like Blanes, Lloret de Mar, and Tossa de Mar.
Sometimes I see people join in. Some know what they are doing, while others do not and therefore break up the rhythm of the group.
Is it OK to join in? At first the dance looks deceptively simple, but it really appears to be complex and difficult to learn.
July 27th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
Hi Jolanda,
Generally Sardana performers prefer that those who join in know the dance. In many towns local Sardana groups will hold a few instruction meetings. Look for posters and announcements at bulletin boards in Tapas bars and elsewhere.
The Sardana is an emotionally-charged dance. During Franco’s reign, the Catalan people were not allowed to dance the Sardana because the dance represents the Catalonian culture as well as the people’s traditional independence.