DESCRIBING MY TOWN: CASTELLÓ D’EMPURIES

I live in Castelló d’Empúries and I like it. If you go here you need to know some things.

Castelló d’Empúries is located near the mouth of the river Muga, in the Golf of Roses. Its strategic location allows travellers to combine art and culture with sun and beach tourism and enjoyment of nature.

There are three choices of visit: the county village, the coast area of Empuriabrava and the Aiguamolls Park. The town of Castelló d’Empuries retains a rich architectural heritage, as the beautiful Gothic church of Santa Maria of the XIV century, with a Roamanesque bell tower and a gothic clock tower. It also has other interesting buildings such as City Hall, the Great House (XIV century), the Portal of the Gallarda (XI-XII centuries) which is the unique entrance tower of the medieval town, the old ‘Llotja de Mar’, because in the Middle Ages Castelló had port: Roses, the Old Bridge and the convent of Santa Clara (XI century).

 However, if you like sun and beach, you must go to Empuriabrava, because of its large complex of apartments in front of the Mediterranean Sea or a house next to one of the channels it has. The marina of Empuriabrava is one of the most important of Europe, so you can sail with your boat or yacht through the channels to the sea.

So, you can see that Castelló d’Empúries offers really different activities to enjoy the summer and to learn history about our town, to learn our culture.