Travel Eye on Calella (Costa Brava, Spain)

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Overview:

Calella is a long, straggling resort with straight streets parallel to the beach and separated from it by a railway embankment. Most hotels lie between this and the main coastal highway, with more recent development spreading from the inland side of the highway. Some character remains in Calella's older streets and around the tranquil Plaça de l'Esglesia, despite the resort having developed a speciality of providing good-value holidays for groups. Not to be confused with Calella de Palafrugell, which is a much smaller village farther N on the coast.

Locality:

Calella is located in NE Spain, on the Mediterranean coast. It is the most southerly main resort on the Costa Brava (here actually called the Costa Maresme), 12 mls SW of Lloret de Mar. 35 mls NE of Barcelona (44 mls NE of Barcelona's airport), 35 mls S of Gerona and 31 mls S of its airport.

Calella is a popular resort amongst teenagers and families with young children. The area consists mainly of 2- to 3-star hotels and has 2 mls long and 200 to 250 yds wide beach, which has the ability to accommodate large numbers of people. There is also a sports complex and water-sports club on the beach with volleyball, windsurfing and canoeing. The town council has initiated a "Calella Active" programme of sporting and cultural events for tourists. A German-style beer festival in October.
Nightlife is rather lively, with a high concentration of bars, restaurants and over a dozen discos at the SW end of the resort.