Calella and North Coast of Barcelona Travel guide

Calella Guide and The Coast of Maresme In North Barcelona

Calella The maresme is on the north coast of the world-famous city of Barcelona, this region is characterized by a wonderful warm climate in summer and mild winters that invite visitors to stay here all year.

In this beautiful environment we find the city of Calella that we are going to talk about in this little guide.

Calella is located about 56 km from Barcelona so getting to this city from anywhere in the world is simple, we just have to take a plane to Barcelona airport and pick up a rental car or a train that will leave us at calella in just one hour (both options)

Why should we visit calella?

Calella is an excellent area to spend a holiday or a period of retirement in winter. It has some of the best beaches in the area as well as a beautiful nature that surrounds the city and several very interesting museums.

Museum-Archive of Calella In addition to the famous beaches, Calella has several cultural elements that you love, such as the Museum-Archive of Calella in which you can see the life of the city.

Multidisciplinary museum of which the Pinacoteca Gallart and the Farmรกcia Barri stand out. In addition, it has a file with general and documentary information, and a courtyard for public use.

The Museu-Arxiu Municipal de Calella Josep M. Codina i Bague, in the historic center of this Maresme town, is a local multidisciplinary museum that investigates, preserves and disseminates the different aspects of the city's heritage.

It is a visit that will surely surprise you!

Barri Pharmacy It is installed in a large seventeenth century house, connected by a large courtyard with the archive, which is located in a new building that overlooks Bartrina Street. The total surface of the museum's facilities is 1,145 m2.

Lighthouse of Calella The Calella Lighthouse is located on the top of a promontory about 50 meters high. In the place where the lighthouse now stands, there was an old watch and defense tower, which guarded and protected the coasts from the danger of attacks by Algerian pirates.

A ring. of October 9, 1856, began the construction of the lighthouse, which finally under the direction of the engineer MariĂ Parellada, could be inaugurated on December 15, 1859. Initially, the lantern was fed with oil under pressure and, more Later, the fuel was replaced by paraffin and petroleum.

In 1927, the improved optical apparatus was electrified and replaced by another from the Medas Islands, still in service today with minor modifications. Today, the light of the lighthouse reaches a distance of about 35 miles and is known in the navigation charts for its flashes, 3 and 2, every 30 seconds.

The entrance is quite affordable only 2 euros and is open on weekends most of the year April, May, June, September and October: Saturdays and Sundays from 10.00 to 14.00. And in the afternoon in summer, the months of July and August: from Tuesday to Sunday from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

The anti-aircraft shelter The city council has turned this memory of a past and painful time into a tourist attraction that will surely make you shudder.

Stroll no more or less through the corridors of the anti-aircraft shelter of the civil war.

The anti-aircraft shelter of the Dalmau Park has become a cultural asset of local interest, attached to the Archive Museum, through which one of the most important chapters of the history of Calella can be discovered: the Civil War. The military coup of July 18, 1936 against the legality represented by the Republic led to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). One of the most important factors in the course of the conflict was the air war.

In places like this, the civilian population was protected from the bombing that they suffered during the armed conflict by the Francoist army with the help of Italian and, above all, German aviation.

El Refugio is for a fee but it is only worth â‚Ź 1, then the entrance is very affordable. It also has very long hours during the tourist season in the months of April, May, June, September and October: Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and in the afternoon Also during the months of July and August: from Tuesday to Sunday from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. http://www.costadebarcelonamaresme.cat/es/cultura/museos/refugio-antiaereo-del-parcdalmau. El ayuntamiento ha convertido este recuerdo de una tiempo pasado y doloroso en una atraccion turistica que seguro que te hara estremecerte . Pasearte ni mas ni menos por los pasillos del Refugio antiaĂŠreo de la guerra civil. http://www.costadebarcelonamaresme.cat/es/cultura/museos/refugio-antiaereo-del-parc-dalmau

Hoteles en Calella Calella has an excellent offer of hotels and tourist apartments of different qualities and there are also excellent hotels in nearby areas such as in Pineda de Mar which is 10 km from Calella.

We can name some hotels in the area as The hotels and apartments of the neptune company that are next to the beach Neptune Hotel Neptuno in Calella y Apartamentos Neptuno Calella.

From the Check-in company, the hotel checkin Garbi on the beach of Garbi de Calella and the Hotel Check-in Pineda de mar in the nearby pineda de mar are highly recommended.

Other hotels are the hotel Catalonia Calella and hotel Internacional Calella both very close to the beach.

Others hotels in the sourondings of Calella are • • • • • • • • •

Checkin Montpalau Hotel in Pineda de Mar Checkin Pineda Hotel in Pineda de Mar Sorrabona Hotel in Pineda de Mar Sumus Stella Hotel in Pineda de Mar Checkin Beatrix Hotel in Pineda de Mar Checkin Montpalau Hotel in Pineda de Mar Checkin Sirius Hotel in Santa Susanna Ibersol Sorra Dor Hotel in Malgrat de Mar Sumus Monteplaya Hotel in Malgrat de Mar Eco Europa Splash Hotel in Malgrat de Mar

In short you will find an excellent hotel offer in the beautiful Calella

The beaches of Calella Calella has three very different beaches and you will surely find your dream beach in Calella.

Everything you might need on a beach can be found at Garbi beach, the big beach or the beach of the rocks: Chiringuitos and services adapted for you on the beach, with sports equipment and lifeguard service, mini-club for children, activities of animation, ease of access and parking. http://www.calellabarcelona.com/playas

Rocks beach has a very natural enviroment

Garbí Beach This is one of the most awarded beaches of the Maresme, since 1994 it has been granted the title of Blue Flag of the Beaches of Europe, thus ensuring clean waters and quality services. It is also awarded since 2004 with the 'Q' of quality of the ICTE (Institute for the Spanish Tourism Quality) in order all a presentation of quality that endorse this wonderful beach.

This beach of 814 m long and 72 m wide is located in front of the hotel zone, is delimited by the beautiful Paseo de Manuel Puigvert or also called the beach walk of Garbí, On this walk we can rent some bikes and travel them on the bike lane Among the elements that can be found in Playa de Garbí we find five beach volleyball fields and several beach soccer fields to enjoy sports activities.

Crowd of showers, beach bars with public toilets and public services adapted to people with disabilities: showers and access ramps.

Beach of the Rocks This beach will enchant you. To the south of the urban center, and under the watchful eye of the Calella lighthouse, you will find an area of great natural beauty, these small coves with clear and transparent waters surrounded by pine trees and cliffs, invite you to the bath and to relax at any time of the day.

It is so quiet that it even has a nudist area where you can bathe and sunbathe without clothes The Beach of the Rocks is a set of coves and small beaches that has a privileged and exclusive environment, surrounded by rocks becomes a magnificent cove of transparent water where you can enjoy a good meal on the beach.

After the beach of the rocks there is a wall of stones in which there is a climbing wall installed and of course it has many showers where you can stay again.

Big beach The beach ulitma as its name indicates is the largest in the area with large sandy beaches and many services. It is next to the Paseo Manuel Puigvert, place of cultural and leisure events, runs parallel to this beach.

Its location in the center of the city, as well as the large spaces to enjoy the sea and the sun, make this beach one of the most beautiful in the region.

Of course it has everything that we can like of a beach Crowd of showers, beach bars with public toilets and showers and access ramps for people with disabilities. As well as nine beach volleyball courts and two beach soccer fields to enjoy sports activities.

In addition From June 22 to September 13 you can enjoy an extensive program of activities on the beach of Calella as Fiesta de la espuma. Volleyball games for everyone, beach soccer games for everyone, kayak rides, aerobics classes on the beach, Nordic walking in the lighthouse area, salsa classes and playgrounds for the little ones. Here you can see all the programming of activities.

We hope to see you soon by Calella