Platja de Castell

Palamós, Costa Brava · 🇪🇸 Spain

The Costa Brava's great unspoilt bay — pine-backed sand and hidden coves that locals voted to save from developers.

Sea temperature

~23°C in the warm season

Water

Clear blue-green

Sand

Coarse golden sand

Swimming

Clean and calm in the sheltered bay

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

One of the Costa Brava's last undeveloped bays, saved by referendum

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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Photo: Jordi Carceller Comas (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source