Tossa de Mar

Costa Brava · 🇪🇸 Spain

A golden crescent beneath the honey-coloured medieval walls and clifftop tower that make Tossa the Costa Brava's icon.

Sea temperature

~23°C in the warm season

Water

Clear blue

Sand

Coarse golden sand

Swimming

Sheltered and calm below the walled headland

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

A crescent beneath a medieval walled old town and its clifftop castle

Beach type

City & resort

Blue Flag

Yes

Region

Europe

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Photo: José Luis Filpo Cabana (CC BY 3.0) · source