Costa Brava Guide

Sant Feliu de Guixols is an eminently Mediterranean town situated at the heart of the Costa Brava and surrounded by hills with woods of pine and holm oak, wich has become an important holiday resort offering visitors a wide range of services. All year round Sant Feliu has an intense commercial activity, and the municipal council organises numerous leisure and cultural activities, in addition to maintaining the town's most deeply-rooted traditions. Thanks to its pleasant, temperate climate, Sant Feliu de Guixols is an ideal place for relaxing at any time of the year. The town conserves a rich and surprising historical and architectural heritage. The coastline surrounding Sant Feliu is full of contrasts, with stretches of cliffs interrupted by coves and bays with fine sand beaches. The town's beaches concentrate a large number of activities and offer all kinds of water sports. In Sant Feliu you'll find a holiday made to measure for you.

The countryside surrounding Sant Feliu is a permanent invitation to take an outing by bike or on foot. The town is set in the Aro valley and surrounded by important natural reserves such as the Gavarres hills, the Montclar mountain or the Cadiretes massif, with typically Mediterranean woods of pine and holm oak and countless paths passing through dense vegetation. The coastal paths reveal a landscape of cliffs, coves and bays, and beaches where the heritage of the first summer residents is maintained in the presence of houses in the Modernist style.

Sant Feliu de Guixols is a town with a rich cultural, historical and architectural heritage. An outstanding example of this is the architectural complex of the Monastery, built in 1723 by the Benedictine order, wich includes the Porta Ferradaj, the symbol of the town, and the towers of the Corn and Fum. Nowadays, the Monastery complex is the home of one of the principal nuclei of the cultural activity of the town: the Cultural Centre and the History Museum, which displays pieces and works of art from the different periods of the town's history and an interesting exhibition of the principal economic activities of the 19th century. The Cultural Centre organises numerous exhibitions and activities all year round. The same complex also includes the new Tourist Office.

The Old Fort, of the 18th century, and the Sea Rescue building (1889), both situated on the site of the old medieval harbour, are testimonies to the town's important seafaring tradition. But Sant Feliu also has other landscapes, such as the surroundings of the chapel of Sant Elm, built in 1723 over the remains of a defence tower, with impressive panoramic views.

Toy History Museum - The Museum has more than 2.500 toys, dated from between 1870 and 1970, most of them made in Spain (private collection belonging to Tomàs Pla). You can follow the development of toys from tin to plastic. Rambla Antoni Vidal, 48-50 17220 Sant Feliu de Guíxols telf: +34 972 82 22 ...

Romanya - The nucleus of Romanya is one of the principal attractions of the municipality of Santa Cristina d’Aro, and was the home of the writer Mercè Rodoreda. Its lovely pre-Romanesque church of Sant Martí is interesting for its structure and the sum of elements that compose ...

Benedictine Monastery - Sant Feliu de Guíxols is notable for its Benedictine monastery, once one of the most important and powerful, of which there remains an interesting group of Romanesque buildings, formed by two towers and the Porta Ferrada (10th Century), one of the most distinctive constructions of the town, ...

History Museum - Permanent exhibitions featuring prehistoric and ancient civilisations; ceramics, crystal and art; rescues at sea and the cork room. Plus temporary exhibitions. The Museum began with the display of the archaeological finds of Eduardo González Hurtebiese at Punta dels Guíxols in the ...

Casa Magica - Permanent exhibitions featuring prehistoric and ancient civilisations; ceramics, crystal and art; rescues at sea and the cork room. Plus temporary exhibitions. The Museum began with the display of the archaeological finds of Eduardo González Hurtebiese at Punta dels Guíxols in the ...